4. Be polite and extend exactly the same courtesy to your contractor that you would extend to everyone else. Your house improvement contractor isn't your servant (not that you need to disrespect your servant either)! The point is the fact that your behavior can influence the way that your contractor behaves toward you. And if you'd like to help to create a working environment that's pleasant to absolutely everyone involved, have respect for the contractor along with the really hard operate that he's accomplishing. In return, you are going to not only get a perfect job, you are going to get a superb resource for other operate that you'd prefer to have completed!