It's been said that a praise cannot be understood by outsiders unless they know what effort went into the praise to make it happen. By now, you know about Big Blue. The awesome century-old fixer upper that is moldier than last month's bread and has a floor that sags on one side of the house. $50,000 of rehab work should make her livable again. Before that was the college dorm. Before that we rented for a year. It wasn't a bad house. Kinda small and horrible Internet service, but it fit the bill. ... VIEW POST

Yesterday, I told you about Big Blue. We had requested for someone to come out and quote leveling the home (not destroying it, just making it level so that none of the floors are sagging) and removing the mold that is growing all over the walls. Instead, what we got was a $3,000 estimate for leveling, a $15,000 (unrequested) estimate for crawlspace encapsulation and no (I REPEAT, NO) quote for removing the mold, which was to us the most important quote of all.A little frustrating, to say the ... VIEW POST