d-cent t1_j9op0b4 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:15 PM

Reply to comment by PromiseNorth in Contractor for deck replacement? by heartsblossom

Spot on. Contractors are in demand here. Why would a contractor waste their time on creating a bid and doing all the overhead work for a small job when they have big jobs right there?

With the costs of overhead here, putting out expensive proposals is the only way contractors are going to do the job.

PromiseNorth t1_j9qi1pi wrote on February 23, 2023 at 9:09 PM

And weed out the ones they don’t want to do & make sure that the profit is commensurate. For OP I’m more or less expressing how challenging it is to get small jobs contracted. I was ready to write a check for 50k and couldn’t get someone for 6 years even with excepted bids and 50% material down payments to reserve slots.