Hiring a right and honest contractor is not an easy task, but if you follow these steps could save you time, hassle and money in the future:
- Before hiring a contractors, get every thing in writing. It is very important to save future arguments e.g. “you didn’t say to fix the broken tiles” etc.
- Always put start and completion dates in your contract. Let contractor aware when they have to start and finish this project
- Motivate contractors to finish their job on time. It is good practice to add penalties in the contract. It is not enough to say work has to be completed by Feb. 5th ; but better to add "$50 per day to be deducted from the contract price for each day the job is unfinished beyond Feb. 5th.
- Make sure what exactly you want your contractor to do for you. If you don't know what you want, you might not like what you get. Also, if you change your mind and change the job halfway through, the contract - and price - have changed
- It is not a good idea to call first one in the phone book. Always ask friends who had work done. Find a recommendation based on a similar job to yours. Ask contractor if they have done similar job else where; and if you can contact them to know your workmanship?
- Never ever pay too much upfront. When contractor is signing your contract it is ok to give a reasonable deposit for material. And never pay in full until job is satisfactory and finished on time.
- Expect a mess and noise when contractors are on job. If the job is outdoor or too noisy let your neighbors aware of heavy equipment, dirt around your property and equipment noise. Cover things if it is a dusty job in your house. Also be clear in the contract that the jobsite will be cleaned up at the end of the job.
- Be prepared for delays, employee quitting, or weather delays. Having problems is okay, but it's not okay if the contractor can't work out the issues to your satisfaction.
- Always try to resolve issues, deal them with great professionalism and polite way, long arguments may not only delay your project but can cost you more than you expected.
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
How to Overcome a failure in life
Life is smooth/peaceful and easy-going till the time a wave of bad luck or adversity shakes us from top to bottom.
Even though there is very little that we can do about avoiding any such incident from happening, there are things that we can do to come out from this failure atleast mentally. The way we approach failure and act upon to come out of this, defines how successful we are in life.
We all have goals, targets that we want to achieve and we work hard towards it. During our struggle to meet our goals, we succeed at times and at times we face very sever and adverse failures, but then that's not the end of road. Some people fight back and many fall in the traps of circumstances. The one who says that "I might have failed but I am not a failure." and stand up to walk all over again, is that one who goes on to redfine success for him self.
It is not wrong to fail, but it is a crime if you don’t get back up again and try. The successfull people are the ones who have tried till the time they had succeeded. Remember success or failure is not an event its a process, its a journey, its a series of events. So a single event of failure cannot make a failure person out of you.
So If you are feeling depressed and sad because you have failed and hit the wall. Remember, the only way out is getup and try again, your next attempt is going to be better than the previous one.
In the words of a great person:
"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."
Even though there is very little that we can do about avoiding any such incident from happening, there are things that we can do to come out from this failure atleast mentally. The way we approach failure and act upon to come out of this, defines how successful we are in life.
We all have goals, targets that we want to achieve and we work hard towards it. During our struggle to meet our goals, we succeed at times and at times we face very sever and adverse failures, but then that's not the end of road. Some people fight back and many fall in the traps of circumstances. The one who says that "I might have failed but I am not a failure." and stand up to walk all over again, is that one who goes on to redfine success for him self.
It is not wrong to fail, but it is a crime if you don’t get back up again and try. The successfull people are the ones who have tried till the time they had succeeded. Remember success or failure is not an event its a process, its a journey, its a series of events. So a single event of failure cannot make a failure person out of you.
So If you are feeling depressed and sad because you have failed and hit the wall. Remember, the only way out is getup and try again, your next attempt is going to be better than the previous one.
In the words of a great person:
"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."
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