All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

@Ruben Prieto  Its a personal preference and I just don't like using it. It doesn't cope well,  it doesn't take nails well and it's floppy.  I also don't like the look of it; to my eye it always looks fake (like vinyl siding or laminate flooring). 

@Jimmy S.  "Kind of feel bad electric bills are so high but does not really benefit me to pay to insulate it. "

i don't even know what to say to this. It's just stunning. 

@Sam Leon   It's your house. If your not comfortable with his suggestion, just say "No". 

@Wayne Terry  Watch out for Miss Havisham.   :)

@Shawn Pehrson  Please calm down. 

I simply offered my opinion that a prospective homebuyer of a flipped property would, in general, be better served by having had the repairs and renovations completed by a professional contractor. In the same way, I assume your customers are better served purchasing insurance from you than they would be by me. 

My 2nd point was to suggest that it's easy to accuse others of greed while not questioning one's own. 

Btw, I scored a 96!   :)

@DL Martin  I'm more impressed that a street cop can afford to build a $557,000.00 house; you're clearly not an average "idiot"!   :)

It looks nice but why did you go through all the time and expense to build it only to move to OH a few years later?  I assume this was your 'dream home'. 

@Rick L.  I wouldn't charge her; it sounds like an accident. 

Cope. It makes the joint pull tight when you nail it.  That applies to wood moulding. If you use MDF (which you shouldn't) you'll have to miter. 

@Shawn Pehrson  If I'm buying a house that has been flipped, I'd much rather know the work was professionaly done.  For one thing,  it gives me a licensed entity that I can call if there is a problem with their work. Once you've sold me the house, I doubt I can call you back to correct any problem. And I also have no way of assessing your competency in performing the work.  It's all well and good to pass inspection but that is a very limited assessment and really doesn't tell me much about the quality of your work in toto. 

As for contractor costs: everything is relative. Could not a buyer of one of your flips question the amount you are charging them for the house?  After all, you only paid X amount for it, only put Y amount into it and it only took you Z amount of time. Why, you're making $$$$$$$$$ an hour!   :)

Cold weather has never really been much of an issue here in Raleigh but this winter is different. My current strategy is to: FREEZE.  :)