I bought a beautiful 5000 sq ft foreclosed home in a far west suburb of Chicago. I signed a contract with a general contractor for little over $100k in work.
The guy promised 4 months no problem. So when I sold my current house I set the closing date around that time frame plus 1 month.
3 months in the guy has barely done a thing. His excuse is unforesee delays on his prior job.
Now I have a new contractor and he is promising me a date well after I am supposed to close. Aaaarrggg
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I deal with suppliers and vendors and we have to go through these all the time but general contractors are the worst. They are trained and good in this kind of tactics and maneuvering.
Vendors I'm talking about are custom made parts for my products like machined parts, molded parts and chemicals.
But we learned quite a bit of experiences in dealing with these kind of problem.
In your contract you specify a reasonable deadline and consequences if the project is delayed.
In your case if he/she missed----- Your stuff will end up in the public storage, rent a hotel room for weeks, moving twice, inconvenient and interruptions of your kids in school.
Put that in your contract----- Re-emphasized and read it in front of the owner. Look him in the eye. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH YOU IF YOU MISSED THE DEADLINE? I need to know that now because this is a big risk for me in hiring you. Be firm. You cannot and should not be nice. But make sure you get at least 3 bids, ask for references and visit the jobs they did in the past. So you can see the quality of their products.
In my case it's very simple. You missed you don't get the job. Normally we do this during vendor certification or audit process making sure they have good quality program. From their own suppliers to receiving inspection to storing to labeling to finish products to recalled products.
My QA guys are very tough in dealing with these kind issues. Part of FDA quality guidelines. We get visit by FDA at least once every 3 years by SURPRISE.
