(and Not End Up with the Bad Ones)

Building your own home is everyone’s dream, and as fascinating as it sounds, it is also a big responsibility to take care of. Therefore, you would want to seek professional help. And one of the most trusted professions in the construction business is that of contractors.

Hiring an experienced and reputed professional takes the worry off of you. Working with contractors can be notoriously difficult Therefore, choosing the right contractor for your home is a crucial step that must always be done with careful considerations on a number of aspects.

So here are a few signs that point out a Bad Contractor –

1. Low Cost Contractors

It is not an unknown fact that an agent’s commission is negotiable. But on average, the first asked commissions almost always lie in the same ballpark.

So, if you hear a price that is higher or surprisingly lower than the average, you should be alarmed. Companies might allure you for a 1465 Rs /Sq.Ft. Pricing, in the name of fake penalties and false promises. What is even more shocking is that they ask for this price, even though they are just intermediate brokers.

Commission pricings fools the most because what they don’t get in the asked price, they compensate for other things, such as margins cut out from material pricing, withdrawals after payment.

We at 100Pillars Constructions, ensure legal and affordable construction with our fixed priced packages depending upon the kind of services wanted.

2. Method, Technique and the Lack of it.

There are many uneducated contractors who are hardly studied & qualified to do. One of the very first things you can notice about a bad contractor is their lack of technical knowledge. See, a good contractor will always support your needs and wishes with facts, he will also be able to tell you if something you want can’t happen and back them up with reasons and technical factors.

But there are a number of uneducated contractors who are unqualified for practice and they continue to misguide the people asking for help.

3. No Fixed or Fair Pricing

Due to the unique nature of every construction process, the fluctuating prices of facilities and the general economic condition in the duration of building of a project, the matters of the money are always negotiable. Especially in residential projects, the progress and prices of various systems depends a lot on the general condition of the local market and the national economic status. This negotiation opens a window for the contractors to change and ask for different prices at different milestones.

The best way to not fall into a pit like that is to sign a fixed price contract. You can always demand one, but if you don’t hear it from the contractors, you know it’s a red flag.

4. Primitive Techniques and Solutions

Today’s world is more reliant on technology than ever before. The days when everything relied on a set of blueprints and handheld tools are gone. Modern technology opens up a whole new world of structural possibilities.

But there are not a lot of contractors that think about smart home automation in home constructions. However, unlike the bunch of these, 100Pillars Constructions is the first construction company to bring in smart technology in homes making lives easier and faster.

5. Incapability of End to End Ownership

End to End ownership is one of the few and foremost things a Trustworthy contractor offers you. Basically, a contractor who offers end to end ownership would be someone who will be able to help you through the entire process starting from the plan sanctioning to the actual construction procedure and will be with you every step of the way.

So, for keeping a safe side, you should always ask if the contractor you’re in talks with offers E-to-E ownership, and if he doesn’t you should simply mark them off of your list.

6. Insecure Labor

The workmanship and security of labor, whether hired per contract or as a regular worker in a company shows a lot about how the contractor functions.

There is always a chance that the owners are taken responsible if and when anything happens to the labor working on site. The easiest way to prevent that from happening is finding a contractor that cares enough for his labor to keep every safety measure in mind while sending them on site.

More often than not, these things are hidden in fine print, and the best way to secure yourself is to get someone on the legal side to proof read the contracts.

7. Project Delays

Even after rigorous promising of on time projects, there are always some who fail to deliver on the promised date. There have been cases where the contractor calls in 4 days before the said completion date to inform about the extension of the project.

Many companies falsely promise penalty to people and evidently refuse to take calls to answer to their clients about delays or issues.

We at 100Pillars Constructions, however, have a winning streak on being punctual and up to the expected mark.

8. Unskilled Labors or Professionals

The inability of hiring honest engineers and skillful workers of a contractor shows the primitive and clever nature of business and hence would not be a very good choice to hire out. The skill and techniques of the labor and associated professionals are an extension to the reliability of the contractor.

There are many contractors that indulge in petty ways such as playing with the steel quantity to cut the cost and creating a margin for themselves.

However, we at 100Pillars Constructions, have registered structural engineers who keep all the government norms while choosing and approving the right material for the project.

9. Withdrawal From Projects

Hiring an uncertified contractor can potentially put your own project in jeopardy. An uncertified contractor is unreliable and is basically allowed to work as he pleases, so he can easily get out of contracts in the middle of projects whenever he wants to. There are many contractors that withdraw themselves from the project if they feel like that it isn’t creating much profit. There have also been worse cases of contractors running away with the money.

10. Unclear payment record

Lack of payment records, continuous nagging about payments and irregular updates are all clear signs of a contractor to stay away from. There are professionals who try to confuse the customers without proper payment acknowledgements. Some local contractors even tend to deal in cash, saving them from taxes and proofs of payment.

11. Unorganized Milestone Updates

With an undergoing a project, a contractor is supposed to regularly update the client of the progress. Often the contractors set a Milestone update schedule, where they update you after the completion of every step/milestone. This can give you a clear idea about the contractor’s project management capabilities. There are contractors out there who fail to bring out a weekly update, let alone a daily check in.

Unlike 100Pillars Constructions, who guarantee to provide you with daily or weekly updates and even have an option to provide you with CCTV access to your project site, so as to make you feel like you’re there all the time.

12.  Uncertified professionals

The last but not the least of all the noteworthy things to be kept in mind is that a suitable professional will always be recognized for their work credibility, certifications of safety standards being one of the most basic of them. Choosing a certified help is always necessary and advisable, no matter if you’re told otherwise. A licensed professional will be able to help you with things that an unlicensed one will struggle with.

You can never be too careful while choosing a contractor for your property. The contractors and developers act as surrogate owners of your project and you hire them to take charge. The above-mentioned pointers can help you a long way to save you from the bad contractors out there and direct you towards the reliable ones in the market like 100Pillars Constructions.

Brand of Materials We Use

Each material we use has been vetted for their quality, pricing and trust. We have long-standing relationships with home fitting & raw material suppliers across Bangalore.