I have another house that is 1869 Victorian that is livable, but a project at the same time. So this house needs no work and the other needs all the work! :)
Good people are impossible to find in the trades. Crap work! Every single time. But, I have found a way to get decent work done. I used to get people who knew people, people who advertised, or handyman types. No longer.
The shoddy workmanship is unbearable. A ten-year-old can do better than some of the work I have seen done. Some days a toddler might be able to pull it off.
I started using real companies that have been around for ages with great reputations. A little more sometimes, but, not always. I had the roof redone and the cost was much the same as these deals the internet is offering up. The workmanship has been better and I have been happier. I like doing things that I am capable of, but, honestly, I have earned the right to let someone else do it without guilt. You have to, get over it. I couldn't stand watching them BS around and expect pay.
I am not sure why people glue wallpaper, but, it has a lot to do with never intending on stripping it, so what the heck.
At dinner last night, I read the tale of not moving the wardrobe (yes people! there is such a piece as a wardrobe!) and I thought they would fall off their chairs. Each one knew that I was comparing it to the floor not being stained/finished in the new color.
Oh, you put a nickel in my machine, and now I just cannot stop. Sorry.Not sorry. Hope you are having a splendid weekend!
I wouldn't pay him either. I would send him a tissue to wipe his backside and that is all he would get.
1869 Victorian. I bet that will be a topper when it is done!
I used a will known company for a big roof repair I had done. I had to as they offered a guarantee and seemed much more legit to think of something went wrong that you would get something back.
They did actually come out a year later to fix something that went wrong too!
A nickel in your machine.. haha, that's a fab saying!!
I used a well known company for a big roof repair I had done. I had to as they offered a guarantee and seemed much more legit to think of something went wrong that you would get something back.
EXACTLY! That right there!
I did the roof on the Victorian and went with a good roofer and the warranty too. On work like that, I just won't compromise anymore. Get it done once and you won't have to keep doing it again and again.
Can you tell I am so OVER tradespeople????
I am over them too, they are so often shysters these days.
It is funny though, when you get a good one that you absolutely fasten on to them and almost cry when they can't do the work for whatever reason!