I was standing in a subdivision sales office yesterday confirming the details of a pending sale. The sales agent was on the phone with their office. He made several references to “replacing cans” in the conversation. I was trying to tune him out because I don’t want to eavesdrop but the phrase caught my attention because I couldn’t place it as a construction term. Finally I gave up and started listening in (guilty) for content long enough to figure out they were talking about cancellations. Duh.

That subdivision has 37 units and about half of them are already completed, so I’d say that for them to have more than a couple cancellations to deal with at any one time is indicative of a problem for them.