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d-cent t1_j9op0b4 wrote

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.

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PromiseNorth t1_j9qi1pi wrote

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.

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