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[quote=Anonymous]So our first contractor screwed up and disappeared. We ended up being our own GC and hiring licensed trades people to do the work in their lane. We are in CA so rules might be different but if you hire a general contractor he does not have to use licensed plumbers and electricians. He can grab anyone and they were work under his license being supervised. This along with intentional corner cutting is why there are so many bad remodel jobs in our area. Our guy’s workers screwed up the plumbing, caught our wall on fire and left open live wires hanging next to copper pipes. Luckily in CA contractors are not allowed to collect significant amount before they do the work and we did not source our materials through him. We dodged a bullet with him. I later learned that if I had just let him install the Wolf range it would void the warranty. His fabricator for the countertop wouldn’t have been certified and that would have voided the warranty. Be mindful of warranties. Also in CA contractors either carry a 25K bond or the full 1 million plus insurance. Most of the kitchen and bath specialists carry the smaller bond, it’s only the larger companies that build full houses carrying actual insurance.

Nightmare of bad contractor aside, I ended up loving being my own GC. I have a list of good trades people now and understand what is involved and how things work much better.

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