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with Greg Danz of G. D. Enterprise

Video: Preparing to Meet with a Contractor

REDWOOD CITY — Host, Sarah Rutan: Prior to meeting with a contractor to discuss your upcoming remodeling project, make sure to do your homework. Today we’re in Redwood City with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Greg Danz of G. D. Enterprise to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Greg Danz: Today’s tip is some things I have in mind when you meet with a contractor for your prospective project. Take the time to do your homework. Make a list of things that are wants, needs and also the budget that you’re planning on.

You’d be surprised how many people don’t take the time to do this before they meet the contractor. I walk in. They meet with me, and they expect me to have all the answers. I’m here to make your project the best I can for you. Unless I know what you want from a budget, materials, style, I can only do so much to make it a pleasant experience.

Sometimes it’d be better to meet with a designer or an architect before the contractor gets brought in. I’m here to basically take your ideas, build them the best I can at a reasonable price for you the consumer.

Take this job, for example. This started off as a simple laundry upgrade and a small bathroom. After the walls were down, the homeowner started getting ideas of what could be. We are now on the third phase of this project and it’s growing and cost over-runs and change orders end up- Even though it’s going to be a beautiful project when it’s all done, if we took a little more time up front with this project, we’d have a much smoother transition both from a timeline as well as a price point.

So take the time to do your homework. Get a wish list, materials list. Talk to your contractor, and hopefully they can explain to you the pros and cons from both the cost and [00:01:32 usable] standpoint so you’re not wasting valuable time and money. Thank you.

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