Did you know you should go check out the contractor's previous work? Licensed contractor Skip Bedell of Spike TV's "Catch a Contractor" offers his tips to avoid hiring someone who will do shoddy work.

Whether it’s a one-day job or a big project, getting your house ready for contractors will make them—and you—much happier. Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, ...

As dawn arrived, so did loud thumping sounds from the hallway outside my folks’ bedroom. They live in the foothills of mountainous western North Carolina, so my mind was racing as Mom slowly unwound ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Being a contractor, Derm Delay knows a thing or two about what people want when they build their dream house. Teaming up with architect Robert Eggleston, Delay got a chance to build ...