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To find a good contractor, first call your friends ...(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Let me apologize on behalf of myself and others who have led you to believe that there is a foolproof way to hire a contractor.
To wit, check the Yellow Pages for names, call three, ask for bids, obtain references, and get ready to sign the checks.
As I have discovered, the Yellow Pages simply afford an opportunity for both good and not-so-good contractors to advertise. They don't say whether the contractors are reliable or, because they have telephone numbers, whether they'll automatically call you back.
The Internet sites that promise reliable contractors only seem to work if you are putting in a $200,000 addition. When I finally pulled the plug on the last of three Web sites I had contacted, operators were ...
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