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Question: "This Old House" The Current Project
wrote in message oups.com... I remember reading an article in the Wall Street Journal over ten years ago about how some of the projects had turned into mini disasters. Seems it took a lot longer than anyone would have thought and the homeowners wound up spending like 2X what they thought they would, even with all the discounted or free materials. Years ago they did a house in Phoenix. I went to the finish party. Met the owners, they both were worried that they were not going to be able to pay the loans off. The project did run well over 2 times the estimated cost. They were happy with the results, just not the cost. They also mentioned the "donated materials" were generally the cheapest of the needed materials and were less than 1/4 of the total bill. Both of these folks were attorneys so money should not have been a issue. A year later I went by and the house was for sale. It did sell for a premium for the area, but nothing close to what the property would have sold for with out a major street near over the wall. |
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My spouse just recently lost his foot up past the ankle do to an infection. We live on his disability check and really don't have the money for renovations that has to be done for him to be able to come home. We have to make our trailer wheel chair accessable for him. His father is helping with what he can afford but his father is living on a disability check also but his father can't help with the work cause he had 3strokes a little over a year and a half ago. It's a big strain on all of us trying to get the money and help to do this.
If you have any suggestions that could help us on how to get financal help and the man power (volintures) to help us please let me know I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you and God bless you, barbara |
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