Reply #5: Thats is how it is done.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

How else will any contractor know just what you want. Guess work on the part of the contractor leads to doing it twice if the client is not satisfied. Nobody wants to do it twice to get it right and time is money.

I call clients at work on occasion to discuss particulars in a remodel phase, -sometimes I think this bothers them, even though I have their work direct line for that reason. They are always glad I called. The location of towel racks and positioning of lighting ,all those little details are very important in brining the job into finish.This is their vision ,that is what they paid for. It.s their money ,it's their home ,when you as a contractor have delivered adding to their ideas ,filling in the details ,a little bit of you is in their home. Those are little land marks to the contractor.

But than there are those that think it's all about them. And how they just love to talk about themselves and the things that they do.

When friends or relatives of happy clients call you as a contractor and say, you are highly recommended and the so and so's really enjoyed working with you, that's when you know that you are doing right by the trades and as a business person.

And that's who you are looking for to do the work on your home.
From the contractor stand point it's all about what you as the client want. It's not all about the things the contractor has done-,see the pretty pictures!

On a recommendation ,the client or potential client has already seen what you as a contractor can do! And they already have some idea of what you are capable of.

When a project goes very well for the contractor, it is because the level of communication between the client and the contractor was excellent from day one.