All Forum Posts by: Sean Walsh

We use travertine in almost all of our projects and people love it! If you have a Floor and Decor in your area they have a bunch of options and are usually are under $2sf. We usually brick stack it. There are so many options out there. This one has worked great for us and sells well. 

Ozonators are amazing to get the smells out as well. Flipped a nasty home. After two days of ozone generation you could barely smell anything.

builddirect.com has some 15 year commercial warranty luxury vinyl plank for really cheap. We used it on a 6500 sf commercial project. Most people thought it was wood! Virtually indestructible. I have no affiliation with builddirect btw ;0) I am with claude on the vinyl plank though.

Diane, I am a GC in California and that is the law here. 

Any reputable contractor is going to have accounts setup  at all of his suppliers  and typically will not have to pay those accounts for 30 days. In my opinion, if a contractor  can not float doing some work for 30 days  it speaks a lot of their financial position  and would trigger  alarm bells in my mind. I have heard of contractors out there who will ride the deposit out and as soon as it gets low they focus their efforts on the next job that gives them a good size deposit and let the other ones go on the back burner. Not good when you're trying to flip a project and get your money back! They might still get the job done, but it could be the difference of you putting your house on for the spring and summer Market versus a fall Market which could be detrimental to a sale. The more you owe the contractor, the quicker he is going to want to get the job done and the sooner you are on the market! As a contractor, my recommendation would be to keep hunting until you find someone who is hungry for the work and willing to work with you.  just food for thought as well, a contractor can put a lien on a property if he is not paid so the property cannot be sold. That might help in negotiations to mention. " do not worry, if I do not pay you when this project is done, you can always put a lien on my property and I will not be able to sell without paying you which is the whole point of this venture to begin with." :0)