QUOTE (kir @ Nov 18 2010, 02:25 PM) HI, I see you are from Korea. Does this mean you have a rental in canada and live in Korea?
One has to wonder if you are occassionally overcharged. It`s almost 100% certain that you will be overcharged periodically for all the little contracts you provide to your PM and sub contractors.
55 dollars an hour for 5 hours to put up a shelve is too much. Some handyman have trailers which house tools, trims, all the nails, screws, and some pieces of wood, etc..
These are the people you want. It does make a big difference when all the tools and materials are there. Handyman, by definition should be prepared, thus 5 hours seem a bit too much, in my opinion (assuming no other work was done like drywalling, painting, etc..)
Kir.
Yes, I live in Korea and only make it to Canada once a year at most. This is one of the reasons for my question. I sometimes think we are being overcharged because we are so far away (and aren`t familiar with the going rate for certain jobs). I also wonder if some contractors might overcharge PM companies, as they know it`s not the PM that is paying (and the PM probably doesn`t check each invoice all that closely). Hope I`m not too cynical...