15 Steps – It Can Be Difficult to Pick a Good Contractor

So, it happened again. The local NBC television station aired a story recently about a couple who hired a contractor to remodel their home. The person who claimed to be a contractor took a large down payment and disappeared. This happens much too often!

What can someone do to prevent this type of fraud from happening to them? If takes work. Let get you started with a list drawn up by the California’s Contractors State License Board (CSLB.) This is the agency that licenses contractors in California. They suggest that anyone that needs to hire a contractor do the following, with my comments in italics: