Also, what would be a reasonable cost  to expect for plowing a two and a half car parking pad reachable through the alley and shoveling the sidewalks of a duplex on  4800 sq ft lot in Mpls?

Gives you a pad and roads, even if cracked and old.

I'd get some other eyes on it and some other quotes, but like I said, for us here we can put in some concrete pads under the house, bottle jack up the corner and put a new pier in place.  

Finding one that has built in padding and a thick wear layer (10 or 12 mm) makes for easier install, it holds up forever, and is just all around better. 

There is already a concrete pad on 1/3 of the property, but it is not level.Looking for guidance on rural S.S. in 30,000 person county.

The application can be filled out via phone as well though IMO (i've tried it) - it's a bit tedious - Maybe I'm old school but I can input data many times faster with a keyboard/mouse and a larger screen...Guess if you were using a tablet such as an I-pad it would be a bit easier though.

Apartments.com/Zillow no longer offer listings for individual rooms, so many of my recent leads have come from Zumper/Hot Pads (by Zillow)5.

I need an insulated and fully padded room as I am about to go postal!

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It seems like the client has a reasonable fear of being over-charged on the materials end, since shady contractors could simply pad the materials bill.