Choosing the right General Residential Contractor

Choosing a Seattle general residential contractor for your home remodel project is a lot like interviewing a new room mate.  This is especially true with larger home addition/renovation projects when the owner will continue to occupy the residence.  The custom building contractor you choose should be someone you can trust and someone you know has the skills to do the job right.

When you hire a general residential contractor to come into your home and spend weeks, sometimes months or years tearing your house apart and putting it back together, you had better be able to communicate with that person first and foremost.  Just like a room mate you don’t necessarily need to want to spend every minute together but you do need to feel like you are on an equal footing with the contractor you hire and are able to voice your wants, desires, concerns and so on through out the project.

Now you’ve found a custom building contractor who’s personality is a good fit for the way you like to operate.  That’s great, but does this guy have the experience and skills to get the addition/renovation project done to your satisfaction?  Well there’s only one way to find out.  Call references.  Not just the past clients that you already know were hand picked to give raving reviews but call on sub contractors, suppliers and designers to get professional references.  How a contractor treats his professional partners can be very telling weather or not they are confident in their building/contracting business.

If you do your homework and get the right general residential contractor for your project you will have a great experience and your renovation/remodel project will likely exceed your expectations.  It’s a lot like having a new room mate for a while except you are paying for the inconveniences and disruptions.  So find someone you can trust and has the construction management skills to get the job done on time and within budget.

Please contact us to find out if we’re the right fit for you.  If we aren’t, chances are we can help you find someone who is.

Kyle Keever, writes about and engages in general contracting in Seattle, Wa. Learn more about Keever and Associates at our General Contractors, WA blog.