All Forum Posts by: Wendy Man

@Aaron Schrader

"If that were my replacement, I would take it out and make a recessed framed in portion (I'm assuming the house siding stops there) where the sidelight was and set up a nice looking light and address numbers in it."

yes siding stops there.  And I like your approach.  That would look nice.  Thanks!

@Ryan Lesley Thanks Ryan!  we would prefer not to have the glass at all.  Do you think it would work to just swap out the glass with the solid material structurally (e.g. held in place by the frame)?  Somehow it would need to stay in the hole and also be weathertight.  Any suggestions much appreciated!

we have a door sidelight that we no longer want.  we prefer to fill the glass area with something solid.  The glass portion is maybe 1/2 ft x 5.25 ft.  Can we just put plywood or vinyl trim or something similar in the glass area?  what would you suggest?

Sorry to hear this happened.  It looks like you may be able to look up court records in Montgomery at https://pro.mcohio.org/. 

@Cameron Moore  Thank you - that makes sense.

@Nathan Gesner 111 years!  I am pretty sure that clay sewer line will have something happen to it in that time frame.

@Joe Funari I will check out homeserve.  Haven't considered home warranty for such.  Thanks for the tip.

Is it worth getting the endorsement for service line coverage on the dwelling insurance (e.g. for water supply, gas supply, sewer) in the Twin Cities metro area?  An example at: https://www.amfam.com/insuranc...

A few thoughts.

It's great that your property manager provided multiple quotes.  Did you have to ask for that, or was it required as part of the contract (e.g. for projects over a certain value, PM needs to obtain multiple bids)?  If your PM obtained multiple bids for you automatically, without being required to, and without charging you extra for such, that's a plus.

Often times the roofer will provide a warranty also for workmanship.  I have seen 5 years and 10 years on that.  That roofer warranty I would care about, assuming that the company checks out as a reputable one that will be around then.

I am guessing the quotes are probably not identical, so hard to compare in summary.  For example, what materials are they using - are they the same brand and grade and type of shingles?  what about the underlayment?  Does it include the dumpster and dumping fees?  what about "Extras" like drip edges, etc? 

Does your PM charge a % of the project value as coordination fee?  If so, there may be financial interest so harder for your PM to say to choose one or the other $15K or $35K quote.

If it were me, I would ask the PM for which one he/she recommends.  However, I would likely also do some due diligence on the companies, and then call 1-2 of them to ask them to explain what's included in the quote.  It takes time and effort, but to me $15K-$35K is a lot of money, and a roof badly installed can lead to lots of problems.  Luck.

Some ideas.  Check your local jurisdiction laws of course.

If signing in person You can countersign after they hand the funds.

You can also state in lease that the lease is contingent on the receipt of such funds.  

Or the lease can state that you can terminate immediately (or that it terminates automatically) with no obligations if funds not received within x days of signing.

like others said No keys until all done.

@Justin Rademacher.  Well said.  Are there any property management companies for Minneapolis who you would recommend for small multi-family?