Can cupboards that only take part of a wall NOT look weird?
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Comments (5)Tiburcio Vasquez, Antonio Perez, Ricardo Requejo, Jose Moreno,.......and then there was the plumber from hell, Rosendo Medina,......I know all about it. The thing that saved me is that I kinda expected most of the screwups and I was always checking AND I know how to correct the problems. That's why it took two years, and who knows how many years of my life. But, the good news is that most of these guys will probably end up receiving amnesty,......just kidding. Was it worth it? It's not clear. But, I can sure live with it 'cause I went in with my eyes open, and we knew exactly what kind of house we wanted (we had unusual requirements), and we knew how much we could afford to spend (almost). Besides, I enjoy building things, and fabricating. It could be worst. Do you fish? My wife and I love it,....it helps a lot....See MoreRejected Again - I can take a hint
Comments (14)Sorry to hear of this setback, but as others have said, it may be a good thing. Maine has its own set of rules to live by, I've found, so it's probably better that you get up there and rent for awhile before purchasing. I haven't spent much time in the Augusta area, we're mostly downeast or in Bangor. I love Maine and we'll probably end up living there at least part-time. I think it's odd that in some parts of the country, and a lot in Canada and UK, it's considered presumptuous for a buyer to ask for an inspection. When I'm spending that amount of money, I absolutely want to know what the concerns are. If the seller refused an inspection contingency, I'd think he had something to hide. When we sold recently the buyer, after inspection, presented us with 2 pages of what they wanted done. Replace windows, have electrician check the whole house and replace all outlets, have roof inspected separately, etc. After a bit of huffiness on my part (this was a 1958 tract house, what did they expect?) we just said no to most of them and fixed only what truly needed to be fixed. The FHA appraisal, on the other hand, might be a problem. Why are you going FHA? I know some people who simply refuse to consider buyers who are FHA or VA, because of the more stringent requirements (no peeling paint, even on outbuildings etc)....See MoreContractor is taking way too long. What can we do?
Comments (17)It's rare to have a completion date and any sort of penalty for going beyond the completion date by any substantial amounts in a residential contract. These are common in commercial contracts because every extra day a business is not in business is a loss of income. But I am not sure you want someone rushing to finish up details at the end of a project to get it done in your own house anyway. I have had quite a problem with contractors over the years. I had one who came highly recommended but the scope of the project was beyond his capabilities and he just sort of disappeared leaving some tools behind. The problem was that it was very difficult to get someone to come in and not want to take out any of the old work and start from scratch. Eventually I found someone who would take over without completely undoing all the previous work. (Which wasn't close to finished). ----- I had a well known plaster restoration person (nationally known, actually) who thought my project was too simple (not a lot of ornament) and put an apprentice on the job who made a complete mess, dropped and broke pieces of the run plaster cornices, and was just way in over her head. He came in, saw what she was doing, fired her, and abandoned all the equipment including scaffolding on site and never returned another phone call or letter again. It would have been too expensive for him to undo her work and do it over at his agreed price. Luckily I don't think he had actually been paid anything yet but a small deposit, if that. I found someone else, waited more than six months for them to be available and paid about twice as much as it would have cost if they had taken it on new. ---- I should add that I dodged one big bullet. I was awaiting an estimate from a recommended contractor and he was suddenly and completely off-the-map, phones not connected, anything. I thought he was dead. He wasn't dead, but he ended up in prison (vehicular homicide and other charges) for running over a pedestrian while smoking crack. ___ Finally, I have a contractor who does great work great work. But he suffers from depression and his domestic life is always a problem (different women involved, serially). It takes him about a year to do a bathroom. He started tiling this last one in December of 2016. It's not done yet. (so it will take Two years, in all) When you talk to him about it, he says "I know. This is entirely my fault. I would not blame you if you fired me right now". But who am I supposed to get to finish a project that's 80%or more complete in terms of his part of it? The other contractors I use (plumber, electrician, HVAC, roofers) have all been great. But they are all much more expensive than average, you wait for them to be available and other issues....See MoreCan you lay wood flooring diagonally only in upstairs master?
Comments (12)@Snaggy oh my! I think I’d constantly be worried about one of my heavy furnishings giving in one day and falling through the floor! “Yep...they say she added one too many sweaters to the dresser....tragedy” lol! OP, I’m probably misinterpreting your latest post incorrectly but I’m gonna mention it just in case. In most cases, the direction of the joists are what dictate the direction to lay the floor, not the subfloor. In other words, the finished floor should only be laid running parallel to the length of the room IF the JOISTS are perpendicular to that. Should the length of the room and joists happen to be running parallel with each other, the finished floor will end up perpendicular to the length of the room since the joists dictate the direction. This isn’t always ideal and there are exceptions to this rule when other accommodations are made, like adding extra support, but that’s the general rule. (You may know this already - so disregard if so - just wanted to clarify since it wasn’t clear to me in your latest post.)...See MoreCDR Design, LLC
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