help! my living room has never been finished just stuff thrown around
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Just curious - who has been at this the longest?
Comments (23)Late to the party but couldn't resist adding my horror story, greatly abbreviated to reduce my stress from reliving this hellish experience. DH & I, retirees on a modest fixed income, sold our longtime house in 7/07 & bought a waterfront shack, intending to build a fairly humble retirement home within 18 or so months. Picked a local experienced waterfront builder who gave us a very affordable informal estimate; had our lot surveyed by JIM HART & ASSOCIATES of KIRKLAND, WA in 9/07, & commissioned the builder's in-house designer to plan our house at a cost of $13,600. Meanwhile, the city was busy putting further restrictions on building, so we had to rush our designer to get the plan submitted in time to avoid the new construction limitations - made the deadline by the skin of our teeth! So happy! Our builder, however, was not being too helpful & procrastinated, & we unfortunately followed his advice longer than we should have done - the upshot was that it took us until 7/09 to finally get our wft building permit - cue dancing in street! The builder then made a formal bid that was over twice what he'd estimated many months previously. We found a better qualified builder at a similar cost & were getting ready to excavate when we were informed by the city that our $13,500 building permit was rescinded because JIM HART's 2007 SURVEY WAS INACCURATE , per alert neighbor's report! Somehow the city overlooked a basic error, despite charging us $135/hr for MANY MONTHS of "expert review." JIM HART's survey incorrectly stated the ordinary high water mark. Our lot is small, & waterfront construction requirements are stringent, so this inaccurate survey meant our house design would not fit on the lot & was now useless, as we'd only be allowed to build a tiny hut if we simply modified the original building permit. We ended up forced to reapply for (& pay again for) a new building permit, get (& pay again for) a new house design, & engage an expensive architect to try to resolve with the city the problems related to JIM HART's INACCURATE SURVEY as expeditiously & inexpensively as possible (MASSIVE FAILURE!!) So now here we sit, in 11/2010, no new building permit YET, the city keeps requiring more info, & we unhappily anticipate our 4th Christmas in a rented storage unit-cum-2 bdrm apt! We thought we could at least recoup some of our expenses from JIM HART, KIRKLAND WA SURVEYOR, but unfortunately, back in the ignorant bliss of 9/07, JIM HART'S contract limited his liability to the cost of the survey only. We have lost over $45,000, EXCLUSIVE of our extended rental costs, lost our hard-won building permit & experienced over 1 year's construction delay solely due to JIM HART's BAD SURVEY! However, we know we are EXTREMELY lucky to have this type of problem - something to engage us in our Golden Years (lucky ol' DH, a former engineer, has even more diversion - he now works as an oncall security guard @ $13/hr on the overnight shift to keep us in dog food!)...See MoreNeighbor (from hell) Has Been Vandalizing My Property!
Comments (53)Yes this is an old thread, but extremely relevant; especially in light of Covid and all the insanity it is breeding. I have two nasty neighbors, so I got the luck of the draw. One on each side. The neighbor to the left was syrupy sweet for a few months, but that turned. The neighbor to the right is anal as all get out but feels as if he is entitled to encroach on our property, move things, dig our fence up because he felt it wasn’t level, take deck tiles he agreed to buy from me, but never made good on, mow over my outdoor area rug, and “accidentally“ destroy various things. The man isn’t crazy, just anal and entitled at 50 plus years old. Worse than a toddler. Never apologies or offers to replace what was damaged. I have felt like retaliating in several occasions, but I always pull myself together. My husband is now seeing things more and more. You are not crazy. Those that are calling you crazy must be “that crazy neighbor” to someone else or just plain evil and nasty. There are so many people in the world like this. A person entitled and miserable is extremely difficult to live by. I pray your situation has improved. We are hoping to move in a year or so. I will be sure to pay extra careful attention to the neighborhood and make certain there is ample distance between property lines. I want peace!...See MoreThis has thrown me off........
Comments (18)I know how you feel. I've gone through the same thing. I lost my mom to lung cancer when she was only 47. That was only a few years ago, and I'm still angry that she's never going to get to see me get married, or meet my kids. I would love to believe, as I deeply envy those who have unshakable faith. What a comfort it must be. But my rational and logical mind have a hard time accepting it. I do agree with Lydia though. I believe we choose our life lessons before we get here in order to grow. And while sometimes it becomes unbearably painful, you'll come out of it a better person even though that may be hard to believe. I saw changes in how a terminal diagnosis affected my mom, and, amazingly, they were for the better. I remember she told me once that she was amazed at how many people were smiling at her now, and at first she thought it was because of her bald head, but then she realized it was because she was smiling at THEM first. She lived each day to the fullest, and she also adopted religion for the first time in her life. I saw the amazing comfort that was for her. And for me, dealing with my mother's death, I realized how strong and independent I really can be. It also brought our entire family much closer together. So while I miss her terribly, I can still reflect upon the positives. And I know she would want me to stop mourning for her and to get on with my life. Another thing that helped me a lot was to look for little signs. I collect perfume, and my mom only wore one perfume in her life. A few weeks after she died, I noticed that one of my bottles of perfume was on the floor. I didn't think anything of it, and I picked it back up and put it back on the dresser. The next day, it was on the floor in the same place. Thinking that was strange, I then moved the bottle a good 6 inches from the edge, and I also added a tiny little bottle of her perfume next to mine. The next day, they were both on the floor in the exact same place. Maybe it was coincidence, maybe it was one of my cats, I don't know. But it made me smile and brought me a lot of comfort knowing that perhaps she was there and telling me she was ok. I hope you can find some comfort soon....See MorePlease help me design/style around this dark red living room wall
Comments (15)Thanks so much for reply. So this is my favorite abstract that formerly was in my old living room but this has a lot of pinks and pastels in it and it doesn't really go with all the brown in this shade of red I think. I also think that in my efforts to slowly get stuff to go with the red (global style pillows)- I may have gone too far with the other decor to make it work (even if it didn't clash with the brick red). The painting lives in my bedroom now usually- so it has a home at least but it for sure is more my aesthetic for a living room. Someting abour those three tapestries togegee just doesn't feel Right to me...or not finished at least. Any other ideas?...See MoreRelated Professionals
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