Tag: HELOC
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Still Going
I am over this construction project. An honest, hard-working, high-quality general contractor must be worth his or her weight in gold. Ours is an idiot. Quality assurance is non-existent. He doesn’t check the quality of the work his sub-contractors complete. The dummy took a plug out of a cleanout in order to plug another for…
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The Waiting Game
The garage conversion is still sitting with no work done. We think the contractor is stalling because he doesn’t get his last payment until the final inspection. In order to get a final inspection, the upgrading of the water meter needs to be finished and signed-off. He could be working in the meantime, but I…
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It’s Been A Minute
I have been seriously slacking in keeping this blog updated with the construction progress. It has been slow-going so I guess I haven’t felt motivated to write anything. Terrible excuse. There is a discrepancy with the permit for the garage conversion. It was originally flagged as “commercial” because of the laundry room. Work cannot continue…
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Framing Continued…
The trusses have been constructed. The GC walked the job and informed me the attic would not be tall enough to accommodate the central HVAC systems. Mini-splits it is. The plans show minis, anyway. I’m OK with it. I am going over there today to show the empty unit. I will take some pics for…
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Framing
Framing has begun and it goes quickly! There’s an actual building in the backyard which is exciting. A tenant has not been found for the empty unit, yet. That is a causing a bit of stress but, at the moment, there is no gas or water service to the unit because we have to wait…
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Busy Plumber
My childhood friend is also the person who is supposed to be plumbing this project. Since the project has started, he has not been able to commit any time to working on it. Getting him to come out and mark trenches for the underground plumbing was difficult enough. In his defense, we did not agree…
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Update
All the trenching is complete. It is ready for plumbing underground. My plumber is busy at the moment so my Dad is going to step in. It was going to be another week before he can get to the job and I don’t want to wait that long. I think my Dad is bored because…
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Construction Update
Ahh, the joys of “opening the hood”. The cast iron sewer pipe running underneath the duplex was shot and had to be replaced. We are in the middle of relocating water heaters that were in the laundry room that is going to be demolished and a bedroom will replace it. Actually, the laundry room is…
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Friday, July 28
Since my last post, we have gotten new tenants and made progress in the construction project. Our six-month term lease tenant moved out at the end of May. She was a good tenant in that she was rarely at home, we never heard her dog, she was always respectful and nice, and she paid rent…
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Friday, May 26
The building plans have been returned with comments that need to be addressed. One of them being that we have to hire both a mechanical and electrical engineer for specific reasons to which I am not privy. It has to do with the property changing from a duplex to a triplex with construction of the…
Winning the Rat Race 