Damn contractors!

[Northeast Rod Run]

One guy finally came by today and i only talked to him last week, but then again he is a friend. He already said he can't even think about touching it until mid-summer, but that is ok by me because I'm trying to pay cash for almost all of it and that just gives me more time to save.

I've told guys that I don't have plans yet, but they say it doesn't matter to them. Some said that they wanted to come by first to see the lot anyway. That way when they get the plans they already know the site. A couple of them have even said that they don't need any because they have their own software that they generate plans from.

[Track Junky]

Originally Posted by Northeast Rod Run

I've told guys that I don't have plans yet, but they say it doesn't matter to them. Some said that they wanted to come by first to see the lot anyway. That way when they get the plans they already know the site. A couple of them have even said that they don't need any because they have their own software that they generate plans from.

No, it doesn't matter to them but they didn't come running over to take a look though did they. I gaurantee if you had an approved set of plans they would be alot more inclined to pay you a visit.

[waynieZ]

Even with plans they don't always come. I gave a copy of stamped plans to a contractor and he still has them a year after it got built. we played phone and going to his current site tag, nothing ever came of it. I was also told if you pull the permit the contractor can leave the job while not complete. But if he pulls it he is responsible for it. You'll know when you talk to the right guy he will be interested and be in contact with you in an acceptable time frame..

[John510]

Go on yelp and find a good one. You can tell by the reviews before you even call if they will be great or suck.

[Northeast Rod Run]

Originally Posted by John510

Go on yelp and find a good one. You can tell by the reviews before you even call if they will be great or suck.

hmmmm...................

[makoshark]

Originally Posted by Northeast Rod Run

hmmmm...................

That may be fine, but I would stick with someone you can get a recommendation from someone you know. You never know on those type of sites who the person is giving the review.

As for contractors not calling back, I'm a contractor, and I have recently experienced just that on a job I was on. I cannot explain as to why they are doing it. If I ran into a job I simply did not want to do, then I would either tell the potential customer I was just too busy to do the job or give an overly high estimate. Construction work has begun to pick back up, so many are busy. The pickings are slim compared to pre-2008 as many contractors couldn't tough out the recession. I would say, if the contractor doesn't do a follow-up with you, then do not bother calling them back. You're just asking for future grief if you do manage to get one of them to actually start working on your project.

Pay my traveling expenses and room and board and I'll come knock it out for ya

[OOCustoms]

Im no longer in the roofing biz directly since Im in the Air Force now but a site I was and am still on is Roofing.com. It has many very good contractors on it. I know your looking for a general contractor as well so you might try going on there and see if anyone is on there in your area and maybe has general contractors they know and use. Like I said Ive been on the site for a couple years now and there are plenty of very good roofers on there. Im not talking about just guys who roof for a living but guys who live and breath roofing which is very rare. Anyways I hope this helps and if you need any advice on roofing just let me know.

Marc

[Northeast Rod Run]

I'm going to a meeting tomorrow morning at the office of the guy who's drawing up the plans. The builder is also going to be there.

They want to hammer out some things, between the two of them, that they don't totally agree on right now. We are all friends and I'm sure I'm not going to understand half the stuff they discuss, but I'm probably just going to end up playing moderator between them both. LOL!!