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Posted by Kris Krieger on September 24, 2007, 5:01 pm
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>> nmbexcuse@hotmail.com wrote in
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>>> Oh I know the hole is poorly done, story of my life, I always pay to
>>> get it done poorly then pay it a second time to get it corrected.
>>> My problem is finding responsible tradesmen that take pride in their
>>> work.
>>
>> Sounds like my expereinces with landscape people. "Oh, yes, we will
>> put boarding in to hold stones in placee" - then I have to go out and
>> BUY plastic edging as a cheap but immediate way to hold the stone,
>> and even at that, despite clear instructions, they don't even bother
>> tio hammer the wooden stakes in every few feet to hold it all up.
>> Yeesh.
>>
>>> Hard to do in Miami so far I have only one good plumber and
>>> half a good carpenter. I ams still looking for a good mason, a good
>>> electrician and a good finish carpenter. All the good ones I heard
>>> from referrals are "booked for months" and so I am doing a lot of
>>> shooting in the dark with yellow pages.
>>
>> That's one of the main reasons we went with a new house, rahter than
>> a resale - the older homes are mostly uninsulated AND un-maintained,
>> and how can one find a decent contractor who would do a good job of
>> fixing a place?
>> At least I got to watch as the new one went up, and there is
>> something resembling a warranty...
>>
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> I thought about building one new, but there is nothing like old bones
> in an older house. If I did that I would never have discovered cavity
> caps this way and thought for a split second that it could be hidden
> drugs left there by the previous owners!
>
Oh please, it would be jst my luck to have somethig like that in a place,
and then have the stasher mount a home invasion to get them back =:-o
Seriously, tho', it's not that some older homes don't look great when
restored, just that I'm not one for doing restoration.
Personally, I'd prefer something other than a "stick frame" - maybe if I
ever buy alottery ticket, and then win... ;)
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