How to make sure a contractor is not ripping you off.

[Kyle Bentz]

How do you make sure a contractor is not ripping you off when purchasing materials. How do you verify what they purchased and what they used. How do you make sure they dont buy something and then return it? 

[Sharad M.]

Kyle,

How is your contract set up with the contractor? Are you paying for the labor and material?

Or is the contractor going to pay for the materials and then you reimburse him? 

What I do for my jobs is I pay for almost all the materials and contractors only get paid for the labor. And I buy almost everything at Home Depot. My contractors go to HD and pick out everything they need for the job and someone from Pro Desk calls me to confirm the purchase and tell me what the contractor is buying. 

What I love about buying at HD is that on their website after you create an account, you can see pictures of what was bought with quantity and pricing jnfo. I quickly scan the invoice with pics to make sure everything looks good on the purchase. 

Hope this helps.

Sharad