YENRA CONTRACTOR SCREENING SHEET
Purpose: Compare evidence about prospective home improvement contractors.
Guide: https://yenra.com/hom/decision.html
Use: Make one copy per candidate. Record facts, dates, sources, and open
questions. Resolve significant gaps before hiring. This is a notes aid,
not a contract or a statement of local legal requirements.

Project and location:
Work description shared with all candidates:
Business name on proposed agreement:
Trading name (if different):
Business address and contact:
Proposed site supervisor:
Who will perform specialist work:

EVIDENCE LOG -- repeat for each item
Question or claim:
Document / authority / reference consulted:
Date checked:
Result in your own words:
Unresolved point, person responsible, and follow-up date:

REFERENCE CONVERSATION
Project type and completion date:
Similarity to our work:
Who supervised:
Example of a change and how it was approved:
Communication and response to problems:
Follow-up after completion:
What would this customer clarify before hiring again?

WRITTEN COMMITMENTS TO CLARIFY
Work boundaries and exclusions:
Access, protection, cleanup:
Permits / inspections: responsibility and authority confirmation:
Schedule expectations:
Changes: description and approval process:
Payment milestones and applicable local requirements:
Product warranty contact / workmanship commitment:
Dispute process:

DECISION
Important gaps still open:
Revised proposal date:
Reason for choice, based on evidence:
Records stored at:

Source context: FTC consumer guidance recommends independent checks and
written estimates. Licensing, deposits, and cancellation rules vary.
https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-avoid-home-improvement-scam
Find the relevant consumer office: https://www.usa.gov/state-consumer

Reviewed September 19, 2026.