RE: No Turning Back

First off what’s that relic in your hand? An actual map….🤣
As you know I am a licensed contractor. I’m a little different from most contractors in several ways though. I have never in over 30 years of business advertised anywhere. I’m also more of a specialist area, doing mainly custom handmade cabinets, furniture, bars, walk-in closets, etc. so I really don’t compete against box store premade cabinets. While I am higher priced than the premade garbage available my prices are not much higher especially for the quality I deliver. If you are calling me for work, you have either already had work done by me. Have a friend or relative that has, or are a neighbor of people I’ve done work for. People that advertise waste tons of time going on estimates that they never sign. My time is way too valuable for that.
I would highly recommend not doing vinyl flooring, it looks cheap and doesn’t hold up over time. Tiny dings and tears happen and it’s time consuming repairing it. The only place that I even recommend or put it down are in finished basements where moisture is a concern. Flooring prices are fairly easy to get, contractors have an install price per square foot. Just make sure they are apples to apples including all the same work. Example rip up (if required) subfloor prep, how they are prepping the underpayment. If it’s raw wood what quality (meaning grade of wood) they are using, and what topcoat they are applying and how many layers they are putting down. Windows is a very big spectrum of price. There are way too many manufacturers of windows with several different grades. Be very careful. Example the Anderson windows that you can buy at Home Depot or Lowe’s are not the same window true lumber yards and contractor suppliers sell. They are made completely different and in a totally different plant with much cheaper materials. That one will be the hardest to figure out price wise. The advice I would give you on new windows is always use new construction windows not replacement windows. There is no such thing as a quality replacement window they don’t exist!!!!! While it is cheaper, they all leave air leaks, if installed incorrectly they can cause damage to your house structure that you won’t see till it’s way too late, causing greater out of pocket cost.
If you have any questions or want me to look over any proposals/estimates, I’d be glad to help.