Which contractor do use?

[Catherine Javier]

Hello BP family, we are planning to renovate and upgrade the master and guest bathroom, and add a kitchenette.

The first contractor is the one that we used for Our Rental, he is good, but it’s not responding back on a timely manner. Until now we don’t have a quote for the job and it has been almost 2 wks. 

The second GC Is referred by our lender. He is also a real estate agent. He quoted us 20k For two bathroom renovations with the kitchenette- labor only… And he said that he can finish the job in two weeks.

The third GC is one of the vendors from Opendoors who repaired our door. He quoted for 20k but woth labor & some materials (some we need to buy) he said he can finish in 3-4wks. 

We have no idea how much would the material cost for the bathroom renovations…

Any thoughts? Who should we choose?

Both of them asks for a 50% down payment. Is this normal? The two other renovations we had, contractor asked to be paid halfway on their job.

thank you so much. By the way, this renovation is in Florida Orlando area.