A piece of advice: If you are doing renovations to your house, hire a contractor you really trust, not the one who is the cheapest. We were locked into a decision, since the insurance company would only approve the estimate of the guys who worked super-cheap. It was a bad place to be in. Fortunately, Lance is also an architect, so he was able to spot some things that didn't meet codes. But Lance fired the contractor, so things will hopefully be looking up. We'll either hire a new one (if we can afford it at this point) or Lance will serve as general contractor from here on out. It has now been over 2 months since the repairs got started, and we're really ready to get this whole big mess behind us. It has been a frustrating 2 months, and I'm sure it would bore you to tears for me to tell you all the details.
We've also decided to do some serious upgrades & other renovations. We decided since our whole family was being booted from our home, we'd go ahead and replace windows, the roof & other stuff while we were at it.
So in my spare time (which there is very little of) I'm daydreaming on sites like: Remodelista, Apartment Therapy, Domino, Shelterrific, among others.
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So sorry your contractor wasn't getting the job done correctly--will that change anything as far as your insurance goes? It's good Lance knows what he's doing and can keep your house up to codes. We look forward to seeing the finished product (as I'm sure you do too)! :)
so sorry! i haven't had time to post about it, but we are starting our own renovation pretty close to you guys! it's CRAZY with 2 kids and driving back and forth from lebanon. i do know a GREAT contractor and also a great framer and roofer (and he's cheap too). i didn't know lance was an architect??? and by the way...I HATE CODES!!!!!!! if you want any #'s you can email me--bamalyla@bellsouth.net good luck!
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