Home Maintenance

One afternoon while standing at the kitchen counter, I was rudely surprised when  . . .

part of the lanai ceiling collapsed. 

When that happened I quickly checked the garage ceiling & the front porch ceiling.

The garage ceiling was fine, but the porch ceiling had a crack in it. 

Now we had to clean up the mess and find someone that could do drywall repair 

in a timely manner because we were planning another visit to see the precious grandchildren.

 

I pulled out "The Highlander" our trusty neighborhood paper

where there are always ads for service providers.

There were some great ads for drywall contractors,

so I started making phone calls to schedule estimates. 

 

After we settled on the contractor we found out he had done work for the realtor that had helped us find this house & that he was a member of BNI (Business Networking International). 

I felt confident that we had made a good choice!

 

The repair work took 1 1/2 days & 

they did an excellent job!!

 

I had been in the process of getting estimates for 

new gutters & downspouts before the lanai ceiling collapsed.

I chose a contractor for the gutter job & they came the day after the ceilings were repaired.

 

I had also been wanting to get the electrical panel upgraded.

The electrician came after the gutters were installed.

We got all that done in three days with two days to spare before

leaving to visit the grandchildren!

 

Hopefully there won't be any more improvement/repair projects for awhile.