About the author

Frank DiMarco

Editor & General Contractor, LocalContractors.space
Licensed general contractor. Twenty years running residential remodels, additions, and whole-home renovations.

Frank DiMarco has run a general contracting business for twenty years, managing kitchen and bath remodels, additions, and the occasional gut renovation that turned up everything wrong behind the drywall. He knows where a fair markup ends and a padded change order begins, and why the lowest bid is usually the one that runs out of money halfway. The guides here lead with real cost and real process, not with a fantasy budget and a handshake.

He built LocalContractors.space for both sides of the contract. Homeowners get straight answers on what projects cost, how contractor pricing works, and how to vet a builder before they sign. Working contractors get a free directory listing so local clients can find a licensed pro instead of a lead-reseller.

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