Being Ghosted By the Contractor

Dinnertime on a Sunday is not my favorite hour to discuss home-improvement projects with a prospective contractor, but there I was, eagerly showing this one my basement. I was willing to take what I could get. Of the three I called, he was the only one who showed up.

He seemed promising, spending almost two hours in my basement measuring walls and floors, listening as I explained in exhaustive detail my plans to replace the floor and ceiling, install lighting and paint the knotty pine panel walls. He had ideas! He loved my basement! (Who loves a basement?) It would be gorgeous, he promised. He had remodeled a friend’s basement and she had given him good reviews.

By the time he left, I was smitten. All I had to do now was wait for his bid. A week went by with no word. I chalked it up to his busy schedule. He seemed excited about my project. How could he turn me down?

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