Tips From the Expert

How to Find the Right Contractor

Ready to start a home renovation? Mike offers some sound advice on one of the most important decisions in the process: selecting and hiring a contractor.

Get to Know Mike

The Story Behind the Ink 14 Photos

Mike opens up about each of his tattoos and why they hold a special place in his heart.

Go Behind the Scenes 44 Photos

See what really goes down with Mike Holmes and the rest of the crew on the shoot of HGTV's hit series All American Handyman.

Expert Advice

Get It in Writing

Read This Before Hiring a Contractor

Take it from someone who knows the ropes. Home improvement expert Mike Holmes offers some straight talk on why it's so important to get a written contract from your contractor.

About the show

It is "buyer beware" when contracting a home repair or renovation. There are shady contractors who take shortcuts, use shoddy building practices or employ a Band-Aid approach to repair work, often leaving homeowners in dangerous situations or out more money in the long run. Renovation expert Mike Holmes believes in doing a job right the first time and is making it his mission to expose poor, substandard workmanship in the building industry with his internationally successful show Holmes on Homes, now on DIY Network and HGTV! In each episode, Mike rescues homeowners from repair and renovation disasters. Uncovering problems from plumbing and electrical to carpentry and roofing, he shows how the botched job should have been completed, fixes everything properly and helps homeowners make more informed decisions in the future.