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Questions to ask your contractor and things to consider before you sign a contract:
- How will my project be designed?
- Do you have designers on staff or do you sub out the design work?
- What are the qualifications of the design staff?
- How many revisions am I permitted during the design phase?
- Is the design fee fixed or hourly?
- Will I be presented with full color computer-generated renderings of the exterior of my building?
- Is there one person who will be responsible for my job from start of design to the completion of construction and through the entire warranty period?
- Who is this person and what are their qualifications?
- Who will coordinate government approvals, permits, variance applications and environmental approvals?
- Do I like the designs, aesthetics and functionality of the work shown?
- Is the presentation of the builder’s past projects professionally organized? Is it neatly arranged, are the photographs clear?
- How long have they been in business?
- Are they licensed and fully insured?
- Do they have recent references?
- Do they have references from homeowners for whom they worked 5 –10 years ago?