Need recommendation for bathroom reno in West Palm Beach

10 years ago

Master bath of apartment inherited from my mom is a disaster. Want to replace bathtub with shower, replace vanity and toilet, fix ceiling where there was a leak who-knows-when, etc. Can you recommend anyone in my area who is good and (of course) reasonable? ARGH - thanks!!

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Joseph Corlett, LLC

10 years ago

That's too long a drive for me, so I'd recommend you try www.homeadvisor.com or Thumbtack. If you'd like to increase your response rate, be specific and say you value reputation over price.

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User
10 years ago
What's your budget? 30K 50K? 70K? I bet Joe would drive the distance if you had a truly ''reasonable'' budget.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
10 years ago
Well it is only 3 hours away....
cpartist
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Well it is only 3 hours away

That's at night. Get on 70 behind some no see um during the day and see how long it takes to get there.
User
10 years ago
A good way to find people is to go to your local suppliers like a lumber yard or plumbing supply, ask if they have a referral list and call to get quotes from the list. I wasn't going to use a contractor at first, but we got the name of a good tile guy from the Tile Shop who in turn referred a master plumber to us who in turn referred our carpenter who he'd been working with for over 15 years. He turned out to be a contractor and we ended up hiring him for several things. He was easy to work with and we were really happy with everything he did for us. All of the guys who gave us names cared about how the referral would reflect on them, they told me to let them know if there was a problem because they wouldn't refer them anymore if there was and I appreciated that I was obviously referred people who had a good reputation in the industry.
kudzu9
10 years ago
Sometimes I have gotten good leads on contractors from friends who have had similar work done. When I need a building trades specialist and don't have a reliable lead, I've found that Angie's List is a good starting place as you can sort people by trade and by review ratings, and get detailed reviews by people who have had work done. I recently hired a tiling contractor that I had never heard of, but discovered by using Angie's List, and he turned out to be terrific. Whatever you do, get at least three bids and dig into reviews/references.

Also, when you are getting serious about hiring someone, make sure that their license and insurance/bonding is current and see whether they have any complaints, all of which you can usually do by checking in with your State's department of Building and Industries. The Better Business Bureau web site is occasionally useful in seeing if there are any complaints against a contractor, although not all contractors are listed there.