I told SNB he was honest about costs, which SNB flatly refuted because "He's on television!"

Granted, he doesn't give an itemized account of how much it actually costs to do whatever job he's doing, but his estimates on what was spent versus what actually SHOULD have been done sound about right. I haven't done any independent investigating, but I will once we get closer to having part of the kitchen redone. I did tell SNB that "I know a guy" is not a good enough recommendation and ALWAYS budget more then you think you need, because you WILL.