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Your Pre-Renovation Coach and Consumer Advocate
I Recently launched the "Home Remodeling Bootcamp For Homeowners".
I'm on a mission to change the way homeowners approach their home remodeling and building projects by helping consumers understand the risks and realities of contracting for a home renovation project in order to avoid the most common remodeling disasters and resulting nightmare. And it's not just about hiring the right contractor for the project.
It's more about having control over the project via a detailed specifications sheet, must have important clauses in the contract, a tightly controlled payment schedule, options to have third party reviews on unexpected "surprises" and a "bail out" clause should the project go south.
All in all it's about empowering the consumer with the knowledge that is critical to the success of their project and to mitigate the most common problems that can crop up during construction.
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I am also a Home Improvement Expert at eLocal.com.
and a contributing writer for cover2covermag.com writing about all things home improvement.