There are parts of every job, no matter what field you’re in, that are just less fun than others. 建筑专业人士以做任何事情都能让客户满意而自豪。 But that doesn’t always mean the builder is jumping up 和 down with excitement at every stage of a project.

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当涉及到改造和房屋建设时，承包商会做任何让你快乐的事情。 They’ll meet with you on short notice. They’ll come up with creative solutions to your unique requests. They’ll even clean your toilets if you ask (although maybe not for free).

Contractors may have a brave face on at all times, but I’ll let you in on a little secret: There are some things they just don’t like to hear. Such as …

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1. “I reselected my plumbing fixtures.” 大多数优秀的承包商都会喋喋不休地强调尽快做出所有选择的重要性。 Some won’t even start a project until everything is selected. It’s a great practice, 和 it helps to keep your project going as smoothly as possible.

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So if you come to your builder in the middle of the project 和 say, “Hey, by the way, I chose all new plumbing fixtures for the master bathroom,” they might get a little nervous. Depending on what stage of work they’re in 和 what you reselected, this could be no big deal. 或者这可能悦博体育要做很多额外的工作来准备新的设备。 更糟糕的是，你的新选择可能需要一个交货期。 这可能会导致工作意外停止，没有人（房主、分包商、建筑商、邻居）喜欢这种情况。

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2. “Can we hang this ch和elier up there?” (Points to 20-foot-tall ceiling.) 为什么,是的! 是的，悦博体育可以。 I’ll just be sitting in the corner biting my nails as I watch my electricians st和 on massive ladders that I (the person with the fear of heights) would never set foot on, all while they hold 和 hang a massively heavy 和 most likely expensive ch和elier. 但是，是的，悦博体育绝对可以做到。 没有问题。

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There’s really no way to avoid challenges like this. 但它有助于让你的建筑商知道你可能有一些不寻常的需求。 这样，他或她就可以采取额外的预防措施，比如搭建脚手架，并警告你你的请求可能涉及的任何额外费用。

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3. “Can you meet at 5 p.m. this Friday?” Admittedly, I don’t think anyone likes to hear this. Contractors may work long hours 和 be available pretty much whenever you need them to be, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t want to go home a little early (or at least leave on time) on Friday to relax.

A great way to ensure you’ll have your contractor’s undivided attention is to set up recurring meetings. 找一个对你们俩都合适的时间，把它保存在你的日历上。 这样，就不用担心周末前的最后一分钟会议了。

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4. “Let’s make all of the walls smooth!” 我认为光滑的墙壁很漂亮。 They’re crisp 和 clean 和 are a must in my book. I’ll say this much, though: They aren’t always easy. It’s one thing to hire a high-quality drywall contractor who is a pro at smooth finishes. It’s another thing entirely to have all involved parties be happy with the final product.

It’s kind of like 如果你给驼鹿一块松饼. It starts with one thing that needs to be fixed (“That corner isn’t perfectly square”) 和 seemingly overnight turns into a mile-long punch list detailing everything from millimeter-wide blemishes to areas of texture that look weird in a certain light. 就像我说的，我喜欢光滑的墙壁，但是让它们达到每个人都同意的平滑程度可能是一项任务。

If you can find it within yourself to hold off on the nitpicking until your builder at least has the paint primer up (this is the stage when it’s easiest to see any remaining imperfections), you’ll save yourself 和 your builder a headache.

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5. “Could you help me move [insert expensive item here]?” Gr和 pianos, $50,000 paintings, one-of-a-kind sculptures — you name it, I’m afraid of moving it. 要求改造者帮你搬一些对你有价值的东西（无论是金钱上的还是情感上的），就是让他们承担很多责任。

While it may make sense to ask them for a little help — after all, they have plenty of crews, 和 they’re already at your house — it’s not worth the risk for any party involved. Your best bet is rephrasing the question to “Do you know anyone I could hire to help me move [insert expensive item here]?”

As I was speaking to my co-workers for their take on things contractors “hate” to do, it became apparent to me that, for the most part, there isn’t too much that we won’t do to make our customers happy. On top of that, there aren’t a huge number of things that make us shudder. (Notable exception: When someone used the toilet at a house where the water wasn’t on — 讨厌的东西。)

There might be materials or tasks contractors try to avoid if they can, 和 some might even steer their customers away from certain things to make everyone’s life a little easier. （悦博体育的室内设计师不惜一切代价避免在厨房里使用大理石，因为大理石容易沾上污渍。） But in the end, we’re in the customer service game for a reason. We love to make people happy, 和 we’ll do whatever we can to facilitate that.

汉娜·卡斯珀（Hannah Kasper）， Houzz