Lance Mclennon
03-23-2010, 09:31 AM
Hello all,
I signed up here for a few reasons, I am a new home onwer, I got caught in the real estate swindles two years ago, the realtor was in bed with the lawyer the inspector and the broker, long story short I followed their advice and recommendations subsequently purchasing a Lemon.
I wasn't able to touch the house for a few months due to work so I lost out on addressing the major issues I ran in to. Too late to cry over spilled milk, I had to gut the entire house.
I hired several different contractors, each came did their portion of crappy work I questioned it they gave me BS I let them go. So I started reading how to books, minor repair literature and taking some of those home depot work shop courses, hopefully to both save a bit on the labor cost but also not get swindled with crappy work again.
So look out for my qeustions because I will be asking a ton of them, as installs come up and I hire the right people I want to know what to look for and how to spot whether they talk a good game just to get in the door, also questions on how much work can a home owner tackle that does not require inspection or a contractor to come in. tiling, sheetrock etc.... , I have owned this home now almost two years, no where near living conditions, good solid advice and direction will be greatly appreciated.
Lance :) ,
I signed up here for a few reasons, I am a new home onwer, I got caught in the real estate swindles two years ago, the realtor was in bed with the lawyer the inspector and the broker, long story short I followed their advice and recommendations subsequently purchasing a Lemon.
I wasn't able to touch the house for a few months due to work so I lost out on addressing the major issues I ran in to. Too late to cry over spilled milk, I had to gut the entire house.
I hired several different contractors, each came did their portion of crappy work I questioned it they gave me BS I let them go. So I started reading how to books, minor repair literature and taking some of those home depot work shop courses, hopefully to both save a bit on the labor cost but also not get swindled with crappy work again.
So look out for my qeustions because I will be asking a ton of them, as installs come up and I hire the right people I want to know what to look for and how to spot whether they talk a good game just to get in the door, also questions on how much work can a home owner tackle that does not require inspection or a contractor to come in. tiling, sheetrock etc.... , I have owned this home now almost two years, no where near living conditions, good solid advice and direction will be greatly appreciated.
Lance :) ,