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[quote=Anonymous]I think it depends on your personality (i.e. how you handle the inevitable frustrations of projects like these) and how lucky you get with your contractor (i.e. a project is sometimes quick, sometimes cheap, and sometimes high quality, but rarely all three).  We paid for what we thought was a straightforward basement finishing project.  It ended up being reasonable pricewise and good quality, but was so slow that it drove us crazy.  The contractor estimated it would take no more than 3 months and it ended up taking a year and an a half.  There were times during that when i became despondent at the lack of progress and unsure if it would ever end, and became resentful every time friends would ask "how's your basement coming?"  But I freely admit that I am the type of person who doesn't deal well with situations that are unpredictable or that can't always be controlled.  Now that it's done, we are very happy with the results, but I am only now starting to recover from from the stress of it all.  I think it was worth it, but doubt that I would ever recommend our contractor to anyone else. [/quote]

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