After three years of saving and planning, the first official step in constructing my 12×20 shed has begun. V&M Construction will be arriving today to dig a 26x27x1 hole and filling it with gravel. This will be the base for the concrete pad in the spring (the extra width is for an overhang).
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The Super*Shed…..so it begins
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Rented a DR Brush Mower over the weekend
Monday, October 19th, 2009Feel like I’ve been hit by a truck today.
Shrewd business practices in this economy
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009- Economy tanks
- Fail to show up and/or return phone calls, creating illusion you are much too busy to deal with such trivial things as “customers”
- ????
- PROFITS!
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Called G&E Excavation of Cornish, Maine to give me an estimate on a gravel base for my shed. The guy said he’d be at my house Monday night at 6:00 p.m. He never showed up.
Called V&M Construction of Gorham, Maine. He actually came out, and mailed me an estimate of $1425. I had a question, left a voicemail on Friday, a voicemail on Tuesday, and finally left a voicemail on Wednesday telling him basically, “Hey thanks for playing, but you lose”.
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UPDATE: Called Scott Dugas Excavation today and got an estimate of $2350, which as everyone knows is awfully close to $1425. What’s the deal, you got gold dust in that gravel or something?
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UPDATE: Left a message with Gorham Ground Works, they never called back. I’m sensing a trend here.
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UPDATE: V&M called back, guy said there was a family emergency and he forgot to change his message, so I decided to give him a 2nd chance.
Weekend chores
Friday, August 7th, 2009Replace drive-belt on riding lawnmower, and replace porch lights with new motion-sensor ones. Woo-hooooo! Party!!!!!
Oh, and still wash & wax Jeep, LOL