Step 8: Red flags to watch for (take these seriously)

• Pressure to make a fast decision “today”

• Vague scope language (“we’ll figure it out as we go”)

• No written change-order process

• Unrealistically short timelines without detail

• A bid that seems too good to be true

• Poor communication during the estimate phase (it rarely improves later)

A remodel is too big to gamble on.