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Let us help you protect yourself from the renovation
nightmare
Before calling a contractor call us.Spend a little time and money now to
save yourself thousands later.
Everyone's heard the nightmare stories about dealing with home
improvement contractors or, even worse, lived through that nightmare
themselves.
Roger and Angie Vega of Queens, N.Y., are in the middle of such a
nightmare right now. Earlier this year, they hired contractor Alex Jader
to remodel their dream house, the very first home they'd purchased
together. The Vegas wanted to update the kitchen, add a bathroom,
build a new deck and fix the roof. They said they paid Jader thousands
of dollars in cash because they thought he'd work faster and more
efficiently as a result. At first, Roger said, he did.
Jader fixed the roof right away but then never finished it with gutters.
Soon rainwater started to cascade off the roof and work its way into
their basement. Then, Roger said Jader's work got worse. "He was
here every day. Then little by little, he started to come four days a week,
then three days, two — and then finally he just didn't show up at all."
When Jader disappeared, the Vegas were left with a disaster. Their
home had become an open construction site without kitchen cabinets
or working appliances. Their bathroom was full of holes and cracks,
exposed wires and leaky pipes. The couple said they felt devastated
"because we treated him like family. He sat here with us, and he ate,
and he said, 'I'm here to make friends, and not enemies.' We believed
him."
With their house left in chaos, the stressful situation caused tension
between Roger and Angie, and they started to fight with each other
over their plight.
According to contractor Mike Holmes, the Vegas' problems are sadly
typical. On his hit Canadian series "Holmes on Homes," his team
routinely swoops in and fixes up botched work left behind by
unreliable contractors. He's heard more than his share of homeowner
tales of woe.
"Is there some sort of savior system that you can call? '1-800-helpme,
I'm screwed by a contractor?' No there's not," Holmes said.
As a result, the burden is on the homeowner to pick the right company
beforehand. That's not an easy task, however, because Holmes said
even in the best-case scenario, just two out of every 10 contractors
know what they're doing. He believes 70 percent of them are bad.
nightmare
Before calling a contractor call us.Spend a little time and money now to
save yourself thousands later.
Everyone's heard the nightmare stories about dealing with home
improvement contractors or, even worse, lived through that nightmare
themselves.
- 20/20 interview with Mike Homes
Roger and Angie Vega of Queens, N.Y., are in the middle of such a
nightmare right now. Earlier this year, they hired contractor Alex Jader
to remodel their dream house, the very first home they'd purchased
together. The Vegas wanted to update the kitchen, add a bathroom,
build a new deck and fix the roof. They said they paid Jader thousands
of dollars in cash because they thought he'd work faster and more
efficiently as a result. At first, Roger said, he did.
Jader fixed the roof right away but then never finished it with gutters.
Soon rainwater started to cascade off the roof and work its way into
their basement. Then, Roger said Jader's work got worse. "He was
here every day. Then little by little, he started to come four days a week,
then three days, two — and then finally he just didn't show up at all."
When Jader disappeared, the Vegas were left with a disaster. Their
home had become an open construction site without kitchen cabinets
or working appliances. Their bathroom was full of holes and cracks,
exposed wires and leaky pipes. The couple said they felt devastated
"because we treated him like family. He sat here with us, and he ate,
and he said, 'I'm here to make friends, and not enemies.' We believed
him."
With their house left in chaos, the stressful situation caused tension
between Roger and Angie, and they started to fight with each other
over their plight.
According to contractor Mike Holmes, the Vegas' problems are sadly
typical. On his hit Canadian series "Holmes on Homes," his team
routinely swoops in and fixes up botched work left behind by
unreliable contractors. He's heard more than his share of homeowner
tales of woe.
"Is there some sort of savior system that you can call? '1-800-helpme,
I'm screwed by a contractor?' No there's not," Holmes said.
As a result, the burden is on the homeowner to pick the right company
beforehand. That's not an easy task, however, because Holmes said
even in the best-case scenario, just two out of every 10 contractors
know what they're doing. He believes 70 percent of them are bad.
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