[Altavia]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

It's been awhile, but I have done a lot of projects, and I have never paid a deposit to a contractor for flooring or other materials unless they were delivered to my house and I paid the supplier directly for them, and I owned them. Also, to me, it makes no sense to order a special fancy product that cannot be returned. Why not just go with standard materials? I'm not that picky.

I don't disagree.

But things have changed with labor shortages and many materials in short supply or no longer available.