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20 Jun, 2009

The Tasmanian Devil must work for John

Posted by: Jason In: Uncategorized

Permits in hand John had the team on sight in about 2 days. In three days they had gutted the whole house. I swear John must have hired the Tasmanian devil to do the demo. Oddly enough the floors were spotlessly cleaned at the end of the week. We had given John and team instructions [...]

Builder Check!
Like I said earlier, we learned a lot from each builder and one bit of advice Woodbridge gave us made a big difference.
“File for you permits now , as the home owner and do a change of contractor when we sign, it will save you time in the end”
And we did.. Or at least [...]

20 Jun, 2009

Picking A Pro - Builder Edition (Part 3)

Posted by: Jason In: Uncategorized

Round 2 was sent to a few but really there were only two companies in the heat. Woodbridge Builders and Total Quality Construction. We really liked Woodbridge. It seemed like a very very well run company. They had a real office with a sample floor and everything. The sales guy we dealt with seemed very [...]

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20 Jun, 2009

Picking a Pro - Builder Edition (part 2)

Posted by: Jason In: Uncategorized

RFP in hand it was time to start moving forward. I took a full weekend calling every number we had found and anyone listing an email got the canned welcome to the RFP introduction. I missed everyone, because that’s what happens when you call on a Saturday afternoon - but everyone whether answering machine or human got the [...]


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This Blog is Dedicated to the Journey of Elaine , Jason, Jessica, Madeline and Dot to our new home in Riker Hill. Its a rebuild project of a 1960's colonia , so if you have the stomach for it please join us and our stress as we blog our way home. Click Here to get started in our little saga and keep reading till ya get to today. Enjoy!