I get a call for a dead tree on a house, addy is in a good neighborhood, but I smell a rat given this guy evidently let a long dead tree fall on his house. So I go out there, big colonial house at end of a long shared driveway of nice, pricey homes, but my suspicions were entirely accurate…the guy is a nice guy but his house looks a lot like the Adams Family house. He says he's lived there since 2000, and it is clear absolutely zero maintenance of any kind whatsoever has been done in that time to the house or grounds- peeling paint, lawn unmowed for years, several dead trees around including the dead white birch which broke in half and is on the roof, junk and garbage around, masonry failing apart, just utter dilapidation. It's hard to believe the place is occupied given it's appearance, that's how bad it was. Place looked bando.
So I figure I'm wasting my time but am sorta glad I was able to see such a bizarre place tucked away in a high class neighborhood. I give the guy a sky high price of $1600.00 to ensure I won't get the job and have to worry about collecting from a guy like this.
So of course, he called and said do it.
Ha it's a sweet job, if I get paid. Y'all got any ideas to make that happen? Normally I am never paid until a job is done, no down payment, and I've only had 1 or 2 problems with that approach in like 25 yrs.
So I figure I'm wasting my time but am sorta glad I was able to see such a bizarre place tucked away in a high class neighborhood. I give the guy a sky high price of $1600.00 to ensure I won't get the job and have to worry about collecting from a guy like this.
So of course, he called and said do it.
Ha it's a sweet job, if I get paid. Y'all got any ideas to make that happen? Normally I am never paid until a job is done, no down payment, and I've only had 1 or 2 problems with that approach in like 25 yrs.