Category: Building & Renovation

The decision is legal before it is financial Most of the advice about hiring a handyman begins with the size of the job. Small job, hire a handyman. Big job, call a tradesperson. The advice is common, and it is wrong, because size is not the rule that actually governs the decision. The governing rule […]

The asymmetry before you sign A licensed builder who works on renovations has run the contracting process many times in a normal year. Most homeowners run it once in a decade, often for the largest single purchase they will make after the house itself. That asymmetry is why the questions in this article belong before […]