Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Terms and Conditions
View Single Post
 
Old 04-28-2022, 09:06 PM
joelfmi joelfmi is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 485
Thanks: 9
Thanked 193 Times in 116 Posts
Send a message via AIM to joelfmi
Default That a hard question to answer because because at the end of the job and it completed

Quote:
Originally Posted by GpaVader View Post
I've been reading through a lot of the posts here and most of them say not to pay a contractor until the work is done. While I agree with that we are looking at a landscaper and they want 1/3 down and 2/3 upon completion. Looking for some direction here. He's 2 months out to do the work and I'd feel better giving him the 1/3 just before starting. Comments please....
You decide not to pay him he will have to sue you and that is costly. should be 1/3 down, 1/3 in middle and 1/3 completion. A lot of contractor do ripe off people, you should control the job with payments and stages of Contruction