How the Remodeling industry works
As long as I can remember I have been
around the remodeling business. From the time I was 8 years old my Dad would
bring me to work with him. At the time I would have rather been playing outside
or been with my friends but it was okay because I got to be with my Dad. He
would always say “Pay attention…watch what I do”. I never really took it very
serious, after all I was going to be a
rockstar ! As a young adult I realized
that it was pretty cool to do remodeling work, kind of like a form of art, and I always loved the Arts. As I grew older I
began to embrace the field and developed a passion for transforming something
old into something new and beautiful. Unfortunately it hasn’t been a very
profitable journey. Read on if you want the truth about the remodeling business…
In a nutshell the remodeling business is
run by a bunch of corrupt and greed driven individuals who care about nothing
more than gross profit. When these people are in the board room they are not
talking about how beautiful your kitchen turned out. They are talking about how
much money they made from it. It is sort of like a pyamid scheme.
(1) You have the (Owner or Partnership). These people, for
one have never swung a hammer in their life. They drive around in Escalades in
the winter and Corvettes in the summer. They have summer homes with Jet Skis
and Expensive boats.
(2) The Sales staff…Okay these people don’t know if they are selling kitchens and baths or
shoes ! I have had the experience of one salesman who asked me what Crown
Moulding was ! Their job is to gain your trust and get you to sign on the
dotted line. The more the price, the better the commission !
(3) The Installer…This is Me ! The Artist that takes pride
in the work that goes into your home…I don’t have a sales pitch…My van is my
office. My Dad always told me since I was a little boy that “ If you accept the
quality of the job in your own home than it is sufficient”…” If not than it is
sub-par and unacceptable”. In my 26 plus years in this business I have heard
from so many Contractors… “ It looks good from 390 !!!”. WHAT ? Then I go to pick up my check when the job is
done and management says “well were going to have to take 3 or 4 hundred of the
bill because there just wasn’t enough in the job. Meanwhile I have to work
Saturdays and Sundays just to barely pay the bills and the big guys are
enjoying life with the family at the cottage or on vacation !!! Yeah…That’s
living the dream !!!
Wake
up people !!!
Stop
paying the middlemen…You could save thousands by hiring the little guy !!!
