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Title: Hiring Contractors Without Going Through Hell: How to Find, Hire, Supervise, and Pay Professional Help for Home Renovations and Repairs by Ellis Levinson ISBN: 0-8027-7381-8 Publisher: Walker & Co Pub. Date: June, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Good starting point
Comment: I have found this book to be very enlightening. I am in the process of hiring a contractor, and this book opened my eyes to several steps that I need to take in order to protect myself and my investment. In particular, I found the sections on writing the contract and setting up the payment schedules to be helpful. There are a couple of improvements that could be made to this book to make it even more helpful. It should include more examples of contracts. The one full contract example the book includes is reduced to unreadable text size in order to save print, which makes it nearly useless as an example.

Since the book was written pre-Web, it would benefit from being revised to include information on helpful websites. For example, the book provides the addresses and phone numbers of licensing bureaus for each state, but it would be nice to have a website address, too.

All in all, this is a good starter book and has the potential to save you far more than its cost in troubles and headaches.

Rating: 5
Summary: "If You Own A Home You Need To Read This Book"
Comment: "Hiring Contractors" should be read BEFORE you ever consider talking to anyone who might work on your house. The author identifies particular areas to be cautious with contractors to prevent shoddy work or being overcharged. The book advises the best process in choosing, working with and staying in charge of your contractor. If you want to prevent potential aggravation or problems with contractors, this is the book to show you how. The author also well advises the homeowner how to avoid potential lawsuits and hazards in working with "contractors". A very readable and useful book.

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