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How to Hire a Contractor

As you’re working on rehabbing your home, you might come to a project that’s too big to DIY or that you’d just prefer to have someone else do. But how do you pick and hire the right contractor for the job?

Attached is a guide we created as a complement to B+BD's October 2019 "How to Hire a Contractor" Class.

The guide covers the steps of finding and hiring a contractor: 

  • Glossary of terms

  • Finding & vetting contractors

  • Contract basics

  • How to talk like a contractor-- a list of questions list to ask when considering a contractor for hire


This guide was created as a complement to B+BD's October 2019 "How to Hire a Contractor" Class. The class was facilitated by Wesley A. Lawrence, Senior Project Manager, JLL., The guide was written by Alissa Shelton for B+BD. This version is from May 2020. 

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