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I'm the same as you! I feel really guilty not going with someone who took the time out to come give me a quote, especially if they are nice! BUT most contract work is totally understandable that you'll shop around and aren't offended by it! When we did some major landscaping to our yard, we got three quotes before we settled on someone. We actually really wanted to go with someone else who does the yardwork for most of our neighbors, but they quoted us high. We tried to negotiate with them, but they just told us they didn't need our business if we got a better deal with someone else!

When we redid our kitchen/baths we hired the first company we interviewed.

When we needed our house painted we interviewed two different companies. We went with the second.

We just signed a contract to put new hurricane impact windows in our house (we live in Florida) - a big $$$ project - and we got 3 quotes.

I would get 3. You don't necessarily have to go with the lowest quote, but I would do it anyways to get a general idea. I think contractors assume that they are going to be compared to other service providers, so I wouldn't worry about hurting feelings.

We've only had to do one big thing for our condo so far (replace water heater). Many other units in our building have used this one company, and we heard only good reviews but that they were slightly more expensive than some others. So we had them come out and give us a quote which was in line with what our neighbors told us. Dh called one other company but we didn't even bother having them come out. Went with the company everyone else used.

I think we would have been more picky if we hadn't seen the truck from this company outside our building so many times already! (Water heaters tend to need to be replaced after a certain amount of time and they were all installed at the same time, so all replaced at the same time).

When we replaced windows we got 3-4 quotes. The last one was the best quality and priced way below the rest. So glad we did our homework.

I typically try to get at least 2 quotes so I have a comparison and know if I am paying a fair price. Although recently we needed our garage doors replaced and our neighbor was able to get us a discount through his family business and did the install. I did some Googling to get estimated costs for comparison but trusted that he was giving us a good deal. And if anything breaks he lives right next door so he promised us a "lifetime warranty"

Usually at least 3. I'm not a fan of overpaying for quality work, so we do a good amount of research if we're doing something big.

Really depends on the situation. When we got our mini splits installed, I was able to research online and knew what the right ballpark $$ was. We called two local places, who both came out and quoted basically identical quotes.

For stuff like plumbing and electrical work that we’ve had done, we relied on the recommendation of a good friend. We didn’t bother to look around for anyone else. We also have a general handyman guy who does some work for us, and he was on recommendation of a friend. I’ve never bothered to call around, because he’s reliable and his cost seems reasonable to us, even though I’m sure we could get cheaper help.

When I hired the painters for my MIL’s house, I had no idea what $$ to expect, so I ended up calling a bunch of places – only 3 could come out and give estimates, which were all over the board. I picked the middle of the road estimate, as I don’t really like going with the cheapest since you get what you pay for generally, and the top priced one was way more than the others.

Don't feel bad at all! He would probably expect that. We do one for small things, but for a reno is probably want two. (But I'm more like you.)