<< Back to all Blogs
Login or Create your own free blog
Layout:
Home > Extra upcoming costs

Extra upcoming costs

November 9th, 2006 at 07:26 pm

Well, with my upcoming Thanksgiving dinner party, I figured it was time to finally get our property to look decent. Let me explain. We bought a brand new house in the middle of some trees. The builder did his best to get the house up and then he was out of there. The landscaping is horrible and the driveway/parking area is tight. Of course we accepted this and negotiated the price accordingly knowing full well that we'd fix it up soon... well, since it ends up that we are hosting Thanksgiving dinner, I guess we'd better jumpstart the process of getting things done. I've got 3 different companies coming out between now and Monday to give estimates. We need trees and brush removed, tree stumps dug out, and a retaining wall built so the parking pad can be extended. We've never done anything like this before so we are kinda unsure as to how much we should budget. We'll have to see what the estimates come back as --- oh, and they said that they could get things done by Thanksgiving but you know how that might turn out. I sure hope it won't be too costly.

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Extra upcoming costs”

  1. janh Says:
    November 9th, 2006 at 07:29 pm 1163100563
    1163100563

    Doesn't it seem like there is always something extra before the holidays? I am spending about 325 to fix a bunch of different toilet problems before everyone comes for Thanksgiving!

  2. Amber Says:
    November 10th, 2006 at 01:52 am 1163123570
    1163123570

    We're going to GA for the holiday and my brother and his wife are preparing for us to come up...and according to them it is a lot of work. so I am sympathic

  3. PRICEPLUS Says:
    November 10th, 2006 at 05:29 am 1163136544
    1163136544

    It always seems that things like this always happen at the worst possible time! Check references if you can and also check the Better Business Bureau to see if there are any complaints about any of these companies. Best of luck!Smile

  4. LuxLiving Says:
    November 12th, 2006 at 01:14 pm 1163337254
    1163337254

    Yes - I'm having the exterminator out before Thanksgiving. One or two too many spiders are coming in to roost out of the cold weather. None for me - but thanks anyway!! We'll see - last time it was about 125-150 dollars which seems outrageous to me...but I was used to The Hubster doing it for years when you could buy the 'good stuff' for 8 or 9 dollars a bottle.

Leave a Reply

(Note: If you were logged in, we could automatically fill in these fields for you.)
*
Will not be published.
   

* Please spell out the number 4.  [ Why? ]

vB Code: You can use these tags: [b] [i] [u] [url] [email]