New siding or everything else?
HOW MUCH!?
The farm has fallen out of repair under my care and now that I am all healthy it’s my responsibility to repair and improve it. I plan on living here for a very long time and would like my kids (assuming) to have it if they want. So I have a lot of work to do and the one of the first steps is to get bids on the jobs I can’t do. I had some contractors out yesterday to give me a bid on residing my house. It is a small house at maybe 1250sqft. They measured and blathered on about why they were great and how fantastic their siding is. I should be more tolerant of pushy sales guys but when they double up and tag team you it just gets old fast. I told them right away what color I was looking for (deep green in a 5in clapboard look). Well when they were done I sat down and listened to the “great deal” that they had worked up for me. $10,000! To side my little farm house! Well I have roughly $8k to spend on all of the work for the farm this year so that isn’t a good start. Then they showed me the colors available. Not a green in the book. It led me to a few conclusions. I am not residing my house this year. I am doing the landscaping around the front, fencing the back yard, garden and orchard and I am re-modeling the bathroom in a big way. I may, later, also replace the flooring with some new wood. Nesting is expensive.
The farm has fallen out of repair under my care and now that I am all healthy it’s my responsibility to repair and improve it. I plan on living here for a very long time and would like my kids (assuming) to have it if they want. So I have a lot of work to do and the one of the first steps is to get bids on the jobs I can’t do. I had some contractors out yesterday to give me a bid on residing my house. It is a small house at maybe 1250sqft. They measured and blathered on about why they were great and how fantastic their siding is. I should be more tolerant of pushy sales guys but when they double up and tag team you it just gets old fast. I told them right away what color I was looking for (deep green in a 5in clapboard look). Well when they were done I sat down and listened to the “great deal” that they had worked up for me. $10,000! To side my little farm house! Well I have roughly $8k to spend on all of the work for the farm this year so that isn’t a good start. Then they showed me the colors available. Not a green in the book. It led me to a few conclusions. I am not residing my house this year. I am doing the landscaping around the front, fencing the back yard, garden and orchard and I am re-modeling the bathroom in a big way. I may, later, also replace the flooring with some new wood. Nesting is expensive.
Later,
Sam
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