A man came to my kitchen to measure... / myLot

By marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

Chile

April 26, 2023 9:25pm CST

...the crime scene.

We talked about tiles, cleaning, sanding and painting. I told him that I was retired and was going to sell the house. I just want some make up; the next owners will want to tear the house apart. The measured and wrote in a notebook. He is Anita´s brother so I won´t mind being alone with him. He won´t kill me to steal my laptop. He will tell me the cost of the damages. I want to do everything in 2 parts. First I want to do the kitchen. But later, when I have some money, I´ll also paint the living and dining room. There´s some soot there too. I hope it won´t be too expensive. }i´m keeping my fingers crossed.

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rakski

@rakski (125756)

• Philippines

27 Apr 23

I am hoping it will not be too expensive too

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

I hope so.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

@rakski I wish.

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rakski

@rakski (125756)

• Philippines

27 Apr 23

@marguicha good luck

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@DaddyEvil (137458)

• United States

27 Apr 23

I hope it won't be too expensive. Good luck!

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

I hope so. He will come to see it again at day time.

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@DaddyEvil (137458)

• United States

27 Apr 23

Good... Daytime is when he should be looking at it so he doesn't miss anything.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

@DaddyEvil Exactly. Now we know each other and he can come when he wants. He lives near my house.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137546)

• India

27 Apr 23

If you can sell it as is where is once you know what it will cost for refurbishing then you will have more peace - just saying It is not easy to get things done when on lives there.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

I have to clean up some. But I won´t do much. I want to go away now. But I will have to look around.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

@allknowing Thank you for the advise.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139763)

• Roseburg, Oregon

27 Apr 23

I hope it will not cost you that much money. When We sold our house in Colorado. My two oldest grand children and I painted the whole inside and outside of the house. Not much on the outside since it was a brick house.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

I can´t paint right now. I used to do it years ago.

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Fleur

@Fleura (30539)

• United Kingdom

27 Apr 23

I hope it can be made to look good again without too much expense.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

I insisted that I did NOT have tons of money.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (38561)

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27 Apr 23

It's good that he is going to give you an estimate. If you can think of someone else who can, get at least two estimates, often they are very different. Paint can work wonders to refresh a home.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

@MarieCoyle I hope so.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

I´ll do that. The house will look fine after I give a coat of paint to the living and dining room. It will all look very good, considering the age of the house.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (38561)

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27 Apr 23

@marguicha I agree, paint just perks things up a lot. I hope the costs are affordable for you.

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simplyme

@m_audrey6788 (58472)

• Germany

27 Apr 23

I hope you can find someone who can give you a fair price for doing all you want

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

I hope so.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (47062)

• India

27 Apr 23

Hopefully the two phase solution would cover the expenses well and not put a single point of burden. Soot look and smell can be quite bothersome.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

28 Apr 23

I know.

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

27 Apr 23

I hope the estimate will be okay,

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

I hope so.

Anna

@LadyDuck (471968)

• Switzerland

27 Apr 23

You are right only doing a bit of "make up" to the house. Those who buy a house almost always repaint and do major changes.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

The people who bought my parents´house changed everything. Now new houses look different. They are building now houses that look like boxes.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

@LadyDuck I often wonder who was the "genius" who started the trend.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471968)

• Switzerland

27 Apr 23

@marguicha New houses are horrible also here, no roof, no personality, they look like boxes.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (107859)

• Marion, Ohio

27 Apr 23

I hope he can do it cheaper

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

27 Apr 23

I´ll see when he brings the appraisal.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341692)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Apr 23

These things are often more expensive than we might imagine but, if you keep repeating the price over and over, it seems to be less. If that's all double Dutch to you I understand.