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Four months into a kitchen remodel that was supposed to take three weeks, your contractor stops answering the phone. No one has shown up in days. You’ve already paid almost the full amount of money ...

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For those ready to bring their home improvement ideas to life, hiring a general contractor is an eventual inevitability. Fittingly, you can think of a general contractor as, well, a general. By ...

Home renovation projects like remodeling a kitchen, adding a new deck or transforming your living space to an open floor plan are big investments. If you’ve got the vision for your construction ...

In the past, it may have been enough to know that your contractor was licensed, bonded and insured. Although those are still important criteria, you may have to take your research a bit further in ...