Comments on: Foreclosed: Postscript http://funny-about-money.com/2008/10/18/foreclosed-postscript/ Simple Living = Frugality = Peace of Mind: Personal Finance and Stress Control Wed, 23 May 2012 14:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: copyeditorsdesk http://funny-about-money.com/2008/10/18/foreclosed-postscript/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 copyeditorsdesk Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:28:14 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1808#comment-2138 Five grand is what I paid for the roof on my house three or four years ago; the Arboretum is about the same size as mine. The roofing company has been around for upwards of 25 years, and the owner is "old Phoenix": a guy whose family has been in the area and running businesses here for a couple of generations. They did an excellent job. Arizona prices are low because labor is cheap here: this is a right-to-work state...i.e., you have a right to work your employees for slave wages. I also got some higher prices -- notably from Home Depot, whose subcontractor proposed to sell me a ventilation system the attic did not need. Some contractors figure if you're a woman alone you haven't a clue and so try to sell you any da**fool thing they can. Lower prices came from a couple of fly-by-night outfits, for which Arizona is justly (in)famous. Five grand is what I paid for the roof on my house three or four years ago; the Arboretum is about the same size as mine. The roofing company has been around for upwards of 25 years, and the owner is “old Phoenix”: a guy whose family has been in the area and running businesses here for a couple of generations. They did an excellent job. Arizona prices are low because labor is cheap here: this is a right-to-work state…i.e., you have a right to work your employees for slave wages.

I also got some higher prices — notably from Home Depot, whose subcontractor proposed to sell me a ventilation system the attic did not need. Some contractors figure if you’re a woman alone you haven’t a clue and so try to sell you any da**fool thing they can. Lower prices came from a couple of fly-by-night outfits, for which Arizona is justly (in)famous.

]]> By: NtJS http://funny-about-money.com/2008/10/18/foreclosed-postscript/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 NtJS Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:01:52 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1808#comment-2137 changes your perspective when you start looking at the houses around you as commodities! But, that is the state of many markets. Are they cheaper if you buy the whole block? Also, $5k for a roof is pretty low-ball. We've had quotes for our simple one-story for 2-3 times that. You're assessment is right though - rehabbing a house in that state is not cheap. changes your perspective when you start looking at the houses around you as commodities! But, that is the state of many markets. Are they cheaper if you buy the whole block?

Also, $5k for a roof is pretty low-ball. We’ve had quotes for our simple one-story for 2-3 times that. You’re assessment is right though – rehabbing a house in that state is not cheap.

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