Are you guys that work on homes and fix them up, remodel them or just focus
in on one trade busy?? I can not believe how busy I am. I wasn't this busy
during the height of the housing boom. I'm not bitching but just a little
miffed by it. What say you?
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but you can't make them THINK"
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>Are you guys that work on homes and fix them up, remodel them or just
>focus in on one trade busy?? I can not believe how busy I am. I
>wasn't this busy during the height of the housing boom. I'm not
>bitching but just a little miffed by it. What say you?

Same here. All the people who can't afford to buy a new house seem to
be fixing up the one they have instead. When I started my business, I
intended to work a couple of days a week and spend the rest of the time
working for Habitat for Humanity. I'm getting too much business to work
my plan--and it's all by word-of-mouth. I'll just have to start telling
friends I can't take more jobs, I guess.

-- 
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX USA

SteveBell wrote:

> 
>>Are you guys that work on homes and fix them up, remodel them or just
>>focus in on one trade busy?? I can not believe how busy I am. I
>>wasn't this busy during the height of the housing boom. I'm not
>>bitching but just a little miffed by it. What say you?
> 
> Same here. All the people who can't afford to buy a new house seem to
> be fixing up the one they have instead. When I started my business, I
> intended to work a couple of days a week and spend the rest of the time
> working for Habitat for Humanity. I'm getting too much business to work
> my plan--and it's all by word-of-mouth. I'll just have to start telling
> friends I can't take more jobs, I guess.
> 
Ive actually turned down work! That never happened before. If its something
I don't want to do I either bid it high or tell them I'm not interested. 
-- 
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586
Website Address http://rentmyhusband.biz/

>SteveBell wrote:
>
>>>Are you guys that work on homes and fix them up, remodel them or
>>>just focus in on one trade busy?? I can not believe how busy I
>>>am. I wasn't this busy during the height of the housing boom. I'm
>>>not bitching but just a little miffed by it. What say you?
>> 
>> Same here. All the people who can't afford to buy a new house seem
>>to  be fixing up the one they have instead. When I started my
>>business, I  intended to work a couple of days a week and spend the
>>rest of the time  working for Habitat for Humanity. I'm getting too
>>much business to work  my plan--and it's all by word-of-mouth. I'll
>>just have to start telling  friends I can't take more jobs, I guess.
>> 
>Ive actually turned down work! That never happened before. If its
>something I don't want to do I either bid it high or tell them I'm
>not interested.

Same here. A contractor I work for sometimes wanted me to bid on doing
all the doors and finish trim for a 63-unit apartment complex. Me, a
one-man company. Even with them putting up one eight-unit building at a
time, I would have been busy full-time for months. I had to decline on
that one, even though it's the type of work I like best. I'll be
spending a lot of time in the near future taking care of my dad's
estate.

-- 
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX USA

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> Are you guys that work on homes and fix them up, remodel them or just 
> focus
> in on one trade busy?? I can not believe how busy I am. I wasn't this busy
> during the height of the housing boom. I'm not bitching but just a little
> miffed by it. What say you?
> -- 

People are DEFINITELY fixing what they got.