Hitting a brick wall, so to speak....

The painting contractor came this morning. He didn't have any trouble finding the house. He seemed capable and confident. Took his own photos, too. A few snags, though. He said he needed access to electricity and water. He uses water to pressure wash the areas before painting. That will be a huge water bill for me (we have debt service charges on the water here that doubles the cost). Since the outdoor tap hasn't been turned on in a long time, I went down to turn it on to make sure it worked and the valve leaked like a sieve. Now I have to have a plumber in to fix that. He also said because there is so much dry rot under the soffits and they are "specialty" work, to replace them will mean custom carpentry. Every repair requires more repairs before the original repair can be done.
 
debodun said:
The painting contractor came this morning. He didn't have any trouble finding the house. He seemed capable and confident. Took his own photos, too. A few snags, though. He said he needed access to electricity and water. He uses water to pressure wash the areas before painting. That will be a huge water bill for me (we have debt service charges on the water here that doubles the cost). Since the outdoor tap hasn't been turned on in a long time, I went down to turn it on to make sure it worked and the valve leaked like a sieve. Now I have to have a plumber in to fix that. He also said because there is so much dry rot under the soffits and they are "specialty" work, to replace them will mean custom carpentry. Every repair requires more repairs before the original repair can be done.
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Try not to let the little things veer you off course, Deb.

Before you look at spending on custom carpentry work to replace the soffits and/or accompanying structure, look at replacing the existing with aluminum.

If I stand correct, your exterior tap will just need a new bib. We just did one of ours. That's a quick and easy fix, and cheap, too.
 

debodun said:
The painting contractor came this morning. He didn't have any trouble finding the house. He seemed capable and confident. Took his own photos, too. A few snags, though. He said he needed access to electricity and water. He uses water to pressure wash the areas before painting. That will be a huge water bill for me (we have debt service charges on the water here that doubles the cost). Since the outdoor tap hasn't been turned on in a long time, I went down to turn it on to make sure it worked and the valve leaked like a sieve. Now I have to have a plumber in to fix that. He also said because there is so much dry rot under the soffits and they are "specialty" work, to replace them will mean custom carpentry. Every repair requires more repairs before the original repair can be done.
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Why are you fixing the house since it is considered a “tear down” and you are buying a new house anyway. Have you decided to stay on where you live and not buy a new house? How much will he charge for the painting? What is he painting exactly?
 
debodun said:
He also said because there is so much dry rot under the soffits and they are "specialty" work, to replace them will mean custom carpentry. Every repair requires more repairs before the original repair can be done.
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I'm quite sure the ol' gal has me on ignore

Somebody please advise her to do it right if she's gonna do it
 
I went over to the the lawn sale across the street because a village trustee lives there. I told him what I had been experiencing lately in regards to moving or fixing up and staying. He said he knows contractors who are pretty good and he's going to email me a list, so let's see where that goes. He had a slate roof put on a few years ago, and then had it re-wired. That must have cost something because it was a church at one time - 5000 sq ft building he converted to a private residence.

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I think good can be found in any situation.

Deb has described her home as a disaster & has posted a lot of pictures to show us what she means.

The good is if she has any relatives it's reasonable to think there will be no fighting over who gets the disaster. It's never nice to see relatives fighting over assets.
 
That goofy roofer just called and said he had to measure the roof again and would be over in 5 minutes. I just don't know what's going on with him. On Friday he showed up 90 minutes after when he said he be here because kept getting lost, claimed he lost his wallet when he was here and had to come back to look for it, now he wants to come again. He probably lost the measurements. I may start charging him rent.
 
debodun said:
It just stuck in my mind. A co-worker used it once when a maintenance man seemed spaced out. I had no idea what it was either. Now they'd just say "stoner".
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Something I never took but knew some who did and they were total basket cases. 🤪Now just hearing the word cracks me up. Lol Especially coming from you 😂
 
I wish you could be here to see this guy. Probably wasn't the valdictorian of his class, if he even graduated. I've had other repairmen here and when they need a ladder, it takes them about 30 seconds to get it out of the back of their truck. This guy took 15 minutes to get his ladder out of his truck.
 
Instead of searching his business name, I ran HIS name in Google and it turned up this (I blotted out his name for legal reasons), but if it was in the paper, it's public info. I think I'll pass on this guy. I may have mistaken the business name when I contacted him. When I searched for roofers I saw XXXXX Roofing which got good reviews. His business card said XXXXX Builders.

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