Originally Posted by
Mitsu3000gt
I would just avoid anyone who sub-contracts (or sometimes even sub-sub contracts), as most of the time it is the cheapest, worst possible trade they can possibly find. I have been burned 3 times by this now on major work. Manager comes in, makes himself sound all quality-oriented, etc. and maybe he is but he does NONE of the work. Then, in come all these guys who appear to have zero actual construction experience and do an unbelievably poor job (whatever the cheapest labor he could find I am sure). Then, you want him to fix all the problems and guess who shows up to "fix" it"? Never again.
Either get one guy who can do most/all of it himself or hire specific trades for each piece and make sure the guys you are talking to and are comfortable with are the actual ones doing the work.