http://www.sequim-real-estate-blog.com/home_building/building-a-home/please-let-me-save-you-money-on-building-your-home/ Welcome to Sequim & Port Angeles Real Estate, a Branch Office of Adamas Realty Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:45:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.sequim-real-estate-blog.com/home_building/building-a-home/please-let-me-save-you-money-on-building-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2541 Madison homes for sale Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:14:07 +0000 http://sequim-real-estate-blog.com/?p=705#comment-2541 Hi Chuck, Excellent article. I agree with your point that many builders underbid the job and then overcharge you. I had an experience that was oddly similar and yet my builder wasn't the cheapest bidder. Turns out sometimes the worst builders in the world KNOW that people know that they shouldn't go with the cheapest bid, so they use the tactic of quoting a higher price to snag you (you're thinking they're being honest by bidding higher when in reality they're masquerading as honest people) and then WHAM! they build your house with inferior materials without your permission, don't inform you - or lie - about the cheap substitutions, don't do change orders to document the changes, don't rebate you the difference in cost AND won't take any responsibility once the materials and/or installation proves to be defective. Then you have to go and redo half their work - high ticket items like shingles, flashing, siding, not to mention finish a long, long punch list of unfinished and incorrectly installed things due to the shoddy work of their incompetent subcontractors which they use for the sole purpose of trying to save themselves money on your job and then pocket the difference. To add insult to injury they then tell you that they "underbid the job and lost money on the deal". As if that's a valid excuse for not doing the job right! That's what happened to me and I paid dearly (about $100K and counting to repair all the mistakes made on a $150K home addition). So, that's a little twist on what you've described but it works the same way as the guys who underbid and overcharge. If anyone reading this post is planning to build or add on in Madison Wisconsin please contact me so I can make sure you steer clear of this unscrupulous builder who does a lot of work on the near West Side of Madison. I can recommend a builder who is honest, reliable, talented and NARI certified (National Association of Builders). Thanks again for a terrific article warning consumers about the dangers of choosing the wrong builder. P.S. My builder was recommended to me by an architect who had been working with him for 20 years. He was shocked when he found out about all the problems I'd had. So you just never know! The best advice is to do your homework and, above all, make sure your builder is NARI certified! Hi Chuck, Excellent article. I agree with your point that many builders underbid the job and then overcharge you. I had an experience that was oddly similar and yet my builder wasn’t the cheapest bidder. Turns out sometimes the worst builders in the world KNOW that people know that they shouldn’t go with the cheapest bid, so they use the tactic of quoting a higher price to snag you (you’re thinking they’re being honest by bidding higher when in reality they’re masquerading as honest people) and then WHAM! they build your house with inferior materials without your permission, don’t inform you – or lie – about the cheap substitutions, don’t do change orders to document the changes, don’t rebate you the difference in cost AND won’t take any responsibility once the materials and/or installation proves to be defective. Then you have to go and redo half their work – high ticket items like shingles, flashing, siding, not to mention finish a long, long punch list of unfinished and incorrectly installed things due to the shoddy work of their incompetent subcontractors which they use for the sole purpose of trying to save themselves money on your job and then pocket the difference. To add insult to injury they then tell you that they “underbid the job and lost money on the deal”. As if that’s a valid excuse for not doing the job right! That’s what happened to me and I paid dearly (about $100K and counting to repair all the mistakes made on a $150K home addition). So, that’s a little twist on what you’ve described but it works the same way as the guys who underbid and overcharge. If anyone reading this post is planning to build or add on in Madison Wisconsin please contact me so I can make sure you steer clear of this unscrupulous builder who does a lot of work on the near West Side of Madison. I can recommend a builder who is honest, reliable, talented and NARI certified (National Association of Builders). Thanks again for a terrific article warning consumers about the dangers of choosing the wrong builder. P.S. My builder was recommended to me by an architect who had been working with him for 20 years. He was shocked when he found out about all the problems I’d had. So you just never know! The best advice is to do your homework and, above all, make sure your builder is NARI certified!

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