Are you planning renos on your home?
Be sure that the contractors you are planning to work with are getting the necessary permits.
Also make sure that your pricing is written down along with your contract terms.
If tradespeople are skipping the details of paperwork and taxes they will be inclined to do that with your renos.
While it is tempting to save money, price, terms and scope of work can change radically if nothing is written.
This can result in a building inspector coming by putting a stop work order on your property.
At worst you may have to demolish your work and re-build it over again.
This happened recently to some neighbours of mine.
It extends your reno time and increases your costs and increases your costs, plus you may be fined by the city in the process.
The homeonwer not the tradesperson is legally responsible for the property & for obtaining the appropriate permits.
Also if your tradesman is hiring sub trades and does not pay them they in turn may put a lien on your property to try and collect.
Furthermore a bad reno job that has not been well thought out can have a very big impact on the resale value of your home.