Your garage door is in need of repair or the roof is leaking. You pick up the phone and call someone you found in the yellowpages. They say they’ll be there tomorrow. You hang up the phone without asking anymore questions…

Know who’s coming to your home!

Have you ever gotten nervous when a serviceman showed up at your home with no uniform, no badge or identification, in an unmarked car? You wonder, is this stranger the real deal or someone out to do harm to me or my family?

If you have you are not alone. This is a common sentiment when it comes to contractors and perhaps rightfully so.

Unfortunately, some companies do not screen their employees. Reduce your exposure to risk by asking these simple questions BEFORE hiring a contractor/serviceman.

1. Do you perform criminal background checks on your employees?

2. Have your employees been drug tested?

3. If you say your employees have had criminal background checks and drug tests, where is the proof/documentation? (When a company says they will mail you a copy you should be cautious do they really have the proof or do they just tell you what you want to hear?)

4. Do you take any other precautionary measures when hiring employees?

5. Will your employees come to my home in a marked vehicle and uniform so I can easily identify who they work for?

If the contractor can’t answer your questions or says he’ll get back to you, be wary.

Ideally, you want the company to have the information before hand. But if they present it to you when they show up, that is fine too.

It’s important to check this information before hiring anyone, be it a chicago garage door repair company (who incidentally do test, which was very pleasing to hear), a roofer, or anyone that is coming to work on your home.