@TyroneHansboro The contractor I picked quoted me 35k initially but total was 40,200 + appliances 2800. I learned a lot of lessons from this rehab:
1. Build a strong scope of work. I should've made an itemized pricing of repairs instead of as a whole package. I noticed the contractor tried to add things to be done in addition to the original SOW.
2. Visit the site when they least expect it. I should've but I didn't because of my work. I always went there on the weekends so I didn't know how the contractor and the team worked. In the end it resulted to a warning from the citt because of the trash pile in the backyard. Bad management from my part.
3. One blooper that the contractor did was expanding the basement bathroom shower without checking if there was a real drainage outlet. We had to redo it and cost us 1500 worth of repairs.
The rehab was a month late and also missed the mark for summer rent. The good thing that happened was I found my handyman thru this contractor. They say that sometimes people come to our lives for one reason and to me that was this handyman. I also found my reliable realtor thru a person that I had a bad experience with lending. I have more lessons to tell but this is getting longer. I hope this post helped you a bit.
