Get a contract! Get everything in writing! Bid a remodel job on my house and went 6K over budget, 12+ if you count the fact that I was told a/c units (plural) were included in the quote and on move in day discovered only one of the two was replaced. So, while the second wasn't in the quote, I wasn't expecting to pay an additional 6,300. I don't expect a job to be to the penny at all, but when I paid for some of the supplies that were supposed to be included, there were no surprises on the job, and I took out a project that was in the original bid, there's no reason for the job to go 6K over budget without telling me. The contractor (Allen Mendel) he used almost never came to the job so the subs would only get instructions via text causing multiple unnecessary trips. The subs however are fantastic! John Bart painting, Leon's Electric and Plumbing and Jason who did the tile. read more