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How many different pros / tradespeople worked on your house this year?

6 years ago

Some years if I have a large project going on, the list is long, but I find that even in a "boring" year when nothing major is changing, I'm still hiring someone every couple months just to do maintenance or fix things that come up.

Share your experience! (photos encouraged)

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sharayak

6 years ago

Just a plumber, arborist, spray foam guys and carpenter this year, which is crazy considering all we have done.

Before and 2 years later after, just one of many areas of renovations.

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roarah
6 years ago
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Over the past year and a half, I have had an architect, GC, excavator, plumbers, electricians, roofers, tilers, and pavers at my house to finish a small bath addition. It would have been finished earlier but In between visiting nurses had to be here too to take care of my DH last summer as he battled a cancer diagnosis so some finishing touches were put on hold. We are finished with the last trades man here just yesterday!
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happy2b…gw
6 years ago
Coming to the completion of a major kitchen remodeling job which was partially DIY. DH did demolition, electrical, plumbing, and installed support beam. The kitchen cabinet people sent carpenters to install cabinets and countertops. The drywall installers gave us walls and ceiling. The floor people installed brand new white oak in the kitchen and refinished the living room and dining room floors. The painters and tilers for the backsplash are scheduled to come soon. The HVAC company recently installed a new furnace and air conditioning unit. Our lawn maintenance firm took down 5 trees in the backyard. Looking ahead to remodeling the guest bath and the laundry room. I cannot say that the end is in sight.
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I've lost count...know the irrigation system people have been here, plumbers multiple times, handyman, yard man, HVAC people...the list goes on and on and on..
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Our plumber to replace the laundry room faucet and all connections underneath, and fix our spa tub's jets.

Dream Style Remodeling to work on a smallish problem that arose after all new windows and door walls were put in the year before.

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6 years ago
New gutters and a guy to clean out the drains. Nobody else, although of course we have some plans on a back burner...
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6 years ago
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Window contractor.

Weekend guy and sometimes his friends.

Plumber.

Electrician.

Well service. New pump and system.

Water treatment.

Appliance repair

Appliance installer

Exterminator of course

No tree work this year!!!! Yay!!!!

Can I just say...too many?
dedtired
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New windows installed (and one of the guys stole something from the house), HVAC repair and tune up, handyman to rescreen the porch, upholsterer, lawn service, leaf cleanup. I think that's all this year
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Lawn maintenance 3-4 men biweekly, new roof installed, carpet installed by 2men, shades & curtains hung, 2 very talented men remodeled bath..... the lead guy can do ANYTHING!! .... he also installed new gutters & did maintenance on front porch columns, 2 men cleared out well filter, painters in kitchen & den & foyer , “lead guy “installed 2 upstairs bathroom vents...... wow! It’s been a busy year!! Thank you to all for your fine work!!
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2017 calender year:

Plumber several times
1 sewer clog diagnosis,
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Interior designer, kitchen designer, guy to cut trees down, stump grinder, excavator, electrician, plumber, garage door guy, roofers, gutter guy, basement waterproofers, cabinet builder, cabinet installer, carpenter, radon remediation installers, water system installer, appliance measuring and install people for all new appliances. We bought a foreclosure that was part way through a flip and are finishing it. We built our last house. It was beautiful and easier than this, but not as well constructed. They don’t build then like they used to!
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COTTAGE
Cleaning out a lifetime of ick: me and and my husband and countless hours.
flooring: 5 separate guys, 3 days,
natural gas 1 corporate inspector,
Furnace maintenance and Gas Leak: 1 furnace guy three times, 1 apprentice twice, 1 supervisor, 1 town inspector, 2 guys who looked at tags.
chimney repair: 2 guys two days,
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We renovated a small bathroom there ourselves (two people)

MAIN HOUSE

irrigation repair and maintenance: 3 x by 1 guy

housekeeper: one woman

new appliance installers: 2
master bath reno: a minimum of 17 individuals (designer 1, general contractor 1, his assistants 5, plumber and assistants 4 men, tile 3, electrician 1, dry wall/painting - 2 - 3) over four months now, and a year of design.

