Remodeling your home is a great way to improve its value while also making it a better place for your family. According to Zippia, a leading recruitment site, the home remodeling market is expected to grow by more than 4% annually through 2027 in the United States. With so many options in a growing market, you’ll need to make sure you get a great general contractor that will provide you with quality work. Here are some tips to help you find the right one for your home remodel.

Ask for Recommendations From Trusted Sources

Your friends, family, and coworkers are potentially good sources for finding a general contractor who has done work on their homes. You can ask for recommendations and learn what kind of work was done if anyone that you know and trust has recently had some or all of their home remodeled. You also can learn if they were satisfied with the work and the manner in which the remodeling crew worked and interacted with them.

Look for Better Business Bureau Ratings

You don’t want to blindly hire a general contractor without learning more about its experience in the local community. A good general contractor likely participates in the local Better Business Bureau, which should have a record of the business. If so, you can learn when the business was founded, check its business rating, and see if any complaints were filed against it. The bureau can be a great source of information that could help you find a good contractor.

Check for Bond and Insurance Protection

You should never hire a contractor to remodel your home unless that contractor has bond protection and liability insurance. The bond protection will pay for any financial losses that you might suffer if an accident were to damage or destroy your home or belongings while the remodeling project is underway. Liability insurance also can protect you against possible liability claims if a worker is injured while working on your home.

Ask for Work Examples and References

An experienced general contractor should have lots of satisfied clients and prior work of which it is particularly proud. The contractor should have photographs of other projects that it can share with you so that you can see examples of work it has done. You also should ask for references and call some of them if the contractor has any to share.

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