Dean got a small mortgage, which enabled him to start construction of the patio. Mason Dino Patrucci underestimated the amount of work it would take to complete the job. In a payment disagreement, Dino left the job. Dean was left putting the apartment on the market with an unfinished patio.
Dean listed the apartment in a local newspaper. The day the paper came out, Dean was still sanding the apartment's floors. He showed the place to two potential renters but had to explain that many details were unfinished. Paul Williams, an architectural historian, comes by to discuss the history of the house. Jon DeAngelo of Renaissance Antiques helps Dean install a kerosene lamp in the parlor. Dean picks up period double doors for the entrance of the house at The Brass Knob, and Jim Gilstrap from Furniture Medic comes by to advise Dean on stripping the doors.
Dean visits Furniture Medic to see a sample of his refinished kitchen cabinets and the stripping of his doors. Back at home Dean and his tenant Barry Baron get into a big argument. Dean wants Barry to move his extra belongings into storage and Barry contends he may as well not live there then.
If Dean had had a contract with his mason Dino Patrucci and a lease with his tenant Barry Baron, he could have avoided the problems he eventually had with them. Dean is finding out the hard way that his approach of "taking things a day at a time" doesn't work in home renovation.
Resources custom window blinds - Next Day
Next Day Blinds
1815 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
USA
Phone: 202-333-4390
Fax: 240-568-8882
URL:
www.nextdayblinds.com
antique lighting
Renaissance Antiques
42 Spring St.
Newport, RI 02840
USA
Phone: 401-849-8515
Toll Free Phone: 800-850-8515
Email:
jon@antique-lighting.com
URL:
www.antique-lighting.com
floor refinishing
Premier Floors
12216 Parklawn Dr, Suite 104
Rockville, MD 20852
USA
Phone: 301-879-8632
copper gutters & trim
CopperCraft
2143 Joe Field Rd., Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75229
USA
Toll Free Phone: 800-486-2723
Fax: 817-490-9661
URL:
www.coppercraft.com
furniture repair service
Furniture Medic
111 Carpenter Dr., Suite D
Sterling, VA 20164
Phone: 703-471-8177
Toll Free Phone: 800-WE SERVE
URL:
www.furnituremedic.com
Guests Paul Kelsey Williams
Architectural Historian, Kelsey & Associates, Inc.
Website:
www.washingtonhistory.com
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