My wife and I bought our first home 6 years ago. It was a little Victorian that was just so cute. It is 100+ years old, and had the original woodwork in it, and was just beautiful.
We did not realize the sort of work that such an old house would require. Also it is not just the work that is required, but the level of difficulty involved because nothing ever goes quite right.
We had a leak in our roof that came from some cracked siding. My wife and her mother are now experts to repair damaged plaster. They finished the inside job and it was beautiful. The problem is that we hired a fly by night contractor and we put up shingles over the damaged siding. That is bad, but the worst part of it is that he did not nail the dimensional shingles properly. Now they are falling down and make the house look so tacky.
I want to get up there, and tear down what he did, and also tear down the siding and have it done right. I am not so sure that I have the skills to get it done right so we are saving to have a professional finish the job for us. Maybe if I get the proper instruction I may attempt the job because knowledge is power.
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