So... I have a cool friend. His name is Andy. 

Andy has 4 kids like I do. Andy does my taxes. Andy and I also ride bicycles for sport on the weekend. Andy is my Bro-FF.

Anyway. He knows what I do for a living, OBVIOUSLY and he asked me for some contacts when it came to a new roof for his house. 

I was clear: "Bro.. a new roof for your house, won't be JUST a new roof... there will be MORE stuff that will need to be done and I just want to warn you."

He was like... "Sure.. how bad can it be?"

Whelp... here goes:

That facia is rotted out, need to remove the gutters... can't save them.... OK.

Took off gutters and some fascia... the band on the cornice there is rotted out (water from the gutters)... Needs to be replaced BEFORE the roof gets done. Let's take that out... OK.

You have a CRAZY soft spot here so the DECKING also needs to be replaced there... and when we do it, some of those pieces of brick simply aren't going to stay on as they were already a little LOOSE... OK.

I'll get a masonry guy out there.. OK.

Masonry guy says, Juan, I don't know how they built this house when it was new but there is no wire mesh behind the brick. I'm sorry, I can't work on it because it will reflect on my reputation if I just "patch it back up" and put the brick back. 

So what needs to be done?

I'm going to do this ENTIRE area and the owner won't have to worry about the brick ever having to crack or break off like he has up to this point. Obviously doing the ENTIRE house is out of the question but at least this part will be done correctly. Ok... 

So... I tell my good friend Andy, who up to this point has been VERY gracious and patient... we still need to paint the siding that was replaced and we need gutters still... we still good? He's like yeah... All good bro.

Cool... 

This is why I don't like doing remodels any more... it's never just a simple roof replacement... it's always a TON more work. 

Build new.

It's so much better.

Build 2 Rent,

Juan-