What's the WORST home advice you've ever been given?
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Comments (57)Had to come back and check in...funny stuff here today! We live in a world with some weird people in it, sure makes for some funny stories! @ rustic, believe in ghosts or not that's some weird stuff and cobwebs all over a low ceiling...eek!...sounds like your realtor showed you a couple of winners haha!...See MoreHas anyone ever been their own General Contractor?
Comments (51)Most of the time, if you get a loan to do the remodel, the bank or mortgage company will REQUIRE that you use a GC. Your homeowners insurance has a worker's comp rider to cover 3-4 workers, usually, which covers any worker in your home that you personally hire (housekeepers, handyman, etc.), but not the workers employed by the subs. When we built our house, we went the route of hiring a GC by the hour and using vendors under our own credit, paying the invoices as they came in. Our bank construction loan converted automatically to a fixed-rate, 30-year mortgage, with only one closing charge. We had a total dollar amount for the construction loan, which we drew from to pay the bills each month, and only paid interest on what we drew off each month compounded from the start of the loan. I was on site every day, but not every hour the workers were there. Some decisions had to made as we went along, based upon recommendations from the GC AND the builder. Most of those decisions required spending more money (I think we used 5 LAM beams, which we hadn't planned on and are very expensive). There were also cost-saving recommendations as well....See MoreWhat home repair have you been putting off the longest?
Comments (39)We bought a 20 year old brick house 9 years ago and have slowly been remodeling the whole house. We started with the kitchen & put new floors in living room, painted 3 rooms, & recently finished with the main bathroom remodel, taking out the bathtub and making it a large shower. Next is new carpet in the bedrooms. Will we ever be done? Probably not! There is always something to do in a house!...See MorePOLL: Have You Ever Been Electrocuted?
Comments (64)Got a wicked shock when doing dishes in midst of kitchen remodel. One hand in dishwater, reached for stick shift, unaware my ankle was lightly touching a cable that had been temporarily taped off. Thank heavens for frigid New England farmhouses; I was wearing three pairs of socks, so I got only a barely visible burn. But for several frightening seconds I was "glued" to the stick shift and to a dinner plate in the sink. It gave me a newfound respect for the power of electricity. Static electricity is more fun than getting blasted by a house current. On dry bitter-cold winter days we kids would scuff our shoes on the carpet to work up a charge, and then touch something grounded -- like one another's noses -- to see the tiny spark. If there was a balloon handy, we'd rub it on a sweater to work up a charge, then put it on the ceiling where the static would make it cling. My mother was short and couldn't reach up to take it down until it discharged by itself and it drifted to the floor. :-)...See Morebabbs50
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