Tips for preventing the 'con' in contractors from scamming you

In this article, Mike Holmes discusses the scammers that plague the Canadian home renovation industry.

In the world of contracting, there's the good, the bad, and the ugly. About 20 per cent of contractors are good. These contractors have licences, insurance, skill, experience and integrity. They hold true to their word and they care about the work they do and the people it affects. These are the ones you want to hire, and they're out there.

Unfortunately, about 70 per cent of contractors are bad, and another 10 per cent are just downright con artists. Bad contractors don't know any better, and they don't care to learn how to do better. But the ugly contractors - the con artists - come in and take the most money they can get, doing the least amount of work possible, to the point where the work is not only bad; it's also dangerous.

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