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It ain't so expensive to justify the price he got - that's my point. Those guys were out to screw him for whatever they could get.

Residential owners are typically easy targets - they know nothing about construction and often don't have the balls to stand up to contractors. All the more reason they should hire people that specialize in this area. Would you go into a courtroom to defend yourself without a lawyer? No. Would you attempt to diagnose a serious illness without consulting a doctor? No. Same situation. You get what you pay for. If you pay nothing, you get nothing and you might as well hang a sign around your neck that says "f*ck me over, I'm clueless" - unless you happen to get the one residential subcontractor in about ten that isn't a complete sleazeball.