Got a contractor

I received a written estimate from one of the contractor's I met last week - the one that I said that they struck me as the most professional. I had expected that their estimate would be higher than the others I had. They're a professional company and I expected they would charge more for their services. I had expected their quote to be about $2000-3000 higher. It wasn't. It was about $10,000 more than what the other contractors I'd talked to had quoted me. Back to the drawing board, and I'm getting antsy to get the work started.

I called my financial advisor and I called a guy from my church who does real estate, and I asked them if they knew a contractor to whom they could refer me. Both of them had a contact for me.

I also called a guy I met recently from my men's group - he's a carpenter by trade. I met with him at the house, he said he could start on Monday, and to make a short story shorter, I gave him the job.

In the meantime, there have been about a dozen showings already, so I'm hoping at least one of them will lead to an offer.