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Need a California Contractor to tell me if this is right bdeditch 11-12-2007
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Posted by PeterD on November 13, 2007, 9:00 am
wrote:


>
>Well as far as the bank thing goes they are going with someone that
>"Bad Credit" is something they will work with. And yes the house is on
>their property. The only thing that worries me is that its my step
>daughter that he is married to, and she can be very gullible when it
>comes to things like this.

As a father, I can tell you that there comes a time when you cannot
continue to 'protect' your children, and they will have to learn from
their mistakes. That's harsh, but the truth: you won't be around to
protect her forever.

My guess is that he'll not get very far at all, then realize iti is
much more work than he expected.

And now I have to run, I need to check on my sub-contractor who is
filling a trench... Sub-contractors are a lot of work, to be honest
about it...

Posted by bdeditch on November 13, 2007, 12:30 pm
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >Well as far as the bank thing goes they are going with someone that
> >"Bad Credit" is something they will work with. And yes the house is on
> >their property. The only thing that worries me is that its my step
> >daughter that he is married to, and she can be very gullible when it
> >comes to things like this.
>
> As a father, I can tell you that there comes a time when you cannot
> continue to 'protect' your children, and they will have to learn from
> their mistakes. That's harsh, but the truth: you won't be around to
> protect her forever.
>
> My guess is that he'll not get very far at all, then realize iti is
> much more work than he expected.
>
> And now I have to run, I need to check on my sub-contractor who is
> filling a trench... Sub-contractors are a lot of work, to be honest
> about it...

No I understand that part about letting go. We both, Wife & I, tried
to tell them not to buy this lot, or more like a ski slope. They paid
full price and believe when I say that about the only thing that would
look good on it is a snow making machine. She then got plans for a
house from OR. from some on line designer. When she showed them to me
I told her they will not pass here in CA. Way to many windows in the
front of house and it was going to facing the West. She told me" Its
my house and I will build how I want, I don't care what the county
says". Well once they took the plans to the County, first thing they
said was, you guessed it,(1) to many windows in the front, (2) you
have to change the plans to meet Californias specs.(This was about
about a $1200 bill)
The problem is my step daughter is a stay at home Mother, and watches
to many programs about flipping homes. She thinks that it will only
cost them about $150,000.00 to build a 2800 sq.ft house, completely
finished including all appliances and furniture. I told her she better
do some re-adding. She wants me to build the kitchen part and by
looking at the amount of Cabinets and what she wants it will more than
likely be for the kitchen alone about $25,000 to $35,000.
I know she living a pipe dream, but its not the first time and also
not the first their bubble has been busted over some big ideas they
had and they fell thru.

Sorry to vent , but its frustrating to see how some people think that
"no one can tell me what to do, laws or no laws".when it comes to
building codes. I also look at the fact that this codes are put in to
protect people and to save big insurance claims and headaches.


Posted by PeterD on November 13, 2007, 1:12 pm

>
>No I understand that part about letting go. We both, Wife & I, tried
>to tell them not to buy this lot, or more like a ski slope. They paid
>full price and believe when I say that about the only thing that would
>look good on it is a snow making machine. She then got plans for a
>house from OR. from some on line designer. When she showed them to me
>I told her they will not pass here in CA. Way to many windows in the
>front of house and it was going to facing the West. She told me" Its
>my house and I will build how I want, I don't care what the county
>says". Well once they took the plans to the County, first thing they
>said was, you guessed it,(1) to many windows in the front, (2) you
>have to change the plans to meet Californias specs.(This was about
>about a $1200 bill)
>The problem is my step daughter is a stay at home Mother, and watches
>to many programs about flipping homes. She thinks that it will only
>cost them about $150,000.00 to build a 2800 sq.ft house, completely
>finished including all appliances and furniture. I told her she better
>do some re-adding. She wants me to build the kitchen part and by
>looking at the amount of Cabinets and what she wants it will more than
>likely be for the kitchen alone about $25,000 to $35,000.
>I know she living a pipe dream, but its not the first time and also
>not the first their bubble has been busted over some big ideas they
>had and they fell thru.
>
>Sorry to vent , but its frustrating to see how some people think that
>"no one can tell me what to do, laws or no laws".when it comes to
>building codes. I also look at the fact that this codes are put in to
>protect people and to save big insurance claims and headaches.

You seem to know the score... Personally I think you have done all you
can.

FWIW, a 2800 ft unfinished garage would probably cost more than wha
they want to spend. Hell, I just spent about $60K on an 1800 ft
garage, and that didn't include much of the labor! (but it is rather
nice now that it is done.)

Good luck!

Posted by jloomis on November 12, 2007, 9:17 pm
Owner Builder........A person can build his or her own house. He needs to
follow the rules and regulations, and get inspections. He needs a permitted
plan and also a permitted lot or acre......age....
If he hires a person to do work, they need to have an official license
pertaining to the work they do.
Jloomis General Contractor , Calif.
> Talked to a guy the other day that was telling me that his wife and
> him were trying to get a bank loan to build a house. The bank told him
> if he was a California lic. contractor, didn't matter what kind, they
> would give him the loan. Now this guy can't hammer a nail into a soft
> board and plans to build his home overseeing the whole operation of
> building the house. The license he going for has nothing to do with
> woodworking at all. I was wondering is this something they allow. To
> me this is saying a Licensed Mechanic could oversee the building of a
> house.
>



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