Finding reliable, professional craftsmen is one of the key points. After all, builders must complete the work with high quality and on time and implement the design project. How to choose the main actors of your construction repair and draw up a contract with them correctly?

We have already talked about what guarantees builders should require before repairs to avoid losing money, nerves, and time.

But how do you choose a reliable team? You can use the services of referral specialists or search for ads on the web. But you should not blindly trust ratings and reviews (although they must be taken into account): they are not always objective. You will have to evaluate the brigade yourself – according to several criteria at once.

We Check the Experience of Construction Repairmen.

First, you need to make sure that the team is professional, has work experience, and can be entrusted with an apartment. Some craftsmen embellish their skills by presenting other people’s home repairs under the guise of their own. Therefore, we do not take their word for it, but we ask you to provide an extract of the registration of an individual entrepreneur with the corresponding type of activity.

This method will help to exclude one-day brigades. It is not out of place to check the practical experience of the team leader, as well as to make sure that he has a specialized education.

Ideally, the team should provide finishing services for apartments for at least five years. During this time, the craftsmen acquire good experience and have a dozen completed building repairs services in their portfolio.

I highly recommend talking to previous customers. This will exclude purchased reviews. Ask the foreman for the contacts of former clients. Call them to find out how they value cooperation. Another way is to agree with the owners of the apartment where the team worked and come and see the work done.

We Exclude the “Jack of All Trades.” 

Check with your supervisor who will be doing the plumbing, who will be in charge of the electrician, who will be plastering and tiling. Be sure to ask about the qualifications of workers and admission to the relevant work.

For example, if there is no professional electrician in the brigade, you cannot trust the wiring to these masters. Suppose, after two or three months, the wiring begins to shorten in the apartment. And only you will be to blame for this because you have hired unskilled workers. And now it’s only your problem – to open the walls in search of the very twist that you have closed.

If the foreman claims that he has a jack of all trades in his team, say goodbye to such a team right away. This means that in each area, the specialist understands superficially. In addition, in this case, it is unrealistic to guarantee the exact timing of the work. If a valuable shot goes on sick leave, there will be simply no one to replace it. And your construction repair runs the risk of being delayed.

We Look At The Tools. 

Professional teams that have been on the market for a long time have a complete set of tools and equipment at their disposal. And if the foreman says that it is necessary to buy or rent a wall chaser, then the qualifications of such a team are in doubt.

It is best to make sure that you have a tool and see what kind of technique these masters trust. Novice finishers, as a rule, do not consider it necessary to invest in good imported models and use cheap counterparts.

Everyone who has done home repairs at least once knows that inexpensive equipment sometimes fails at the most crucial moment. And experienced craftsmen understand all the technical nuances even more. Therefore, if specialists trust the leading European, Japanese, or American brands of the middle price segment and above, their work will most likely suit you much more.

When visiting an object, I always look at the professional finishing tool. The brigade should always have a grinder, a hammer drill, a screwdriver, a circular saw, an electric jigsaw, a grinder, a wall chaser, a construction vacuum cleaner, a spray gun, and, of course, a laser level and a plane builder.

We Draw Up A Contract.

Do not hire builders who refuse to draw up a contract. Cooperation with any partners – only officially.

No payment in envelopes and verbal agreements! Anything happens during a renovation. What if, due to improper plumbing, you flood your neighbors? You will be blamed if you do not have a contract drawn up.

Indicate who will procure the materials and deliver them to the construction repair website. List the rights and obligations of the parties – who is responsible for what. 

Always include the start and end dates for the repair. List the reasons these terms may be shifted: for example, if changes are made to the design project, or additional equipment purchase is required. Be sure to fix all changes in the agreement with additional agreements.

Do not hesitate to describe in detail the fines and the procedure for resolving issues that arise in case of violation of one of the clauses of the agreement. It is better if these are specific measures, not the wording “by agreement of the parties.”

And it is very desirable to fix the warranty obligations in writing. After all, if a construction repair company values ​​its reputation, it will easily provide you with a guarantee for its work.

Conclusion:

A contract is a great way to weed out non-professionals. Therefore, feel free to write in the contract everything important to you. In separate appendices, make estimates for rough and finishing materials and add a list of works to be performed. Do not forget about the warranty that the repair team must provide.