If it's good enough for the Dalai Lama, it's good enough for me.I'm happy to see you cashing in some of the poker chips for a beach and happiness.

(ie. chipped paint, cracked driveway)

What was supposed to be a 5 week project was not only not finished after 6 months, but the quality of work was so poor that we are now having to go back and re-do many, many things.We found plumbing in walls that had not been soldered.We found a bathtub that had not been installed with any support framing.We found electrical running to nowhere, and full circuits non functional.We found incorrect grout used in bathrooms that was already cracking.We found sewer PVC fittings in walls not glued.We found shower valves installed too far back in walls and then tiled over so the hardware could not actually reach the valves, requiring us to rip into walls to re-do plumbing.We found they absolutely destroyed the wood floors.We found brand new bathtubs had been scratched, chipped, and gouged because they were not protected and people had been standing in/on them and dropping tools in/on them.We found exterior walls without insulation.We found numerous doors hung crooked or even hinge bound so they didn't swing smoothly.We found ceiling electrical just boarded over and hidden.We found double tapped circuit breakers.We found vinyl flooring laid right over screws sticking out of the old floor, so the vinyl plank flooring had bumps in it clear as day.

Easy to replace one section at a time if required and doesn’t chip like some Laminate. 

For that you can buy in a blue chip area, have security that it won’t vaporize, can manage locally, plus you have a good working knowledge of the areas dynamics since you already live here.

Look We have all been there at first , but  it is my opinion you need to stack chips to have something to actually invest  .. then get into the game .

Family arrives somewhere on the East Coast, guessing Massachusetts, the poor parenting skills showed through as the single parent allowed the child to consume flaking paint chips on an exterior porch, for weeks of months, in large quantities.

@Brian Pulaski   Hey there Chip Gaines, good work.  

If I don't have a contract and an explanation emailed to me by the time I get to the office at 7:30am  tommorow then the chips will end up where they fall.

We will then decide if we will repair the items or provide a written explanation of why we are not -- for example, chip in counter, cosmetic only, will add it to list of discrepancies tenant will not be responsible for at end of lease term.