Essay by Marty Jones
Remodeling – August 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
Cracking the contractor’s code
by Marty Jones
They call it the “dream of home ownership.” But for my wife and me, buying our first house here in Colorado was more of a nightmare. Thanks to a long list of pseudo contractors and wannabe builders, our home purchase was a grueling saga of delays, shabby work, and tears. Instead of the happy moment we saw in real estate commercials, crossing the threshold in our first home was a dark event filled with dread and questions.