What questions should you ask a kitchen remodeling contractor

Q: What questions should you ask a kitchen remodeling contractor?

The questions to ask a kitchen remodeling contractor are about license, scope, schedule and payment. Ask the same ones of every remodeler so the answers compare. Ask: What is your California license number? (Check it at cslb.ca.gov.) Will you pull the permit? What exactly is included in the estimate, and what is excluded? Who will be on site each day, and who is my contact? What is the schedule, and what usually delays it? How do you handle changes and surprises found behind the walls? What is the payment schedule? On payment, California law limits the down payment on a home improvement contract to $1,000 or 10% of the contract price, whichever is less, according to the Contractors State License Board. A request for more up front is a reason to ask questions.

Ask: What is your California license number? (Check it at cslb.ca.gov.) Will you pull the permit? What exactly is included in the estimate, and what is excluded? Who will be on site each day, and who is my contact? What is the schedule, and what usually delays it? How do you handle changes and surprises found behind the walls? What is the payment schedule?

On payment, California law limits the down payment on a home improvement contract to $1,000 or 10% of the contract price, whichever is less, according to the Contractors State License Board. A request for more up front is a reason to ask questions.

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