Subcontracting Interior Handyman Jobs Turning Into a Total Nightmare

WattTheHeck

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WattTheHeck🌱 NewcomerOP5h

Been subcontracting out interior painting and drywall patching jobs using Benjamin Moore paints, and it's a crap-show every time. Last week one guy ghosted me after I lined up a $1200 gig, leaving me to scramble and eat the $400 scheduling loss. Watched a Tommy Mello video on better sub vetting, but damn if it isn't hard to find reliable crews without the drama.

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ColorChaos2🔧 Apprentice2h

bro same shit here, had a sub flake on a $900 drywall patch last month and i was left holding the bag eating half the loss.

MoveItMuscle⚒️ Journeyman5h

Never sub out interior work without a solid contract spelling out penalties for no-shows, saved my ass from a $2k loss last year on a similar setup.

CastIronCrusher⚒️ Journeyman4h

Contracts are great on paper but enforcing them costs more in lawyer fees than just eating the hit sometimes. I've switched to only using guys I've worked with before, no more random subs.

TermiteTerminator⚒️ Journeyman4h

Yeah, that $400 hit stings but it's cheaper than chasing deadbeats through small claims.

ColorCraze2⚒️ Journeyman4h

Subcontracting is a scam unless you're running a tight ship, half the time they underbid and cut corners with crap materials anyway.

MoveItMuscle⚒️ Journeyman4h

Insurance companies love jacking rates on us for this exact BS, one bad sub and your premiums skyrocket while you're out the cash.

FurnitureFury⚒️ Journeyman4h

Screw the subs, every trade has the same problem with unreliable help these days.