Selecting a contractor to do work on your home is a big decision

Over the years the old adage of “Get three estimates before having any work done on your home.” Was and is a good idea. What has changed is the industry. Especially anything to do with the specialty industry.

In the old days homeowners would interview three contractors and they would evaluate the following:

• Services he provides and areas of expertise.

• Quality of his past work.

• History of clients and projects.

• Number of years in business.

• Licensed and insured.

• Professional affiliations.

• Personal client references.

Once you feel you have identified a contractor you can trust; to complete your project on time and on budget, you would hire him. At this point you would typically have plans drawn if you did not already have them. During the layout and design process you would identify the products that meet your needs, wants and desires. All along the contractor would develop a clear scope of work and be able to bid your project in its entirety. With this bid in hand, “your” contractor can easily break out any items and shop several manufacturers for you, guaranteeing the product meets your needs.

Over the years contractors have become product sales representatives for specific product lines only. The manufacturers educate the contractor on how to sell products to the homeowner. They teach them how to overcome objections and put the homeowner into the product that makes the contractor the most money. When a homeowner calls three contractors and asks to have a project build, generally all three contractors will be pushing or quoting the one product they are trained to sell. Very often the most inexpensive quote is selected because budget often governs over the decision. This usually leads to the homeowner receiving a sub par project that does not meet his needs, wants or desires that he was originally seeking. This explains the fact that “Consumer Reports” magazine finds that 87% of homeowners are unhappy/unsatisfied with their home improvement project. This is a catastrophic rate of unhappy homeowners. However the industry sets itself up for failure each and every day, through what has become the common way of doing business.

Sun Boss has never varied itself from working with homeowners to identify and create a clear scope of work and following this through to competitive pricing of the products that meet our client’s needs, wants and desires. This is accomplished the old fashioned way, through a clear understanding of what our goal is, Sun Boss is able to fulfill any clients wishes regardless of how simple or extravagant it might be. Sun boss carries every product in the market place and often if a client wants Sun Boss to install or utilize a product that we have never seen before, Sun Boss welcomes this as well. Sun Boss handles all phases of design, drafting, renderings, engineering, permitting to final build. The exact flow and way contracting has always been done. For the client that doesn’t understand the setbacks, height restrictions, or floor area ratios, Sun Boss is here to make it as easy as it can be. Sun Boss will work on your behalf at ½ the price of typical architectural or drafting firms, usually bringing you the design you were seeking. Most often exceeding what your expectations originally were.

Sun Boss and the competition, Sun Boss has been the industry leader since 1947 with 75,000 satisfied clients over the past 63 years. Sun Boss specializes in second, third and fourth floor room additions, decks and observatory rooms. Dealing with whole house modifications that meet all local building codes and add incredible lifestyles as well as value to these properties.

Sun Boss welcomes you to call our competitors and see why we are truly the industry leader.

• Sky Line Sun Rooms and Patios (San Diego): (866) 866-6646

• Jackson Stone and Patio (San Diego): (866) 991-1354

• Quality Sunrooms (San Diego): (866) 946-3717

• Prime Builders (Riverside): (866) 991-1345

• Patios Plus Construction (Riverside): (866) 991-1348

Just a few of the thousands of companies that have been listed as patio construction companies over the past 63 years, the shear number of companies that have come and gone is absolutely staggering when researched. These at least are some of the oldest that have been around the past ten years or so.

Please feel free to call and to interview and please hire the company that fits your needs best.

Remember, “The BITTERNESS of poor Quality Remains LONG after the sweetness of CHEAP PRICE is forgotten!”. Sun Boss is dedicated to providing you with only the best customer service and superior products at an affordable price.