Work With An Established Local Company - The best way to stave off a bad builder
experience is to go with a building company that has been in your neighborhood for a long time. This is because they have to protect their image in the neighborhood, or else news of their poor service or workmanship will get around to other potential customers. The best situation is a builder that is an LLC instead of a sole proprietorship; however, this is not completely necessary if you feel the other positives outweigh this negative. You will want to make sure the builder has an actual physical address, a valid phone number, and if you are being charged a VAT, you need to verify his VAT registration number. Do not put much faith in a cell phone number or an email address if those are the only means of contacting the builder because these can be changed very easily.