All Forum Posts by: Chad B.

Yep PNW you just confirmed what I thought. I don't think anyone would be going to jail or anything over this one but I saw the tenants video of the place after he moved out and it does look like the landlord is just being an A-hole. This tenant probably isn't going to win in small claims court either since the landlord is a lawyer he will just out manuever him.

I think it was my picture that scared them all off. I should of warned you of that Josh.

If a tenant moves out of a property after his lease was completed and the landlord refused to return the full security deposit due to "dusting and cleaning of the apartment" is it possible for the tenant to file a mechanics lein on the property for the remainder of deposit? At first, I was joking when I made this suggestion to the tenant but now I'm left wondering why not. What would it hurt? The landlord is currently trying to sell the place instead of lease it out again and he refuses to provide receipts for the work involved claiming it was payment for his time. I'm guessing it would be pretty easy for the landlord to get the lein thrown out but it may be even easier, cheaper, and quicker for him to just pay the lein instead of fighting it out.

It will take you forever if you try to find the best contractor at the best price because all you will find at the best price is the crooks and the guys that don't have a clue to what they are doing. Find someone that comes highly recommended from a friend, family, real estate agent, etc who charges a fair price and you will have a sucessful project anything less and you are gambling.

Remember if you can't afford to do it right in the first place can you really afford to redo it.

LOL Nice find Tim! Do you think I could motivate some of my subs to work a little faster with one of those? :lol:

Nice Heathen, sounds like we have got similar friends. I went through the "High pockets" and "Gigantor" not to even mention the crap I got for having a last name like Blankenbaker. I swear to this day my elementry school principal called me "Blankenbooger" on purpose but the one that stuck was the notorious OG Stilts so I too use it as my login name for most everything.

OK here is an example of some plumbing specs. I would attach these to my contract that I have my subcontractors sign and also attach their proposal but my contract and specs take precidence.

If you are hiring a general contractor to do the job then he should specify all details of the job in his contract (if they aren't already stated in the construction documents such as the drawings) with you similar to this. If you don't get these things in writing you may end up with many surprise C.O.s.

Richman-
How does that 10% contingency work out for you? Sounds a little high to me but maybe you have a lower OH&P to make it work. Always looking for advice for improvement from a vetern such as yourself.

I don't want to speak for Richman, so I look forward to his response, but my take on this is that this file looks like his budget worksheet as the general contractor. What you do with this that as you get the bids back from the subcontractors you fill in the bids so you get an overall view of the entire jobs costs. You don't give this to the subcontractors. It's either that or he uses this as a worksheet for his estimates. Every contractor has their own style so I hate to guess how he does things.

Maybe I misunderstood your original question but I took it to mean you were looking for something like specs so that every contractor is bidding the exact same scope of work. To me this worksheet does not accomplish that. Specs are always job specific unless you are a production home builder. Thats why it is so difficult to answer your question. I will work on something to give you a better idea of what I am talking about but for now I will share with you my worksheet I use when comparing subcontractor bids.

I think my sister's first car was a Cumaru....she had the fuzzy dice and everything