@SeaMaiden I know EXACTLY what you mean. I need to get my house ready to sell. When my husband was alive he did everything and the house was perfect.
However, since he died, I just don't trust people to come and do things. My friend had rooms added to her house and the contractor (who used to be a neighbor) even had his own company and she has things like the water faucets are reversed, things don't work, it's a nightmare!
I do have someone I THINK can fix things for me, I just need to try them.
I think there are many just like us. It's hard to find someone who REALLY cares about the work they do.
I think I might call the people who repaired my house when we had a major house fire. They are a huge company and do the work themselves. That is a problem you do need to find someone who won't "sub" out the work, but will do the work themselves.
A lot of window companies hire subs to do the work and they don't keep track of them and it's a mess.
My late husband had his own guys who helped him fix up houses to sell. He'd buy them then sell them, so everything in my house was done perfectly. When I think back, it was wonderful. He even put new heating elements in our dryer, new heating elements in our hot water heater, you name it and it was done perfectly.
Other people act like they just don't care what kind of job they do.
I don't believe in Angie's list. I know someone who asked me if I'd submit their name for them. I said, "No because I don't know your work (he cut down trees)." I said, "I'm giving my name and character to people and I don't know what kind of job you do". He said, "I know people who've done that". I said, "Well thanks for telling me". Ha!