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Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Harry, You did tell us your acted as your GC on your present house. Did you do as much work on the NV house as your current house? Reggie: You aren't going to be contracting your own new house. Move on. I am entertaining the idea. You don't have the balls to do it. But if you did, it would be entertaining...for us. Harry I guess the GC'ing on your Northern Va. house didn't work out well, and that is why you didn't GC your real home. Your guess would be...wrong. |
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BAR wrote:
Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: hk wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Go for it and keep us posted. It will be great fun to read. And by all means, get Loogy to help you. ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- Hey, didn't you build you own house? I figure if you can do it, it should be a snap. Once again, I suggest you get Loogy to help you. The two of you should make a wonderful pair. Did you have any problems finding good trades when building your home? I would assume you had great trades for the brickwork, but I was thinking more about plumbing and electrician etc. As soon as you post your full legal name here and I can verify it, I'll be glad to fill you in on the good, the bad, and the ugly in reference to serving as your own GC on the construction of a personal home. I will tell you that it is not a challenge to be taken on lightly. You didn't build the house your wife owns. She bought an "improved property" in 2003, which means it had an existing structure on it. The structure on the property your wife owns was built in 2002 by "BUILTRITE AT CHELTENHAM KNOLLS INC." In fact BUILTRITE AT CHELTENHAM KNOLLS INC built all of the homes on the street your wife bought her house on. The Maryland State tax records don't lie: http://tinyurl.com/a25mru The question is why does Harry lie about everything? What does he have to gain? He knows we are on to him. Why do the lies continue? This guy is one sick puppy. |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:05:54 -0500, Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Harry, You did tell us your acted as your GC on your present house. Did you do as much work on the NV house as your current house? Reggie: You aren't going to be contracting your own new house. Move on. I am entertaining the idea. You don't have the balls to do it. But if you did, it would be entertaining...for us. Harry I guess the GC'ing on your Northern Va. house didn't work out well, and that is why you didn't GC your real home. Your guess would be...wrong. Well? Address, photos, etc. Something to be proud of, no? -- ** Good Day! ** John H |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:13:20 -0500, Jim wrote:
BAR wrote: Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: hk wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Go for it and keep us posted. It will be great fun to read. And by all means, get Loogy to help you. ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- Hey, didn't you build you own house? I figure if you can do it, it should be a snap. Once again, I suggest you get Loogy to help you. The two of you should make a wonderful pair. Did you have any problems finding good trades when building your home? I would assume you had great trades for the brickwork, but I was thinking more about plumbing and electrician etc. As soon as you post your full legal name here and I can verify it, I'll be glad to fill you in on the good, the bad, and the ugly in reference to serving as your own GC on the construction of a personal home. I will tell you that it is not a challenge to be taken on lightly. You didn't build the house your wife owns. She bought an "improved property" in 2003, which means it had an existing structure on it. The structure on the property your wife owns was built in 2002 by "BUILTRITE AT CHELTENHAM KNOLLS INC." In fact BUILTRITE AT CHELTENHAM KNOLLS INC built all of the homes on the street your wife bought her house on. The Maryland State tax records don't lie: http://tinyurl.com/a25mru The question is why does Harry lie about everything? What does he have to gain? He knows we are on to him. Why do the lies continue? This guy is one sick puppy. I think it was an error. He meant to say 'a home in Northern Virginia' when discussing his home. Any minute now he's going to give us the address and photos of the NoVa residence he's talking about. Unless...................that's another lie. Surely not. -- ** Good Day! ** John H |
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Gene wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:13:23 -0500, Gene
wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... Try to convince Loogy! |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:34:39 -0500, Boater wrote:
Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. LOL! -- ** Good Day! ** John H |
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Boater wrote:
Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Again, you are telling lies. You can't prove either home was owned by you and that the "big house" was built for or by you. |
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"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message ... We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Reggie, Be careful. I'm a General Contractor in CA (30 years in the trades, 18 with an active GC license), and it's not as easy as letting your fingers do the walking to find the sub-trades you need. Most GCs have relationships with the various trades, and those relationships can make a job move along much more smoothly. A group of subcontractors that have worked together before is much like the workings of a swiss watch. Haphazardly gathering subtrades based on price and/or references can wind up working like a busted up cuckoo clock. Another problem, is settling disputes that always arise. These are also best handled by an expert. There's always one tradesman that says, "it's not my job." So whose job is it to install the roof to wall flashing? The roofer, the siding contractor, the mechanical contractor, maybe the framer? A good GC will sort it out quickly, so you don't have to. What about the condensate line from the air-handler? A union plumber will not install that line, a non-union shop will. Sure, a small item, but the small items add up. That brings us to cost. Can you save a few bucks... yup, you probably can. Will a (sub)contractor work for free? Nope... they might as well stay home and watch Oprah. A good GC will (hopefully) already be getting the best price possible from his/her