I have a great electrician but hes not cheap
Hmmm, great electrician, South Florida, not cheap,
That's par for the course.
Down here, the challenge is getting a contractor to actually show up, or finish the job. My roof was started in Oct 05, it's now Nov 06. It's pretty much done, but can't seem to get the paperwork done.
Tried to contract for a seawall, called 11 (I counted!) for estimates. 4 didn't answer their messages, 2 said they were too busy, and out of all of them, only 1 gave me an estimate (extremely high, too)
Tried to get ductwork estimates done, 6 calls, 1 returned and did a "ballpark" unwritten estimate.
Can't wait to get out of South Florida!