Posted on 01/25/2023 8:36:55 AM PST by Salamander
Our local Servpro has a 71% “1 star rating”
The crew they sent to clean/ restore/replace is run by somebody who used t work for that Servpro but went out on her own is the circus who threw out hundreds of of dollars of brand new art supplies but fixated on bottles of hydrogen peroxide instead.
Beware of the adjuster that is an accountant. Run in terror if he’s a licensed CPA.
He’s a lawyer with a bunch of adjuster staff.
He just runs the show.
This is an invitation to disaster. In my experience it takes less than an hour for any residential construction job to go sideways, and less than a day for it to go completely wrong. (My experience is two houses as owner-builder, and one built by a general contractor.)
Mike may be an angel, but you must supervise the entire project and visit it at least once every day looking at every little detail.
They will use substandard concrete, less rebar than the drawings indicate, lower quality studs, Chinese sheetrock, inferior plumbing, poor workmanship, and the lowest possible grade of paint. All materials must be specified and checked.
The way contractors usually work is they hire the least expensive labor they can get (inexperienced illegals), and leave the job completely up to them. The smooth-talking guy with the contractor license is only on your job for a few minutes every day.
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