Thursday, October 11, 2007

The rehab project across the street is coming along. I made a bet with the new owner that he will go over budget. He took the bet. He is a contractor and used to budgets, materials, etc. He is pretty sure He can stay within his budget. Bill has empties at least 5 dumpsters. One of them was full of metal. Prices for scrap metal is pretty good at the moment, so He made some money on that one. All it did was pay for another dumpster...that had to be dumped where ever construction material goes. (It goes to construction heaven?) All the plaster is taken down from walls and ceiling. Bill hires day labor to sweep up tons of plaster dust. A new roof is on. The old siding is being ripped off.
I am relieved that Bob's old house is being saved. Bill reports that the house's "bones" are sturdy. If they weren't, He would have torn the house down. Bill bought a double lot. There is lots of room there. Neighbors were concerned that some builder would put up a condo and call it affordable housing. This, in a neighborhood of colonial single family houses built about 1920. The character of the circle would have been ruined.
Bill talked to Chris about his boat...still sitting on the lot next door. After the two crunched numbers, it was decided that it wasn't worth it to fix the boat. Chris can get another and better boat for the cost of repairing this one. The boat went into the dumpster. Now I have a boat trailer that I don't want. It probably will be sold in the spring.
One thing I am sorry about is Bill cleared his lot next door. He cut down the pear tree and the apple tree. My opinion is that when he gets around to putting a single family house on it, the old apple and pear trees would look charming. My pear tree needs his pear tree for cross pollination...darn it. I probably will have to plant another pear tree on my property.

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