Ruminations on construction quality

[AK]

A year ago I offered on a short sale with kitchen cabinets so flimsy, I expressed astonishment that they could hold up the tile countertop.

The house was bought by flippers and put on the market after a few cosmetic improvements. When I saw the new listing photos I was horrified to see that they had slapped granite on top of the same old flimsy cabinets, with the same old dings and scratches still visible.

Incidentally the listing agent for the flip was a former associate of Super-Jenae.

[NotCranky]

I agree with you AK. The inspector doesn’t make sure the house is built well. Code does not do that so how could they. Some inspectors have offered helpful points but mostly they are there to make sure you don’t do things out of the order they prefer and to see if they can find more business for the bilding jurisdiction they represent. Yeah that’s cynical. I actually told the last one I dealt with that they do more harm than good and he took it pretty well.

The flip side is that I hate the lack of freedom to build a heater-less shack out of second hand stuff if you want to. People don’t realize how cooperative we are as “consumers” enslaved to the nimby next door an the shake down artist local governments.Keeping up with the Jones’ is almost mandatory here and has been codified by the authorities. I know I am speaking to the wrong audience mostly here,on this point of view, oh well. Does anyone know of a good hippie housing blog?

[NotCranky]

I agree with you AK. The inspector doesn’t make sure the house is built well. Code does not do that so how could they. Some inspectors have offered helpful points but mostly they are there to make sure you don’t do things out of the order they prefer and to see if they can find more business for the bilding jurisdiction they represent. Yeah that’s cynical. I actually told the last one I dealt with that they do more harm than good and he took it pretty well.

The flip side is that I hate the lack of freedom to build a heater-less shack out of second hand stuff if you want to. People don’t realize how cooperative we are as “consumers” enslaved to the nimby next door an the shake down artist local governments.Keeping up with the Jones’ is almost mandatory here and has been codified by the authorities. I know I am speaking to the wrong audience mostly here,on this point of view, oh well. Does anyone know of a good hippie housing blog?

[NotCranky]

I agree with you AK. The inspector doesn’t make sure the house is built well. Code does not do that so how could they. Some inspectors have offered helpful points but mostly they are there to make sure you don’t do things out of the order they prefer and to see if they can find more business for the bilding jurisdiction they represent. Yeah that’s cynical. I actually told the last one I dealt with that they do more harm than good and he took it pretty well.

The flip side is that I hate the lack of freedom to build a heater-less shack out of second hand stuff if you want to. People don’t realize how cooperative we are as “consumers” enslaved to the nimby next door an the shake down artist local governments.Keeping up with the Jones’ is almost mandatory here and has been codified by the authorities. I know I am speaking to the wrong audience mostly here,on this point of view, oh well. Does anyone know of a good hippie housing blog?

[NotCranky]

I agree with you AK. The inspector doesn’t make sure the house is built well. Code does not do that so how could they. Some inspectors have offered helpful points but mostly they are there to make sure you don’t do things out of the order they prefer and to see if they can find more business for the bilding jurisdiction they represent. Yeah that’s cynical. I actually told the last one I dealt with that they do more harm than good and he took it pretty well.

The flip side is that I hate the lack of freedom to build a heater-less shack out of second hand stuff if you want to. People don’t realize how cooperative we are as “consumers” enslaved to the nimby next door an the shake down artist local governments.Keeping up with the Jones’ is almost mandatory here and has been codified by the authorities. I know I am speaking to the wrong audience mostly here,on this point of view, oh well. Does anyone know of a good hippie housing blog?

[NotCranky]

I agree with you AK. The inspector doesn’t make sure the house is built well. Code does not do that so how could they. Some inspectors have offered helpful points but mostly they are there to make sure you don’t do things out of the order they prefer and to see if they can find more business for the bilding jurisdiction they represent. Yeah that’s cynical. I actually told the last one I dealt with that they do more harm than good and he took it pretty well.

The flip side is that I hate the lack of freedom to build a heater-less shack out of second hand stuff if you want to. People don’t realize how cooperative we are as “consumers” enslaved to the nimby next door an the shake down artist local governments.Keeping up with the Jones’ is almost mandatory here and has been codified by the authorities. I know I am speaking to the wrong audience mostly here,on this point of view, oh well. Does anyone know of a good hippie housing blog?

[Ricechex]

[quote=briansd1]A good portion of the houses in Carmel Valley have PVC pipes. Many have had to get re-piped.[/quote]

Brian…can you explain? I thought PVC was top notch. Why did they have to get re-piped? And, with what? Copper pipes?

[Ricechex]

[quote=briansd1]A good portion of the houses in Carmel Valley have PVC pipes. Many have had to get re-piped.[/quote]

Brian…can you explain? I thought PVC was top notch. Why did they have to get re-piped? And, with what? Copper pipes?

[Ricechex]

[quote=briansd1]A good portion of the houses in Carmel Valley have PVC pipes. Many have had to get re-piped.[/quote]

Brian…can you explain? I thought PVC was top notch. Why did they have to get re-piped? And, with what? Copper pipes?

[Ricechex]

[quote=briansd1]A good portion of the houses in Carmel Valley have PVC pipes. Many have had to get re-piped.[/quote]

Brian…can you explain? I thought PVC was top notch. Why did they have to get re-piped? And, with what? Copper pipes?

[Ricechex]

[quote=briansd1]A good portion of the houses in Carmel Valley have PVC pipes. Many have had to get re-piped.[/quote]

Brian…can you explain? I thought PVC was top notch. Why did they have to get re-piped? And, with what? Copper pipes?

[AK]

[quote=Russell]Keeping up with the Jones’ is almost mandatory here and has been codified by the authorities.[/quote]

Someday when this site closes down, we should pool our money to pay for a Baltic granite tablet on which to preserve the sage advice of the bubble era. You know, like “Thou shalt not overleverage the equity extracted from thy primary residence.” I nominate the above sentence for the list.

[AK]

[quote=Russell]Keeping up with the Jones’ is almost mandatory here and has been codified by the authorities.[/quote]

Someday when this site closes down, we should pool our money to pay for a Baltic granite tablet on which to preserve the sage advice of the bubble era. You know, like “Thou shalt not overleverage the equity extracted from thy primary residence.” I nominate the above sentence for the list.

[AK]

[quote=Russell]Keeping up with the Jones’ is almost mandatory here and has been codified by the authorities.[/quote]

Someday when this site closes down, we should pool our money to pay for a Baltic granite tablet on which to preserve the sage advice of the bubble era. You know, like “Thou shalt not overleverage the equity extracted from thy primary residence.” I nominate the above sentence for the list.

[AK]

[quote=Russell]Keeping up with the Jones’ is almost mandatory here and has been codified by the authorities.[/quote]

Someday when this site closes down, we should pool our money to pay for a Baltic granite tablet on which to preserve the sage advice of the bubble era. You know, like “Thou shalt not overleverage the equity extracted from thy primary residence.” I nominate the above sentence for the list.

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