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[BoggleOtaku]

I would mainly make sure he felt like the job went as expected or more smoothly and happy with the outcome, especially since sounds like family friend. If some issue came up (like he felt like he underbid it), then address it.

The framers that did our addition were great. I roasted a tritip in the back yard for sandwiches or similar for their crew on a few of the days. They finished a day earlier than they estimated in their bid and roofed and sided my shed to match my house just to help me out.

Another story: first day the framers attaching a 20' glue-lam beam for the family room and 15' for the kichen and then demolished the back wall of the house. But they saved the several curcuits (for kitchen, dining room, family room, bathroom, etc) that had run through the back wall and nailed them up to the ceiling so that they were all still functional. First day the electrician made an appearance we told him we wanted to keep those circuits as long as possible to allow functionality in the house since we were living there through the remodel with temporary kitchen setup in dining room (microwave, fridge, etc.). When he was leaving we found he had taken all of those circuits apart anyway (that's about all he did), and then he told us he was going on vacation for a week. Bad vibes...

[bwt1213]

I was able to pay the electrician's spouse (same kind of company setup we had back when we were young -- husband and wife) $2,000. He did extra. He worked hard. And he said good things about his wife and children while he was working hard. I'll see what else I can do for them, too. This is so much like what my life was like when I was his age. But I had only two children. He has seven! I can't imagine life like that. But I was able to show him Radio Garden and TV Garden (two websites). He really liked Saltillo Mexico for Radio Garden -- it was really good rock music (I liked it a lot) and it was all Spanish! And when he got home, he showed both to his kids and they loved it, too. High praise: they thought it was "cool". I sent an email to his wife telling her how much I appreciated his hard work and professionalism, and told her he'd said really nice things about her, so since he was so exemplary that meant she must be really super. I hope they all have a really nice Christmas.