General Discussion & Chat: How do YOU check on contractors?, 1 by gardenwife

gardenwife wrote:
Wow, good thinking on the completion date; that worked out especially well for you, George.

Our roof is done, but the job certainly isn't. They subbed it out and the crew was 2 hours late starting Tuesday, then got here bright and early today and woke us with some *really* foul language and graphic sexual descriptions right outside our window. They also did not run a magnet around as we'd had in writing (not even once, and the contract said twice around). They left other stuff around, too, though they did pick up the big stuff and sweep some. The gutter crew is supposed to come out shortly after the roofing crew, so maybe THEY will do the magnet and cleanup? We'll be calling the roofing company, at any rate.

We signed on a contract for windows today, going with Rosati Windows. http://rosati.com We've heard nothing but good things from people about them, even unsolicited from folks who know we're looking. They've been in business for over two decades and have a great reputation for service after the sale; we like the fact that they not only install them, but install their own products and back the whole shebang. They've had a lot of orders since their open house a couple weeks ago, and we're looking at 6-8 weeks before they'll be completed and ready to go (this is partly due to the surge in business and partly due to the woodgrain laminate we're having done on the interiors).

Here's a before and during on the roof/gutter job. All that's left is gutters.