Whether your doing general repairs, repairs to improve your property prior to a sale, preparing to upgrade, or doing storm damage repairs check references and the length of time your potential contractor has been in business. If someone is constantly changing business names that maybe a sign that they are tryig to not be located by past clients. Its also a good idea to see if you can get these references from someone you know yourself or in the are and ask how they found the contractor or what references they saw or if the follow up repairs, warranties, or guantees held up to what was offered. All reputable contractors have licenses. All reputable contractors will give you a written contract with there address and phone number on the contract. 1/3 of the contract is the normal deposit to cover materials. The more specific the contract the more likely you will get the results desired.
After a storm its tempting to take the first person that comes along and hire them. But if there are no references, contracts, etc...do you really want to take the risk of loosing your deposit? A temporary repair by a reputable contract may be a better solution than to pay for less than what you expect.
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