Anyone who writes “Your husband and you…” should not be calling others stupid.
Regardless, I am in the midst of $150,000 home remodel and using a number of contractors found on Angie’s list since my husband and I are still farily new to this area. Things are going remarkably well at about 30% through. For example, the Fireplace Contractor found on Angies List is done. They completed the removal of the old fire place and complete install of new with a larger flue up through 3 floors of the house, perfectly executed, clean, quick, done in 4 days.
I bid the remodeling project work to both Angie’s List and non-Angie’s List contractors. About 50% of the work is being done by Angie’s List contractors. Most of the other 50% were referred by Angie’s List contractors when I pre-bid interviewed them for the project. So at this point, once again, I feel that I’ve gotten my money’s worth for the next 3 years which is my subscription level.
No, I am not an Angie’s List employee. I am architect who works for a Chicago Firm and travels from my home (not Chicago) to company sites across the country. I needed a database of potential “good” firms as a starting point for my project. I didn’t have a network of “co-workers” in this community to gather data from. My husband’s co-workers (he and they are all soooo “stupid” as Academicians at the top university in the country in their field) are not particularly verse on construction.