I can relate to contractors not following up. I called five contractors to put in two additional ponds for my aquaculture venture. One will not return my calls, two never showed up even though they said they would, one got the dimensions all screwed up on the estimate even though I gave them to him on paper and he was way out of line on price, and the one that was the most impressive and punctual did not have any idea what a keyway or core trench was. He said all that was necessary was to scrape the sod off before putting in the levee "because we have plenty of clay in or area." What is it with this occupation?
My last ponds were dug by a contracter that refused to listen to me when I said a core trench under was needed under the levee, and didn't even scrape the sod off when I wasn't around before installing the dike. (He later commented maybe he should have scraped the sod off) Needless to say it seeped until the sod decomposed. This guy has the biggest and best equipment around but showed up about 6 months after he said he would and ignored my suggestions. Needless to say he won't be back.
Actually I'm not difficult although it may sound like it.