subs. There is not usually much room to negotiate the price much further. Many people think that a price from a person providing labor is different than that of a supplier. It's really not. If you estimate that the job is going to take xx hours, and you pay your guys xx dollars, there's not a lot of room to work. The GC will take your plans, get estimates/proposals from all the sub-trades, and provide you with an accurate estimate for the work. In general, there are no surprises, unless you switch from Millgard windows to Pella g. Depending on your arrangement with the GC, he will either mark up the job (generally 15%), for your final cost, or simply add on a flat "GC Fee" to the total for your cost. Either way, he is charging a service for his "expertise." It's up to you to decide if it's worth it. Do you constantly want to be calling 10 people to get your job done, or only one. Someone here said you can save 40%... that's ridiculous. One last thing... your budget is your biggest enemy, or your greatest friend. A neighbor of mine chose to remodel his home, acting as his own GC. I wasn't an option since I only do small subdivisions, and custom homes (no remodels). He came up with his own budget, and proceeded to gather subs. I begged him to get a GC involved, but he didn't want to spend the extra money. Bottom line, he was 50% over budget, and it took 14 months instead of 8 because of all the unforseen "stuff" he had missed. It still would have cost him that extra 50%, but he would have known up front if he had a GC involved, and could have planned accordingly. Just my friendly advice. --Mike |
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BAR wrote:
Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Again, you are telling lies. You can't prove either home was owned by you and that the "big house" was built for or by you. Awww, I'm supposed to be concerned about proving things to right-wing trash like you? Please. |
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Boater wrote:
BAR wrote: Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Again, you are telling lies. You can't prove either home was owned by you and that the "big house" was built for or by you. Awww, I'm supposed to be concerned about proving things to right-wing trash like you? Please. You are seeking acceptance from some here in the group. However you feel that you need to puff up your life's accomplishments to gain that acceptance rather than just being a normal guy. Your outrageous claims draw many to analyze your alleged accomplishments. Those who do the analysis have actually done what you claim to have done and immediately call bull****. |
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I just think it hillarious that all of Harry's personal info is being posted
here, like a flag waving in the breeze. No one would care if he weren't such an asshole. Of course he spins it like he wanted it this way, but he's cowering in the basement like a little pussy, hoping he didn't **** someone off *too* badly. g --Mike "BAR" wrote in message ... Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Again, you are telling lies. You can't prove either home was owned by you and that the "big house" was built for or by you. |
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BAR wrote:
Boater wrote: BAR wrote: Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Again, you are telling lies. You can't prove either home was owned by you and that the "big house" was built for or by you. Awww, I'm supposed to be concerned about proving things to right-wing trash like you? Please. You are seeking acceptance from some here in the group. Nope. I don't give a **** what you or your enablers here think. Not a whit. Nada. Zip. You, Herring, DK, Loogy, Ruptured Pontoon, Reggie, et cetera, are nothing more than the dog**** one must step over when out for a walk. There are fewer than a half dozen posters here I consider decent human beings, but I doubt I'll ever meet more than one or two of them in person because of distances. |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yep. Don't do it. |
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:01:47 -0500, BAR wrote:
Boater wrote: BAR wrote: Boater wrote: BAR wrote: Boater wrote: BAR wrote: Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Again, you are telling lies. You can't prove either home was owned by you and that the "big house" was built for or by you. Awww, I'm supposed to be concerned about proving things to right-wing trash like you? Please. You are seeking acceptance from some here in the group. Nope. I don't give a **** what you or your enablers here think. Not a whit. Nada. Zip. You, Herring, DK, Loogy, Ruptured Pontoon, Reggie, et cetera, are nothing more than the dog**** one must step over when out for a walk. There are fewer than a half dozen posters here I consider decent human beings, but I doubt I'll ever meet more than one or two of them in person because of distances. Tom, Richard and Gene are who you seek approval and acceptance from and who have all shunned you for your abhorrent behavior. Wrong again, schitt-for-brains. Harry, you know I am right. You probably should have added Gunner to that last list. -- ** Good Day! ** John H |
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Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Harry, You did tell us your acted as your GC on your present house. Did you do as much work on the NV house as your current house? Reggie: You aren't going to be contracting your own new house. Move on. I am entertaining the idea. You don't have the balls to do it. But if you did, it would be entertaining...for us. Harry I guess the GC'ing on your Northern Va. house didn't work out well, and that is why you didn't GC your real home. Your guess would be...wrong. Well tell us about you great experience GC'ing your NVa home. Why didn't you do your own home? |
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Boater wrote:
Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Nice story, and pictures? |
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Tom Francis wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yep. Don't do it. I don't know, Harry was very successful GC'ing his N. VA home. |
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:44:06 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote: Tom Francis wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yep. Don't do it. I don't know, Harry was very successful GC'ing his N. VA home. That's Harry. Harry is successful at everything he attempts. He's the Leonardo DaVinci of modern times. To date, Harry has proven extensive knowledge of a whole host of subjects including, of all things, opera. I mean roof loads, foundations, plumbing, electrical - he's got the knowledge base - apparently. So it follows that Harry would be the General Contractor for his own home - he has nothing but time on his hands (as is obvious by the number of posts just yesterday) which is a key element in being a GC for your own home. It's hard for the rest of us mere mortals to understand that. |
