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Contractor won't give me an estimate
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:00 pm
Until he sees what FEMA is willing to pay because he doesn't want to leave any money on the table. How shady is this?
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Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:00 pm to sleepytime
Find a different contractor or play by his rules.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:00 pm to sleepytime
Very.
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Find a different contractor or play by his rules.
This post was edited on 9/1/16 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:00 pm to sleepytime
Very
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:01 pm to pjab
Shoot him
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:01 pm to sleepytime
Tell him to frick off and then put his name on blast everywhere.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:02 pm to sleepytime
Tell him to frick off and find a new contractor.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:02 pm to sleepytime
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Until he sees what FEMA is willing to pay because he doesn't want to leave any money on the table. How shady is this?
Not shady, it takes a lot of time and money to write and estimate in xactimate. He can take the flood estimate, and look at room by room and determine if items are missing. If so he can get them added to the estimate without spending hours of time duplicating the same thing that the adjuster is doing
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:04 pm to sleepytime
F u c k that dude
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:05 pm to sleepytime
We always tell clients not to turn in our estimates until they've received an estimate from their adjuster. That way we can argue with the insurer about #s that are too low and we can bump up our #s that we were lower on. It gets the client more money out of the insurer.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:07 pm to sleepytime
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Until he sees what FEMA is willing to pay because he doesn't want to leave any money on the table. How shady is this?
Get another contractor.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:07 pm to sleepytime
Tell him to kick rocks
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:08 pm to thegreatboudini
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Find a different contractor
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:08 pm to wickowick
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Not shady, it takes a lot of time and money to write and estimate in xactimate.
What FEMA gives you and what work needs to be done are two different things, especially when how much FEMA gives you is based on income/credit score.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:08 pm to wickowick
If
then very lazy.
If he isn't going to put forth the effort to give a fair, independent quote, then how much of an effort is he going to make to give you a quality product at a fair price.
Ditch that lazy bastard.
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Not shady,
then very lazy.
If he isn't going to put forth the effort to give a fair, independent quote, then how much of an effort is he going to make to give you a quality product at a fair price.
Ditch that lazy bastard.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:14 pm to wickowick
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Not shady, it takes a lot of time and money to write and estimate in xactimate. He can take the flood estimate, and look at room by room and determine if items are missing. If so he can get them added to the estimate without spending hours of time duplicating the same thing that the adjuster is doing
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:15 pm to NYNolaguy1
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especially when how much FEMA gives you is based on income/credit score.
I am referring to a flood claim, not a FEMA payment.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:17 pm to Boudreaux35
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then very lazy.
Would you rather a contractor be out working smart and being at homes making sure repairs are happening or sitting behind a computer duplicating the work of the adjuster? You have no idea how time estimate writing is...
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:18 pm to wickowick
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Not shady, it takes a lot of time and money to write and estimate in xactimate. He can take the flood estimate, and look at room by room and determine if items are missing. If so he can get them added to the estimate without spending hours of time duplicating the same thing that the adjuster is doing
You can't be this stupid...
Posted on 9/1/16 at 12:18 pm to sleepytime
Report him to the board
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