furnace maintenance 1

gas leak (yes! one at each house) 2

In the next few weeks we have probably 4 plumbers working on heat controls.
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Windows, Blinds, Plaster, Electrician. Not finished. Does it count if they have come back several times because we did it by rooms?
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6 years ago
We live in a condo and since we own a portion of the entire building, we've had many contractors here for various reasons. I've made a list of the ones I'm aware of - it'll give you an idea of where one's condo fee gets spent: locksmith, a company to make our outside doors more secure (break-ins),elevator maintenance, telephone repair to update phones in elevators, pest control (but in the 6 mos. the traps have been set no creatures have been captured - a precaution as we live by the river), window washers, snow removers, underground garage cleaners, pool maintenance and several others. In our personal home, not so much has happened. We have had an electrician, carpet installers and next month, new blinds will be installed. (And, no, the condo fee doesn't cover those! Darn. )
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Dare I even list them? Regulars are mowing guy, gardener, bin cleaner guy, cleaners. Then- landscape designer for revamp of one area. Tree guys to replace a lost tree. Stone guy to repair fence. Auto gates guy to replace gate motors and intercom. Handyman to repair and refinish veranda posts, rails and floors. Air con contractor to replace ducted air system. Plumber to replace kitchen and laundry taps and add anti water hammer thingies. Gas plumber to install new cooker. Washing machine guy to install new washing machine. Big jobs and small. This is what you get when your house is over 100 years old and even the ‘new’ part is over 20 years old. And when all the appliances installed at the same time go pfffft at the same time. My brain hurts.
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6 years ago
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6 years ago
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Here's my library before & after.
Sharon Flood
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That's weird. I submitted a bunch of pictures, but they didn't go through. Does anybody know why?
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6 years ago
Our home was built in 1950. We gave her a full-rehab this year. We hired the following experts to do the restoration job for us: Mason (porch and brick pathway), plumber (code), electrician (code), contractor (kitchen, siding, and flooring), professional painter and Marygrove custom-fabric awning installer.
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If it's a service, they've been to my house... roofer, plumber, electrician, architect, designers, general contractors, cabinet makers, granite installers, sheet rockers, texture person, window installers, painters, more painters, arborist, landscape architect, glass installer, appliance repair people (fridge, and washing machine), concrete repair people, carpet installers, tile layers (like 10 of them!!) fence installers... sigh. Worst year of my life! Biggest remodel we've ever done... shudder. Now I need a pharmacist, wine salesman and therapist to help me recover... ;)
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Painters, flooring, carpet, window repair, granite with the requisite template guy and installers, tile backsplash, dishwasher installation guy, roofers who will be back today to fix the part of the roof that has been flapping only noticed because of major wind we’ve had the past few days, the blinds guy to measure and then came back to install, a plumber twice and a general handyman who has been here more times than I can count. The last one is a super nice guy that if I had a sister I would totally set them up to go on a date. I only have a brother though. ;p
lizzie_grow
6 years ago
TOO MANY........!!!!!
Kaaren Baumgartner
6 years ago
My contractor and his sons did all the work on two of the bathrooms here, gutted back to the studs. He prefers doing it to scheduling and stopping work for a day or two for subs. They check everything w/ me first since I want it all a certain way. They do perfect work; I feel fortunate to have found them. They do all my work now.
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Kitchen cabinet upgrade earlier this summer. Carpenter, electrician, cabinet maker, painters...before and after pics. We love it!
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Five; Easier to list if I go by the timeline:

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monthly lawn maintenance and dry creek bed installation - different landscaper

Exterior house wash - exterior maintenance company

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For your "Building a Home" tag:

A typical new home will have 25-30 different trade specialties, depending on the complexity of the project, 125-200 18 wheelers worth of materials delivered & 100-200 yards of scrap removed (lumber, paper, metal, drywall, etc). There's a sequence that makes a project work so you cannot have everyone at one time, but some days there are 2 workers, some days 10-20 and a few up to 30+ as long as there is enough space to work, manage materials, load gear in & power up everybody.

How many different pros / tradespeople worked on your house this year?

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