If you're concerned about quality, you could probably find out who the contractor is and check up on references and find out about other things they've done.
Also, I doubt you can back out if they mess up, but I'm reasonably certain you can refuse to accept the house until they fix whatever the mess up is to your satisfaction (i.e., you don't get your deposit back but they don't get their money either until it's fixed). Which is probably good enough for your purposes.
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Date: 2009-09-22 12:23 am (UTC)Also, I doubt you can back out if they mess up, but I'm reasonably certain you can refuse to accept the house until they fix whatever the mess up is to your satisfaction (i.e., you don't get your deposit back but they don't get their money either until it's fixed). Which is probably good enough for your purposes.