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5 Ways to Recover When It’s Not Your Fault
So, I was driving to get yet another iPhone 5 fixed today when I received a peculiar phone call from one of my GCs asking about an invitation he received from a team member outside of my company about...
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This. Is. Demo.
Well, we finally made it. Renovations started on the Kenwood house this week! We have “Polish highlanders” handling demolition (my GC was very impressed by this). My main man, Wesley, spent over an...
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Mediation: 6 Steps to Success (and more demo pics)
I cannot tell you how many of the million (or 7) GCs that I’ve met over the past few months have said “Drawings look pretty on paper, but don’t always show what’s really happening.” This was a...
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Communication and the Fine Line between Success and Failure
After biking home from the Kenwood house today, I decided to move the car into our brand new spankin’ parking space behind my building. As I was pulling out of our parallel parking spot on the curb, a...
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Workplace Politics: 21st Century Navigation
The Kenwood house is moving like a freight train right now. We’re on our second week jacking up the floors – this is not something that is done in a day, the house is a century old so we have to inch...
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5 Useful Things That No One Tells You About Rehabbing
Robert, my GC, is still on vacation this week which creates a stressful dynamic in the renovation process. There were quite a few responses to questions that started with “I think what he meant is…”...
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Kenwood Update: Plumbing Stinks
If it seems quiet regarding the Kenwood house, that’s because it has been. Very quiet. Why, you ask? Two words: Plumbing inspection. What do I mean, you ask? One word: Failed. So, here’s what happened....
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The Stairway to…Where?
Another exciting week at the Kenwood house! As you saw last week, the concrete set beautifully. The plumbing inspector gave us final approval (thanks to my investor) and we’re back on a moving freight...
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Restoration vs. Rehab: The Painful Truth
Ahh, Thanksgiving week – excess amounts of turkey (no matter how realistic a size we buy), wine, cider, cheesy stuff…and a steaming hot side dish of guilt. That’s right folks, my guys were working on...
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10 Steps for Scheduling MEP on a Rehab
So, I locked myself out of the Kenwood house today. Not my brightest moment. The very front door no longer has a key, we’ve been locking the 2nd front door behind it. The 2nd front door was removed...
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