Dave's Story
A few week agos, I shared Susan's story about her siding. How's that for alliteration?
Two days ago I received an email from Dave Moore in Ypsilanti, MI.
His email reminded me of an out-of-control fully loaded concrete truck barreling down a hill with no
brakes.
Here's what he wrote:
"I have land to build on. It is flat as a pancake, on a paved road, gas, water and sewer at the road, electric runs directly over property, with neighbors on both sides.
I am probably having a smaller modular (1200 Square feet) put on it.
No basement, just a crawl space. What would be your guesstimate on site work (foundation, utilities, driveway)?"
Here was my first response to Dave:
"One can't pull a number out of thin
air.
You have to visit the site and breath the air there and do all the calculations.....
But if you want me to guess without knowing any specifications, I'll say $18,429.53."
Dave got back with me with
this:
"Thanks! I had a lady tell me $60,000 I thought that was ridiculous."
I then sent him this response:
"You were able to discern from my email that the number I gave you is complete and utter
BS.
Right?
CAPS below for emphasis, not SCREAMING.
It's IMPOSSIBLE for ANYONE to tell you the number
until they see your FINAL PLANS, specifications and visit the job site.
You need to go through the process and get THREE BIDS for the three items you listed."
Do you see the nightmare unfolding here?
Dave is wanting to build a new home and he has no idea of what he's building.
In his head he's visualizing a house, but he doesn't even know the size yet - " ....probably having a smaller modular (1200 Square feet)...."
He can get the price of the modular home from the dealer, but getting the site ready is another matter.
You can't depend on *guesstimates* for the items Dave asked about.
You can't HOPE the costs will be within your
budget.
You MUST get hard numbers based on exactly what's required.
Don't ever allow this to happen to you.
Stop and develop plans and specifications and get
bids that are not numbers pulled out of thin air or obtained from the cool widget at Random.org.
Milwaukee LED Spot Light Review
Milwaukee Tools has been on a tear the past three years. They're introducing new tools at a blistering
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One of the areas they've jumped into are LED lights of all types. Some of them are FANTASTIC.
A few days ago I received their latest LED light.
It's a spot
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