Love thy neighbor...

.. or at least talk to them before getting work done on your house!

When we first moved in we made the mistake of getting some major jobs done on our house without asking our neighbors for referrals. The work that was done was pretty good, but we paid through the nose for it!

If we had just talked to our neighbors we would have found out that we have a contractor on the street with some pretty sweet connections. Today our neighbor brought us some quotes for our basement bathroom rough in and we were very pleasantly surprised. :o) The money we're saving means we can hire out more of the job and avoid doing electrical/exhaust ourselves. *yippee*