From: LDC 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Contractor: Second Opinion Needed?
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:13:23 GMT

On 24 Aug 2006 08:34:13 -0700, ksternberg1@yahoo.com wrote:

>My wife and I want to build a modest two-story addition to our also
>modest home (northeast Massachusetts). The general contractors we've
>been working with are a father and daughter company, very experienced
>and smart. We have no question whatsoever about their honesty or
>integrity, and we know several friends who have had excellent work done
>by them and had no complaints.
>
>Our financial planner insists that we get a second estimate from
>someone else because he feels that the $152,000 to $200,000 is
>excessive.
>
>Should we get another estimate, just to see what, if any, difference
>there may be? 

Why is this a question you need to ask here.  If you cannot figure out on
your own if you should get more than one bid, you probably should not be
undertaking the project as this is perhaps the easiest question the will
come up.

BTW, have you received an estimate or a bid?  There is a difference.