For a guy who either works from home or is not currently working, I don't update here as much as I should. it's hard to believe I used to journal and then blog like a madman and now I've just lost the motivation.
I have at least 5 ToDo list items that will literally take 30 minutes or less but I'm not motivated to start on them.
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| Before |
We just dropped $8500 on landscaping and water mitigation. When it rains here, the water would pool around the house and most likely under the house. So I paid a guy to put in some catch basins. While he was at it, we wanted to do something to upgrade the curb appeal of the house. I also had him install some lights so the house would look prettier and during the holidays, the poor Amazon delivery drivers could see our porch after we went to sleep.
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| After |
I got three quotes. Each one was broken down into just water mitigation, and landscaping. We decided to bite the bullet and do both.
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| What we Wanted |
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| What we got |
The second guy (the one we went with) was $8500. I don't think he got me the best lighting system and might have forgotten what I told him about the front of the house not getting direct sunlight. He gave us bushes that thrive in direct sunlight so we will see what happens.
The third guy was a little flaky. He could do it all for $5850. But I just didn't get the sense that he understood just how much water mitigation was needed.
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