Rob Thrasher
Contractor demands more to complete work
I hired a contractor to renovate a commercial space into a daycare. He quoted 4700.00 for new outlets and switches, and he quote 2900.00 for emergency exit lights with backup battery.Once he started the electrical, h...
Keith N.
How to re-model house with concrete block interior?
Hi,I'm currently thinking about purchasing my second property and I have my eye on an older house that is constructed from concrete block. I guess the construction material doesn't matter, but the thing is that ALL o...
Matt Dixon
Basement Egress Requirements
Can someone point me to the egress requirements for finishing a basement? My understanding was that you needed a second exit, but I'm seeing a decent number of rehabs in the city that don't. Is there some sort of exc...
Steve Balinski
Questions about painting kitchen cabinets
Hello everyone, I could really use some help.
I'm not in a position to remodel my entire kitchen, but i have plenty of time and figured I'd try to paint my kitchen cabinets.One of my biggest struggles is trying to fi...
Steve Balinski
My horrible re-finished flooring contractor experience
Hello Bigger Pockets community. I recently had a very bad flooring contractor experience I wanted to share. Lesson I learned, DO NOT make final payment until you have approved the work and are happy with it!!! DO N...
Justin Traver
Contractor is over bid.
I was wondering who is responsible if a contractor goes almost 30k over their bid. They are saying that I am responsible for the extra 30k. Just a side note this rehab has taken over 10 months and it's not even clos...
Patrick Rowe
Home builder Looking into Raw Land Development
I've been in the home building business for about 6 years and know I'm interested in doing land development to sell lots to home builders. I had a engineer look at 56 acres of land and determine that I could get betwe...
Michael Donatucci
Add bath and finish basement?
Purchased a 1200 SF 3 bed 1 bath home with unfinished basement in need of rehab that I plan to hold onto. There are a lot of 3 bed 2 bath comps in the area with same square footage that are trading for around 270K tha...
Kaleena Felipe
Trying to purchasing a 4-plex
I need some help. I am trying to purchase a 4-plex. The purchase prices is 565,000. The builder is requiring a 60,000 downpayment (construction loan) because he does not have the cash to complete the construction. I d...
Ed Canales
Structuring contractor agreements
I have a project that is about to start, a single property home in Maryland. After seeking the estimate of several contractors that mostly turned out to be less than professional , I have chosen the one for this proje...