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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It might be you...

I'm a contractor, if I don't like you I won't bid your job. 
If you cut your husband off mid sentence or if he rolls his eyes when you begin speaking I'm out. Trying to get two people though something as stressful as an interior renovation is 1000x more difficult when the clients can barely be civil to each other...if you're terrible to your wife what terrible things will you do to me?

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Then be upfront and tell someone you are not interested and stop wasting their time if you are only looking for a perfect client.  No one, including you is perfect.[/quote]

I do this exactly, I politely say that this job is beyond my scope and I refer a hated competitor; I never leave people hanging.
I'm as close to perfect as they come and you my dear I'm sure would get the referral out. [/quote]

If you are not willing or able to do it, why would I want a referral.  Every time a contractor has done it, the people we have been referred to seemed terrible.  We are acting as our own GC.  It took us a while to realize we could pull our own permit and hire out the major stuff.  We got lucky and have a wonderful framer, AC/duct person and plumber.  Now we just need an electrician.  Glad you'd refer me out as I don't need a GC, I need workers.  The workers love us - we feed them, get all the supplies they need before or on request immediately (as in you ask, we go now so you don't stop working), lend them tools if they forgot theirs, etc.  A GC for smaller jobs,  basically if you are doing a remodel and not an entire house is a waste of time and money.[/quote]

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