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Tom Francis wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:44:06 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Tom Francis wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yep. Don't do it. I don't know, Harry was very successful GC'ing his N. VA home. That's Harry. Harry is successful at everything he attempts. He's the Leonardo DaVinci of modern times. To date, Harry has proven extensive knowledge of a whole host of subjects including, of all things, opera. I mean roof loads, foundations, plumbing, electrical - he's got the knowledge base - apparently. So it follows that Harry would be the General Contractor for his own home - he has nothing but time on his hands (as is obvious by the number of posts just yesterday) which is a key element in being a GC for your own home. It's hard for the rest of us mere mortals to understand that. Ok, you talked me out of it. |
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On Dec 30, 7:55*am, Tom Francis
wrote: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:44:06 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Tom Francis wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. *Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yep. Don't do it. I don't know, Harry was very successful GC'ing his N. VA home. That's Harry. *Harry is successful at everything he attempts. He's the Leonardo DaVinci of modern times. *To date, Harry has proven extensive knowledge of a whole host of subjects including, of all things, opera. *I mean roof loads, foundations, plumbing, electrical - he's got the knowledge base - apparently. So it follows that Harry would be the General Contractor for his own home - he has nothing but time on his hands (as is obvious by the number of posts just yesterday) which is a key element in being a GC for your own home. It's hard for the rest of us mere mortals to understand that. I wish he'd talk to me, I'd like to know his design parameters like earthquake loads, wind loads, snow and drifting snow loads, etc. I wonder which codes he used in his area, including building code, plumbing code, electrical code, gas code, ADA compliance, fire safety code etc. What was the tested soil bearing capacity at his site? When he did his analysis, did he use LRFD or Ultimate Stress Design, (which is limited stress design and has been changed to be PERMISSABLE stress design, I hope he caught that!) |
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Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Nice story, and pictures? There are aerial pictures of both places on Zillow. Soon as you provide your full legal name here and I verify it, I'll be glad to supply the addresses of the houses. |
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Tom Francis wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:44:06 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Tom Francis wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yep. Don't do it. I don't know, Harry was very successful GC'ing his N. VA home. That's Harry. Harry is successful at everything he attempts. He's the Leonardo DaVinci of modern times. To date, Harry has proven extensive knowledge of a whole host of subjects including, of all things, opera. I mean roof loads, foundations, plumbing, electrical - he's got the knowledge base - apparently. So it follows that Harry would be the General Contractor for his own home - he has nothing but time on his hands (as is obvious by the number of posts just yesterday) which is a key element in being a GC for your own home. It's hard for the rest of us mere mortals to understand that. Reggie, of course, is full of schitt. I was successful with the house in NoVa because I had to be. If I had let the original GC get away with his shenanigans, it would have been a financial disaster. And all successful at the time meant was that I was able to complete the project a little over budget. It was a hellacious, time-consuming, aggravating project, and I would not do it again, especially these days. |
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Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Nice story, and pictures? There are aerial pictures of both places on Zillow. Soon as you provide your full legal name here and I verify it, I'll be glad to supply the addresses of the houses. Careful Reggie. This may be a trick. ;-) |
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Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Nice story, and pictures? There are aerial pictures of both places on Zillow. Soon as you provide your full legal name here and I verify it, I'll be glad to supply the addresses of the houses. Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name? |
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Jim wrote:
Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Nice story, and pictures? There are aerial pictures of both places on Zillow. Soon as you provide your full legal name here and I verify it, I'll be glad to supply the addresses of the houses. Careful Reggie. This may be a trick. ;-) Harry Krause is a reputable guy, what problem would i have giving him my personal info? Harry, post your phone number and I will call you to discuss details. |
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Boater wrote:
Tom Francis wrote: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:44:06 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Tom Francis wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yep. Don't do it. I don't know, Harry was very successful GC'ing his N. VA home. That's Harry. Harry is successful at everything he attempts. He's the Leonardo DaVinci of modern times. To date, Harry has proven extensive knowledge of a whole host of subjects including, of all things, opera. I mean roof loads, foundations, plumbing, electrical - he's got the knowledge base - apparently. So it follows that Harry would be the General Contractor for his own home - he has nothing but time on his hands (as is obvious by the number of posts just yesterday) which is a key element in being a GC for your own home. It's hard for the rest of us mere mortals to understand that. Reggie, of course, is full of schitt. I was successful with the house in NoVa because I had to be. If I had let the original GC get away with his shenanigans, it would have been a financial disaster. And all successful at the time meant was that I was able to complete the project a little over budget. It was a hellacious, time-consuming, aggravating project, and I would not do it again, especially these days. How do you ever find time to work on all these projects and stay glued to your computer screen. A mortal who has done all you say you did would have to be at least 175 years old. |
