Reducing Risk

I had a chat with a homeowner the other day who told me his story of frustration. He had hired a contractor to do some work on his home based on a recomendation from a colleague. The contractor came to his house, provided a quote and requested and was given a 25% deposit. Guess what, he never showed up the next day or the next or the next ...The homeowner realized he only had a cell number, that was never answered, and no address. He has never seen the contractor or his money since. Situations like this can be avoided. All checkthetrades members have to provide full contact information, business information and references to us. We are all about reducing risk for the consumer, the more information they have the lower the risk.