12-20-2018, 02:23 PM
(12-20-2018, 01:43 PM)Evan Wrote:(12-20-2018, 12:29 PM)Apoc Wrote: For my money, I'm buying a well sorted older home. Best of both worlds.
We bought a 2 year old home from the original owner who was more anally retentive than Lee. The house is still new and ALL the minor annoying shit that the builders fuck up was already fixed 100%
Its SO damn hard to find good contrators that do good work. In all the work we have had done in our houses, we have about a 20% rate (if that) on work done properly the first time. Tried top Angies List contractors for $$$$ and also cheap craigslist guys. Ive probably had better work from the craigslist guys actually.
Absolutely no way I would sign up for a house that needs major rework. Id pull my hair out.
We've had good luck. We had our whole house rewired and the original floors refinished while living here. I also "have a guy" who does work for me on occasion who is meticulous AND cheap. The only company I haven't been totally happy with was our landscapers from three years ago. I found all ours on yelp, except the general guy - he was a personal referral.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth