Mortgage Blog Quick Tip # 3 – Evaluating professional help for your house

Once you have several choices for each trade you need to narrow it down to a primary choice and a backup (if your water heater is leaking and your choice for a plumber is at the beach, you will need an alternative!) The most important items to evaluate are on the following checklist.

1. How long have they been in business?

2. Do people consider them to be reliable?

3. How is the quality of their work?

4. When the work was finished, was the job site neat and clean?

5. What is their hourly rate?

6. Is the work done by them or will someone else be doing the work?

7. Do they have proper insurance coverage?

8. If necessary, do they have the proper license?