Accepting a “cheapest quote by several thousand dollars” for finishing..

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Nov 26, 2019
2:19:41pm

Notparticularly Walk-on

a basement is a crap shoot at best. Happy it worked out for you. Eventually

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Notparticularly

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Any recommendations on someone to finish a basement?

coolcats

11/26/19 1:32pm

Knowing your general area of residence may help

MikeDitka'sStache

11/26/19 1:32pm

He lives in Estonia. Know anybody there?

Vincent's Picks

11/26/19 1:47pm

Joke’s on you

coolcats

11/26/19 1:56pm

Western US

coolcats

11/26/19 1:50pm

RE: Any recommendations on someone to finish a basement?

IceCreamButt

11/26/19 1:33pm

We used these guys approx. 5 or 6 years ago.

Troy McClure

11/26/19 1:33pm

I used them this year.

FootBackwards

11/26/19 1:50pm

Whoa. That is quite a bit different than my experience but it was

Troy McClure

11/26/19 1:52pm

My experience may have been the exception.

FootBackwards

11/26/19 2:05pm

Accepting a “cheapest quote by several thousand dollars” for finishing..

Notparticularly

11/26/19 2:19pm

I forgot some people don’t mind spending more money than they need to.

FootBackwards

11/26/19 2:37pm

Boardmail me and I'll give you the name and number of the contractor who

Wagon

11/26/19 1:38pm

If it were me I would just find your own subs instead of going with a GC. You’ll

Nuke

11/26/19 2:19pm

So did you submit your own plans, get the permits yourself, etc?

Troy McClure

11/26/19 2:24pm

There’s only one permit and scheduling inspections is just a phone call to your city or county. GC’s best value they

Zach Morris

11/26/19 2:27pm

Good to know as I had no idea.

Troy McClure

11/26/19 2:29pm

Today it’s easier than ever to find your own subs using apps like home advisor

Nuke

11/26/19 2:57pm

A lot of subs can handle these as well. I pull permits all the time for projects

bd52

11/26/19 2:32pm

Yeah I was able to submit a plan. The city accepted a pretty rough sketch and I

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