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:36:55 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote: Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name? Telephathy. |
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Jim wrote:
Boater wrote: Tom Francis wrote: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:44:06 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Tom Francis wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yep. Don't do it. I don't know, Harry was very successful GC'ing his N. VA home. That's Harry. Harry is successful at everything he attempts. He's the Leonardo DaVinci of modern times. To date, Harry has proven extensive knowledge of a whole host of subjects including, of all things, opera. I mean roof loads, foundations, plumbing, electrical - he's got the knowledge base - apparently. So it follows that Harry would be the General Contractor for his own home - he has nothing but time on his hands (as is obvious by the number of posts just yesterday) which is a key element in being a GC for your own home. It's hard for the rest of us mere mortals to understand that. Reggie, of course, is full of schitt. I was successful with the house in NoVa because I had to be. If I had let the original GC get away with his shenanigans, it would have been a financial disaster. And all successful at the time meant was that I was able to complete the project a little over budget. It was a hellacious, time-consuming, aggravating project, and I would not do it again, especially these days. How do you ever find time to work on all these projects and stay glued to your computer screen. A mortal who has done all you say you did would have to be at least 175 years old. Whoever said Harry Krause is a mere mortal? |
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Tom Francis wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:36:55 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name? Telephathy. oh, let me think very very hard. Harry Krause, did you get it? |
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Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Nice story, and pictures? There are aerial pictures of both places on Zillow. Soon as you provide your full legal name here and I verify it, I'll be glad to supply the addresses of the houses. Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name? Quietly; not the way you would do it. |
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Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Boater wrote: Gene wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice? Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor. Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You can buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it happen. No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license. Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I thinking about adding on to the workshop..... .... Oh, never mind...... It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering. Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the builder's license bond from the state. With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond) and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning. It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million. Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides. Nice story, and pictures? There are aerial pictures of both places on Zillow. Soon as you provide your full legal name here and I verify it, I'll be glad to supply the addresses of the houses. Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name? Quietly; not the way you would do it. I am always curious why you want to know my full legal name? What's the deal? |
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:47:11 -0500, Jim wrote:
How do you ever find time to work on all these projects and stay glued to your computer screen. A mortal who has done all you say you did would have to be at least 175 years old. Quantum reality. Harry can be in two places at the same time. Word has it in the theoritical physics world that Harry can actually be in three places at the same time or three places at different times. Truly amazing. |
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Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Tom Francis wrote: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:36:55 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name? Telephathy. oh, let me think very very hard. Harry Krause, did you get it? Of course not. To transmit telepathic messages, you have to be able to spell telepathy. |
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:02:22 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote: Tom Francis wrote: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:36:55 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name? Telephathy. oh, let me think very very hard. Harry Krause, did you get it? OH - did I say telepathy? I meant telegraphy. Sorry - my bad. |
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:04:54 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote: I am always curious why you want to know my full legal name? What's the deal? Actually, my real legal name is unpronouncable by any mere Earthling. However, you may call me Your Excellancy for short. |
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Tom Francis wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:04:54 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: I am always curious why you want to know my full legal name? What's the deal? Actually, my real legal name is unpronouncable by any mere Earthling. However, you may call me Your Excellancy for short. How about SheetHead? |
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:10:41 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote: Tom Francis wrote: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:04:54 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: I am always curious why you want to know my full legal name? What's the deal? Actually, my real legal name is unpronouncable by any mere Earthling. However, you may call me Your Excellancy for short. How about SheetHead? Don't own a sail boat. |
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