Rob - <br><br>You've hit on something with your observation that freelancer and odesk can provide inexpensive resources but you may end up with someone who cannot complete the project.<br><br>I'd try the following:<br>
<ol><li>Give the URL of the site you're recreating</li><li>Give an outline of the project - main objectives, etc.</li><li>Ask consultants to give a project estimate, breaking it into hours required and hourly rate</li>
<li>Ask consultants for their online portfolio (not just a list of sites that they say they have done)</li><li>Ask consultants for their <a href="http://drupal.org">drupal.org</a> id and see what they have done</li></ol><p>
You'll find a balance between price, accessibility and experience.</p><p>I've done lots of work successfully with people on the other side of the planet from me in perl, php, python and WordPress. Have personally found it more difficult to find good Drupal talent on Freelancer.com.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p><p>-- Jordan <br></p>-- <br>Jordan Graham<br><a href="http://jordangraham.com">jordangraham.com</a><br><br>