Hiring a contractor can be both stressful and expensive for any homeowner. Frequently, a difficult hurdle for any homeowner is the first one: finding a contractor willing to do the job. This means ...

Lauren has six years of experience writing and editing home improvement content. She covered lifestyle, DIY, design and cleaning at The Spruce for five years and contributed home improvement pieces to ...

The construction trades are full of assorted classes of contractors and subcontractors. A general contractor is one of the top dogs, qualified to work on any sort of building project, regardless of ...

When you’re planning a medium to large-scale home improvement, you may hear that you should hire a general contractor ... in addition to the plumber, painter, drywaller, etc., etc., you already had in ...

For those ready to bring their home improvement ideas to life, hiring a general contractor is an eventual inevitability. Fittingly, you can think of a general contractor as, well, a general. By ...