I had sticker-shock after checking out what these pergola kits were selling for online. And most of them didn t really include everything that I need to build it. Then I called a local contractor to see what it would cost me. After our meeting he told me it would be about four weeks before he could get started. Plus it would cost me about $4,500 to build it. I quickly told him he was insane. Since I m a home designer and work with builders all day I know the materials were less then $300 from Home Depot. I could also estimate his labor for two days of work and there was no way possible I was going to pay him $3,700 in pure profit for just two days. I don t think my lawyer even makes that kind of money. I didn t fall off the truck yesterday. After confronting the contractor about this, he confessed that pergolas have a really high profit margin, and that is where the big money is. He told me that b...