Bad Mistakes Homeowners Make When Hiring a Contractor to Pave Their Driveway!
Taking the Cheapest Price
We are not here to tell you how to spend your money. If service and quality are not overly important to you and your budget is tight, then by all means take several bids and choose the contractor who shoots you the lowest price. But don’t kid yourself. Just like with everything else in life, price and quality go hand in hand. When you choose the lowest price you are choosing the contractor with the least incentive to keep you happy. After all, you’ve already communicated that price is all you really care about. Your decision to shop for the lowest price stands as irrefutable evidence.
When you bought your last car, did you buy the cheapest one you could find? Do you buy generic food? Do you do most of your shopping at the Dollar Store?
Then what would possess you to hire the lowest priced contractor?
If it sounds too good to be true…. it is.
Most good contractors have similar costs. There are marginal differences but if someone is 25% less you should ask them why? We all pay around the same price for materials, labor, and insurance. The quickest way to bring our costs down is to cut corners. Sad but true.
They are possibly not insured.
They are possibly not local.
They will possibly sealcoat your driveway too thin with watered down materials and may not treat cracks.
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THEM WHEN FUTURE PROBLEMS APPEAR. DON’T DO IT!!
- Hiring an Uninsured Contractor
Although you may not feel much can go wrong when having your driveway paved you definitely don’t want a driveway paving contractor who’s uninsured. For instance, an unexpected rain storm can splash sealcoat material on a homeowner’s garage door, siding, and concrete or brick sidewalk. Even though a contractor can’t control the weather, if they have the proper insurance you will be protected.
- Failing to Check with the Better Business Bureau for Driveway Paving Companies
- Failing to Check with the Better Business Bureau for Driveway Paving Companies
Check with the Better Business Bureau. See whether the contractor has had several complaints lodged. If a driveway sealcoating contractor is going to take care of you, his past clients will sing his praises. If he isn’t going to, the stench of his past performance will stink to high heaven. All you’ve got to do is a little due diligence.