How to Hire a Contractor, Plumber, Painter or Electrician

Video Transcript

"My name's Ryan Parker with Parker Home Renovations in New Braunfels, TX. Today, I'm going to teach you how to hire a contractor, a plumber, a painter, or an electrician. If you have anything around the house, that needs to be done, that requires one of those four, you can look in a phone book. What you want to do is, you want to look in a phone book and make a list, three to four names, for each trade that you need done. What you want to do is, you want to call each one of these, each one of these names, and ask them for references. Ask them if they're insured, ask them, you know, if they're licensed, anything else that you might feel comfortable asking them, or something you would want to know. Get the references from them, call the references, and ask them what type, what type of work that the trades person did. After you contact the references, what you'll want to do is, you'll want to narrow the lists down, and set up a meeting with these contractors, to come out and take a look at your specific job. Once they look at your job, you'll want them to get them to turn in estimates to you. Signed estimates, and then once you finally focus in on one contractor that you feel comfortable with, than you can get them to fill out a contract. And what they'll do is, they'll fill out a contract like this, that has the price, the scope of work, and the time frame for the project. And, they'll sign at the bottom, and you'll sign at the bottom. And, what this contract does, it'll protect you, as, as the, I guess, employer, or "hiree", and then it will also protect the contractor and his cases also. If you have any other questions, you can contact me at ParkerHomeRenovations.com"