moms house |
When my mom rebuilt after the fire, she paid the general his fee for over seeing the project, but she paid each sub-contractors directly and had each sign a release before the final payment.
Yea, it meant she wrote lots of checks, but with lots of checks comes lots of paper work and documentation in case anything went wrong.
Don't for a minute think that a 74 year old 4'6' frail old lady with only a high school education can't go toe to toe with a contractor. Those poor contractor fools who thought she was an easy mark...I still chuckle....they went in with low numbers thinking they could change order up the price...still chuckling...if she said dance, they danced.
She knew the real power was in the power of the purse.
Edit:
added pic to show how well it turned out.