While surfing the web one day, for a good company to restore wood siding, I ended up finding two that sounded like they may do a good job. They both had great pictures of some jobs where they had restored wood siding and they had really good references. I decided to have both of them come out to give me an estimate to see if they would be priced similar.

When the first company came out, they were very nice and answered all of the questions that I had for them. I felt really good about them, and wanted to just go ahead and hire them but the second company was due to arrive in an hour and I thought that I should give them a chance too.

The second company arrived and again was very nice and answered all of the same questions that the first company had answered but they were priced a little lower. They also offered a free concrete cleaning with their job, so I had to go with them.

I wonder if either of the companies knows how much they are alike, and if they do, is that the reason why the one offers the free concrete cleaning? It is just enough to set them apart.