Steven Katkowsky

Danger Construction Zone: Your Guided Tour to a Successful Remodeling Project Steven Katkowsky

This book was written by Steven Katkowsky, a remodeling contractor in San Jose, California. In a lighthearted style it provides serious advice on finding a trustworthy and competent contractor as well as their subcontractors, and on avoiding ones who are likely to cause you big problems. The tips in the book, such as to be sure to ask them to name you as an additional insured on their certificates of insurance; to control which subcontractors work on your project and to check their references too, and to ask for unconditional waivers of lien, can avoid a lot of grief for homeowners. Katkowsky is a contractor telling homeowners not to trust contractors, but to do our due diligence. Read this book before you sign any contract to have work done on your home.