How to Manage Your Home Remodel/Contractor - Part 2

​In part 1 of our series, we went over what to consider when hiring a contractor for your home improvement project (Read: How to avoid costly mistakes when hiring a contractor).  In part 2 we will cover how to manage the contractor that you hired to keep things on time, on budget, and ​the quality that you desire.  In part 1 we also covered the need for details within a contract,  so we won't discuss much about that in this article.  I do want to reinforce the importance on having one, however and a good one at that.  (See part 1).  Key elements to successfully working with your contractor are: communication, record keeping,  inspection, and disputes (hopefully you will avoid this last one!).  So lets take a closer look at each of these.

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