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Here are ways you can use this site, free:
1. Get a Cost Estimate
2. Read Helpful Tips and Articles
3. Read Reviews of Contractors
4. Find Contractors
5. Manage Your Projects and Contractors
6. Visit Our Loan Center
1. Get a Cost Estimate. Use the online Cost Estimator tool to get an idea of the cost for your project.
2. Read Helpful Tips and Articles. Browse through informative articles on a variety of home improvement projects, and get valuable home maintenance and contractor hiring tips
3. Read Reviews of Contractors submitted by their previous customers. See what people have to say about their experiences with contractors to help you make better hiring decisions
To read contractor's reviews, find a contractor in the Contractors.com Directory (see below for ways to find contractors) and click on the company name in the Search Results. On the Profile Page, click on "Read Reviews".
4. Find Contractors - There are 5 ways you can find contractors:
- Submit your project online and have up to 4 local contractors contact you. Click on My Accounts at the top of any page, then click on the My Projects tab. Click the Submit Project button and fill out the form. You may also submit your project by clicking on the Submit Project button throughout the site.
- Submit your project by phone and have up to 4 local contractors contact you. Call toll-free 1-866-241-9050
- Search the Directory by name. If you know the company name you're looking for, simply type it into the Search box at the top of any page.
- Search the Directory by location. Click on the map icon on the Home Page or click here now. Narrow down your location, then narrow down your type of project until you reach the Search Results page.
- Search the Directory by job type from the Home Page. If the trade you want to search appears on the Home Page, you may click it. Otherwise, click on the category of the trade you wish to find (Interior Contractors, Exterior Contractors, etc.) or click on "more..." beside the list of trades given in your category.
From here you are given more options, and you may need to narrow down your search request. Once you have narrowed your search to a specific type of project, you will have two options:
a. Enter your Postal Code to search the Directory for contractors in your area.
b. Submit your project to have up to 4 local contractors contact you.
5. Manage Your Projects and Contractors. Register for free on Contractors.com. We’ll store all the details of your home improvement projects and keep track of all interested contractors. Click on My Account at the top of any page to set up your account.
From there, click on My Projects tab to see the projects you've submitted. At a glance, you’ll be able to see each project’s details, the date the project was submitted, and which contractors are interested in your job.
Click on My Favorites where you can easily store information on contractors that you’ve reviewed and may want to contact in the future. Just click on ‘Not in favorites (click to add)’ from the contractor’s Profile page
6. Visit Our Loan Center to secure financing for your home improvement project. |
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Claire’s Story
Claire was planning to remodel her bathroom, so she logged on to Contractors.com to get some information and to find contractors in her area.
She wanted to get an idea of what some of the improvements she’d been considering would cost, so she used the Cost Estimator to find out.
Claire then read some articles in the Resources section and got some new ideas about the project – like having the bath tub reglazed instead of replaced, and spending the money she’d save on heated floors. She also browsed through the Contractor Hiring Tips to prepare for hiring a contractor.
Claire then set out to find a contractor for the job. From the Contractors.com Home Page, she searched by trade, narrowed the search down to her specific project type, then entered her Postal Code to find a list of bathroom remodeling contractors in her area.
She clicked on the company names of several contractors on the list to read their profiles and view ratings by their previous customers. For a few contractors she liked, she clicked through to their websites to get more information. And those she really liked, she added to “favorites” to keep their information handy for later.
When Claire returned to Contractors.com the next day, she’d decided that instead of contacting contractors, she would get (up to four) interested contractors to contact her. So she found the job type she was looking for (bathroom remodelers), but this time she chose to submit her project. She completed the short questionnaire about the details of the project, and over the next few days she got phone calls from contractors who were interested in her project. Claire managed the whole process easily through her Contractors.com account (under My Account).
A couple of the contractors who called turned out to be ones she’d saved in her “Favorites”, so she had them give her an estimate. She went with the one she liked best, and the project was a complete success!
After the project, Claire went to Contractors.com and submitted a glowing review for her contractor, to let other homeowners in her area know what a great job they’d done. Claire was so happy, she used Contractors.com for all her future home improvement projects, and recommended it to all her friends.
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