I got to the house right at 8am and George, the electrician was already there. But my realtor wasn’t, so I called his cell and left him a message. I had a feeling this might happen. With his newborn son waking every few hours to eat, he and his wife haven’t been […]

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I went to the house after work last night with three goals:

Measure the windows
Measure area for fixing erosion problem
Take more photos and visually assess our lead paint problem

I accomplished two out of three. Didn’t get to the erosion problem part. But I measured all the windows from the outside, except the attic, of course, since […]

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And so it begins. The process of gathering estimates, collecting bids for work, and figuring out exactly how much this beast is going to cost is already starting to get overwhelming, and it’s only the first day! I wish I hadn’t left my super-organized binder at home. But I’ve gotten a LOT […]

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We’ve signed the purchase agreement, the mortgage is being processed, and here I sit, mere blocks away from the house that will be my own personal project for the next two years at the very least. My hands are itching to rip up the nasty dirty carpet. My forehead feels naked without a […]

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