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quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: I cannot even imagine what a house "flipped" in 4 days would even look like. There was a guy on my block who "flipped" a house in 2 months, and I went to the open house. They asked me to give my opinion and even gave me an item sheet to put my comments on... basically, they were getting a free inspection out of me. Place was f**king horrible. Crooked light switches, nickle and chrome door knobs that looked like they were purchased used from Habitat for Humanity Home Re-Store... on doors that had mostly painted over BRASS door hinges. Baseboard looked like it had 15 layers of paint (the home was made in 1983), and they installed some cheap "floating" wood flooring that had simulated wood on it, in which they didn't even bother to mix-up the fake wood planks, so you literally had three of the exact same wood planks literally next to each other. The renovated bathroom... I couldn't even figure out what was renovated in it... I think maybe they replaced the toilet, and the underside of the cabinet looked as if it had been rotting away (particle board), and they filled the gap between the formica and the rotten wood with caulk, which fell out when I stuck my finger under it... and this is the craziest part. These homes were all luxury homes in the city's Encino Park neighborhood. They all had 50-year roof tiles, custom cabinets that were made by live oak literally from a wood shop in San Antonio, with every single cabinet made to exact specifications for each of the homes, all of which were entirely unique and an independent design. The only time where the homes shared the design of another home, they took the floor plan and reversed it by 180 degrees, and they never had the two homes in the same neighborhood. These were really exclusive homes... so the fact that all of this "**** " stuff was installed in this particular home was beyond me. Like, I was shocked... and literally was offended. Each home has a "Sitterle" bronze seal emblazened at the entrance of each of the homes, signifying that the home was made by the luxury home maker. They don't even make **** houses anymore (these were all 3,200 square foot homes), and only make large luxury homes now. https://sitterlehomes.com/ Anyway, this home was a f**king mess. I mean, I was genuinely offended, and had the guy been there I would have told him how much of a sh1t-f@ck that house was. The guy couldn't even be bothered to match up the colors of the outlets and outlet plates. When I got my home, I literally replaced every single outlet, switch, and plate with matching "modern" Decora. Everything was thought out. I even used micro-expanding foam to seal the box between the drywall, and then used the foam insert to seal the plate to the wall when compressed. I replaced literally every single square inch of baseboard in my home. The only baseboard I kept were the ones that were made out of natural cherry wood that was stained. I salvaged all of it that I could (wood look just didn't match with the kitchen), and I reused it in the closets. Like... I can't even express enough... I made sure that every single door hinge, door knob, latch plate, cabinet knob, closet bracket, and clothing hook was matching Oil Rubbed Bronze. I replaced every exterior door, including a fancy solid mahogany door for the front with a functional speak-easy. Every square inch of flooring was replaced by me except the carpeting (which I paid to have replaced). I had all the underlayment replaced for the roofing, built a new oven / microwave cabinet for the built-ins, installed all the appliances myself, installed a kitchen to attic (to ridge-vent) stove ventilation system to complement the JenAir's downdraft vent. I built an entire air conditioned workshop off the utility room in the garage, insulating it, installing drywall, recessed lighting and shop lighting, with it's own circuit from the panel. I mean, I went ape **** ... and this guy couldn't even caulk the baseboard to the drywall on his **** house. Like... every room still had popcorn on the ceiling, and in some cases he even spray painted over the popcorn like a retard. I literally scraped every ceiling in the house, then primed, skim-coated, sanded, and then primed again and painted every ceiling surface there was... Anyway, his house was disgusting, and the people that bought it ended up redoing literally everything he had done. The retard tossed out all the solid oak cabinetry and replaced it with some cheap particle board cabinetry, only for the new owners (after he "flipped it") to tear all that **** out again and throw it out for bulk pickup.

Sounds like the previous owner of my place. I don't know exactly 'what' he was, but he was NOT a carpenter or electrician.

Flooring everywhere except kitchen,dining and bathrooms is all cheap floating stuff and too much of it is scratched/marred up and it is not fitting right.
Little crap but it drives me nuts.
Switches that evidently do nothing.
He evidently had a fetish for extension cords.
He hung several 4' plug in type florescent lights in the little shed and garage but none were anywhere close to an outlet.

Guest bathroom toilet paper holder. Who thehell puts a tp dispenser behind ya?


Look now, at how they did the tile below the tp roll holder.. 1/2" space between the tle and the cabinet.


Nice new sink tho.


Look at the same sink in the mirror reflection..overflow is chipped, missing porcelain and rusting out.

(a habitat for humanity reject? )

Main dist panel. Not a single breaker was marked. (I take that back...one had a penciled line off to the side stating "Mark's room". (that was a pain in the ass to trace out too.

The shed out by the pool. Wired for 120v but 'looks like' he brought 12/2 with ground in underground.... using nm romex.
No load center of any kind in the shed, lights and outlets all tied together. Just protected by breaker in MDP.
Should have, a local load center with at least 3 spaces, a line1, line 2 (neutral) bus and a separate buss for ground bonded to outside copper coated ground rod. Preferably, a main disconnect right outside the building as well.
(in outbuildings, you cannot use the house grounding as ground and ground/neutral cannot be tied together anywhere except 1st means of disconnect which is usually MDP.

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