Ruminations on construction quality

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It took almost a year to get our complaint to show on our former contractors license… he still has active status – but at least the complaint is disclosed and the state prosecutor is pursuing him in an administrative law court. If we hadn’t nagged the CSLB investigator it would have been dropped. (She was incredibly overworked – so we had to be squeeky wheels.) And our case was pretty straightforward, well documented, abandonment.
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I guess I’m confused about why your husband didn’t know of any reputable contractors, since he’s an architect. I would think they would personally know many.

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[quote=svelte]I guess I’m confused about why your husband didn’t know of any reputable contractors, since he’s an architect. I would think they would personally know many.[/quote]

My husband does commercial work, hospitals, hospitality stuff. So he’s dealing with the giant commercial contractors – Like Swinerton and the like. We asked friends etc – but we were in a nether zone of job size at the peak of the market (2006 was when we were putting out to bid.)… It was more than a room addition remodel since it was a free standing companion unit. But it was less than a custom home. Plus we needed a contractor who could do hillside development. Trust me – we interviewed a LOT of contractors who eliminated themselves because it wasn’t their niche – either the wanted bigger job, smaller job, or didn’t feel comfortable with the grading.

[UCGal]

[quote=svelte]I guess I’m confused about why your husband didn’t know of any reputable contractors, since he’s an architect. I would think they would personally know many.[/quote]

My husband does commercial work, hospitals, hospitality stuff. So he’s dealing with the giant commercial contractors – Like Swinerton and the like. We asked friends etc – but we were in a nether zone of job size at the peak of the market (2006 was when we were putting out to bid.)… It was more than a room addition remodel since it was a free standing companion unit. But it was less than a custom home. Plus we needed a contractor who could do hillside development. Trust me – we interviewed a LOT of contractors who eliminated themselves because it wasn’t their niche – either the wanted bigger job, smaller job, or didn’t feel comfortable with the grading.

[UCGal]

[quote=svelte]I guess I’m confused about why your husband didn’t know of any reputable contractors, since he’s an architect. I would think they would personally know many.[/quote]

My husband does commercial work, hospitals, hospitality stuff. So he’s dealing with the giant commercial contractors – Like Swinerton and the like. We asked friends etc – but we were in a nether zone of job size at the peak of the market (2006 was when we were putting out to bid.)… It was more than a room addition remodel since it was a free standing companion unit. But it was less than a custom home. Plus we needed a contractor who could do hillside development. Trust me – we interviewed a LOT of contractors who eliminated themselves because it wasn’t their niche – either the wanted bigger job, smaller job, or didn’t feel comfortable with the grading.

[UCGal]

[quote=svelte]I guess I’m confused about why your husband didn’t know of any reputable contractors, since he’s an architect. I would think they would personally know many.[/quote]

My husband does commercial work, hospitals, hospitality stuff. So he’s dealing with the giant commercial contractors – Like Swinerton and the like. We asked friends etc – but we were in a nether zone of job size at the peak of the market (2006 was when we were putting out to bid.)… It was more than a room addition remodel since it was a free standing companion unit. But it was less than a custom home. Plus we needed a contractor who could do hillside development. Trust me – we interviewed a LOT of contractors who eliminated themselves because it wasn’t their niche – either the wanted bigger job, smaller job, or didn’t feel comfortable with the grading.

[UCGal]

[quote=svelte]I guess I’m confused about why your husband didn’t know of any reputable contractors, since he’s an architect. I would think they would personally know many.[/quote]

My husband does commercial work, hospitals, hospitality stuff. So he’s dealing with the giant commercial contractors – Like Swinerton and the like. We asked friends etc – but we were in a nether zone of job size at the peak of the market (2006 was when we were putting out to bid.)… It was more than a room addition remodel since it was a free standing companion unit. But it was less than a custom home. Plus we needed a contractor who could do hillside development. Trust me – we interviewed a LOT of contractors who eliminated themselves because it wasn’t their niche – either the wanted bigger job, smaller job, or didn’t feel comfortable with the grading.

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