Don't Start Your Project Unprepared!
Gary J. Will
Dear News Group Reader,
Are you surfing the net looking for information on issues of planning,
budgeting, designing or the construction of a new home? Are you
considering a major remodel or addition to your existing home? Perhaps
you're considering the purchase of a manufactured home? If the answer
to any of these questions is yes, read on!
If you are seeking out information before you're in up to your neck in
problems, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Most people wait until it is too late.
Most people start looking for information on how to be wise consumers of
design and construction services after problems that could have been
avoided are problems that must be solved. These are the same people
that will later complain loud and long that they are victims of the
unscrupulous construction industry. They will rant and rave about how
they were taken advantage of, and it is all the fault of the architect,
the general contractor, the subcontractors, the building department, the
realtor who sold them their property, the mortgage company, the title
company, their parents, society or all of the above. Nowhere will you
find their names in the list of responsible parties.
The sad fact is, you are the one person most responsible for the outcome
of your planned project. If you think that by hiring your
brother-in-law's friend's son who used to be a carpenter before he had
that little drug problem, is all you need to do to get yourself off the
hook, well I'm sorry. I've got some real bad news for you. You will be
obligating yourself to the largest expenditure you will ever make and
you will be the only one who will have to live in and with the results
of that project. If you think that all it takes is a few minutes of
letting your fingers do the walking in the Yellow Pages, oooohhh are you
in for a surprise. By the way, your mortgage or equity loan finance
company will not care how innocent you are! They will still expect the
payment in full and on time. With this in mind:
YOU BETTER DAMN WELL KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING BEFORE YOU EVEN START TO
PLAN YOUR PROJECT!!!
A little time and a few bucks now can make all the difference in the
outcome of your planned project. If I've managed to get through to you,
visit my web site. If not. . . have fun, and please refrain from
putting down the entire construction industry because you decided you
had all the answers, or that becoming informed is just too much hassle.
Sincerely,
Gary J. Will
WEB SITE: http://www.home-const.com
Gary J. Will
Dear Newsgroup Reader,
If you are planning a project that involves major repairs, remodeling,
additions, new home construction, or even the purchase of a manufactured
home, do yourself a favor and check out my web site. I've spent a lot
of years in the construction business and I am really tired of hearing
about the sad stories by those who have played the construction game for
the first time and feel they have been burned.
The fact is, wise consumers rarely get burned. They encounter problems
that they are prepared to solve and go through the steps necessary to
solve them. It really doesn't take a rocket scientist to be a wise
consumer of design and construction services. But it does take a little
knowledge and preparation.
Playing this game is not like running off to buy a stereo or TV. This
game costs a lot of money, sometimes real big money. If you jump in
without knowing the rules of the game, there is a good chance you will
suffer financial consequences. At best, you will probably end up
spending a lot more and getting a lot less than you expected. There is
a good chance of getting ripped off. When this happens, please consider
your lack of responsibility and don't go crying to someone else about
how you were taken advantage of. It just gives the industry a bad name,
an undeserved bad name at that!!
The construction industry is not that much different than any other
industry. It is populated with humans and some are people with integrity
and some are not. There are those who know what they are doing and
those who don't. Like any other business or transaction, consumer
knowledge and proper precautions go a long way to level the playing
field.
If you were to walk into an automobile dealer knowing nothing about
their line of automobiles, point to a showroom model and ask a
salesperson to sell you that vehicle at sticker price, who is to blame
for you paying thousands more than you had to, you or the dealer?
Learn how to play the construction game before you decide to play, or
take your lumps and don't cry about it!
Sincerely,
Gary J. Will
For more info. on issues of construction, or manufactured housing, visit
my web site: http://www.home-const.com