Questions to Ask References

When hiring a construction company you will want to check references. This will allow you to get a good feel for the company, and how they conduct business. Even though this is not an absolute necessity, if you want to cut out a lot of the risk involved you will ask for references. After all, it does not take much time to call a few references, and ask some questions.


When you are on the phone with references that a construction company gives you, there are a few key questions that you will want to ask. Just a few of them are as follows.


1. Were you satisfied with the overall job, as well as the end result? Simply put this will give you a lot of information that you need in order to make a decision.


2. Did the workers respect your property? Did they break anything or did they leave it as they found it? Believe it or not some workers will show up and act as if they own a home. In turn this results in broken goods, and a poor end result.


3. Did you end up paying what you were told up front, or were you asked for additional money throughout the project? You will run into people that quote you one price, just to change this halfway through the project. This is unacceptable, and you want to avoid companies like this at all costs. They will leave you in the dark time and time again.


4. Was the job finished when they said it would be? If you are on a tight schedule you will need the company you hire to work within the timeframe that they give you. Companies that do not do what they say as far as completion time is concerned can be very difficult to get along with.