Besides fire damage has anything else been damaged if its sitting vacant (ex. copper plumbing removed by theives, electricall ripped out because of vandals.

There are just too many contractors and other service providers out here today who are simply ripping people off.

It is not like people cannot find ways around these things (ie giving their friends as references) but the more work you make them go through the more likely they are to decide to find someone else to rip off.

Best case: They come, look (or not), find it ok, give you a virtual slap in the face while you play the dummy innocent novice, and they approve it.Worst case: They put you on chains, have you bust up the concrete yourself, and practically have you rip it all out and redo with permit and licensed plumber, plus fines.Or anything in between.

As mentioned the mold re-mediators are rip off artists and according to Texas state law you don't need to use them if you follow some simple rules.I wrote a blog on this several years ago here on BP.

Because Obama had a campaign event to get to, and didn't give a rip about the dead ambassador.

And there are ALWAYS problems.That said, you were ripped off by this plumber.

If your buyer is not sophisticated enough to know they should get a title search, you are ripping them off by doing the transaction without a traditional settlement.

Ed Lee@ed leeI got it done very reasonably because of an arrangement with my contractorbut what was purchased was about 60.00 worth of pvc fittings and pipe you need a drain pipe and supply linesyou need the washer dryer hookup boxesand a roll of electrical wire that handles 220 currentwe had to get 2 30 amp breakers one for each unitand dry wall and mud to repair what we ripped outand finally vent tubing I cant say exactly what all this cost but somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 but remember I was doing two units the labor was priced at 160 a day and it took three days to complete.so just under 900 to do both units

The trailers were ripped up, the metal hauled off, and the debris remains in piles-everywhere.