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Avoid Construction and Remodeling Scams
It's fall, which means many homeowners are scrambling to make improvements to their abodes before winter hits. Many of you know the stress and the pressure that comes with home-remodeling. Every year home repair fraud is a top consumer complaint that the AGO receives.
Questions are key in the process of choosing a home repair contractor -- How do I know if I am overpaying? Is the contractor trustworthy? Is he/she licensed? Is the contractor completing the project my specifications?
Education is also necessary to avoid a shady contractor.
With so much of your hard-earned money invested in your home, you do not want to risk losing it by not seeing the signs of a scam.
In addition, there are tips given on the AGO site.
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Posted by on September 26, 2008 2:32 pm :: Comments (1) :: Permalink
1 Response to "Avoid Construction and Remodeling Scams "
says:
September 27, 2008 3:58 pm
This has little to do with the blog post, but I have to ask. What happened to people making an honset living. Have we as a society sunk so low that there are so many of us that are looking to cheet (sp?) the next guy to make a buck? I can remember my Grandfather telling me how it was when he grew up and I have to be honest it seems like it was a better place to be back then than now. I do know that there were those that tried to scam people, but it seems that in this day and age there are no morals. I guess my Sociology professer was right. When Techonology takes the face away from people it makes it easier to cheat them. Kevin
