Heidan Construction, a leading company construction company in Toronto, is here to let you in on construction company red flags. There are a lot of businesses out there with a less than ideal track record. We want to inform you on how to tell who’s the real deal and who’s a bad idea. In Part 1, we covered why bad communication and a lack of portfolio are bad signs in a construction company. Here are some more things to look out for.
No Respect for Your Needs
When you go in for an initial consultation with your construction company, there are a lot of things you should be looking for. Feeling like you’re being heard is a huge deal. There is almost nothing more important than feeling like you’re being listened to when working with a construction team.
Having a house built or renovated is a massive and expensive undertaking. When putting forward that much money, you need to know you can trust the people you’re paying. Don’t settle for a team that:
- Talks over you when you try to explain your needs.
- Tries to tell you that you don’t want something that you’re sure you do, unless they have code-based reasons for depriving you.
- Doesn’t understand basic construction concepts. If you know more than them, without notable amounts of construction experience, that’s a bad sign.
- Is unwilling to change their design. If you work with a design build team and they create a design that you feel isn’t what you want, they should be willing to change it. You’re not paying your design build team to build whatever they want.
Weird Fees
When you hire a construction team, there shouldn’t be any weird side fees for their work. One way a company can scam you out of extra money is by tacking on unnecessary and substandard fees for things like certain pieces of equipment. If you’re hiring a team and see a fee that you’re unsure about, give us a call and we’ll let you know if that’s a normal fee for the practice.
Lack of Respectable Behavior
Something you should keep an eye out for is a construction team that isn’t respectable in their appearance and behavior. This is one of the biggest construction company red flags. Even in a hard work industry like construction, team members should be dressed for the job and on their best behavior. Construction sites aren’t a playground.
While it’s fairly normal for a team of friends to joke around with each other here and there. However, crude jokes, alcohol, and reckless behavior on a job-site is a huge red flag. If you’re looking for someone to get injured on your property, this is a great way to achieve that. Don’t settle for dangerous, juvenile behavior. Instead, hire professionals who have pride in themselves and their work.
If you’re looking for a consultation for your next renovation or building project in Toronto, give us a call. Heidan Construction has the experience and professionalism that you need.
