The Cobbler's Family Has No Shoes...

ChrWright

Was wondering if there are any other guilty parties out there who loath working on their own houses...

For me there is nothing more frustrating. Things seem to take 10x longer than they should and problems seem 10x worse than if I were working for someone else.

My wife is a saint for what she puts up with, to be sure.

They say the cobbler's family has no shoes...the plumber's house has leaky pipes.... the painter's house needs painted...etc. etc.

Anyone else care to fess up? Or am I the only one out there...

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Celtic

I haven't had my doorbell ring in 3 years

My "service" (and that's being optimistic) is a 200A panel, temped (THHN conductors in "free air") to a 50A FPE MCB...going on it's 4th year now

Outlet in the LR hasn't worked in 1+ years

I could go on.....but why? (see my sig. below ...LOL)

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Mike Finley

I recently purchased a townhouse in foreclosure to rehab and keep as a rental property. The previous owner turned out to be an electrician I had heard of, has been in business for himself for at least 4 years.

Cost me $600 for my electrician to fix just the electrical issues that were either broken items, wired wrong items or just plain blatant code violations.

firemike

Celtic! Do we own the same house??????????????

I started changing my service 3+ years ago, have everything temped through the old meter. Sad part, 2-3 hours work and it would be finished.

My front doorbell hasn't worked in 2 years, since I redrywalled the living room and forgot to push the wire out the door frame. Drill a hole, fish it out, hook it up, could be working in 1/2 hour or so.

Air conditioner plug in the livingroom doesn't work because when I redid the LR, I left a roll of 12/2 in the attic and stubbed it down to a box in the LR. Another hour or so and it would be done too.

Have everything I need to remodel the master bath, have had it for 18 months in the garage and back shed. Some day.......

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BuiltByMAC

Built my house in '04, along with a dinky 8x12 pt deck waiting for me these past three years ...

Earlier this summer I finally replaced it with a 12x22 TREX deck - nice handrails, the works. Now we actually have some room out on the deck to enjoy our back yard.

That saying "cobbler's kids..." has been thrown around our house often enough...sad but true. You're not alone in this one!

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Tom R

Personally, - - I enjoy working on my own house (1900 -1905 Colonial), - - but the trouble is, - - I always start some new project before ever finishing the last.

A buddy of mine likes to joke around that the only room in the house I haven't touched yet, - - is also the only one that is finished . . .

DelW

I hear ya, I've been tryin for 4 yrs to get my house painted. I keep tellin the wife I don't get paid to paint my own house, and the last thing I want to do on vacation is paint.
Been thinkin how I could write it off as advertising though

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Celtic

Put a sign on the lawn ....rent the house to yourself/wife ....

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Celtic

No, but you can buy mine for the complete set

LMAO...my master bath is actually done(well almost)...some trim a window to be replaced.
The master bedroom same story...some trim, 3 windows....wife is yapping about car-pet or something? Is that like a lap dog ???

The "big" thing is the bump out....waiting for the "revised" prints from the arch (revision #3...God...HO's suck...LOL)....then the kid's room gets done, roofing, siding...a "For Sale" sign....LMAO.

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firemike

So true! That's why I tell the wife I am in no hurry to finish this house. The last two houses I ilved in, within two years of finishing them, we sold them. I am in no hurry to move again...

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JPF

'Tis the truth for sure!!! LOL!!! And based on all the other post's, we're all very much alike!!! I too have painting, light electrical, and plumbing waiting for me for the last yr or so....

troubleseeker

No way to hide my guilt on this one...I would give you my wife's cell number, but you would have to miss a days work to listen to her list....build drawer banks in son's closet and reconfigured doors, still not painted and doors incomplete; need to replace 250' of ratty wooden fence, can't seem to get started; Installed pool two years ago with grand ideas for future cabana and decking,pool is wet,but non existent cabana provides no shade and the decking never appeared; and on it goes.

Celtic

Geez...we sharing wives too?

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firemike

Oh Ohhhhh..... This ain't good..... for either of us!

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Celtic

..and double the shoe bill/inventory

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Subia29

funny stuff! LOL. OK I admit it ,I have 200 ft block fencing for 2 years ,Still no grout nor cap, stil not complete My fathers a mechanic ... 1 arce...full of junk cars .... To him its a gold mine , He calls it ''man land''. sheesh!!!

tinner666

Haven't run the front bell wire to the transformer yet, 9 yrs.
Still need to paint, 11 yrs.
Still need door casing on 3 doors,4 yrs.
Still need molding around ent. ctr.,5 yrs.
List goes on. Good thing is the painting. House taxes depreciated. City thinks property has been abandoned.

Oh. I did get the roof on 5 yrs ago.

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TempestV

Well, lets see- My dad started building a house soon after I was born, which we moved into when I was in seventh grade. Now I'm twenty and off at college/work, and it's still not done.

The board and tar paper siding had to wire brushed and refinished before the rest of the boards and batts could go on, since they had sat so long that the finish had dramaticly changed color.

The house isn't done, but we already had to redo the roof, and it's getting to be time to paint again.

does any of that sound familar?

Stone Mountain

Lots of stuff still to do.
I brought in a couple of my guys in January to paint the whole house (finally did my bedroom after 11 years), fix the kitchen sink, fix the basement bathroom, recaulk the windows, some tile work, trim work, yada yada yada.
we did about half of it before I needed them for customers. Ah, well, maybe this winter.

On another note: I'm a car nut: a real gearhead, and I love to work on my cars. I have yet to wax my car this year, and the soundproofing I bought 2 summers ago is still not installed. LAtely I am actually taking weekends off, but I'm too damn tired to do anything except watch the boob tube.

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GregS

Maybe you have the same problem I do... Bringing your tools in to your own house from the truck, getting started, getting distracted, forgetting about the tools, and then going to a customers house the next day and kicking yourself for leaving the important stuff at home.

Sure I've got lots of pliers, cutters, screwdrivers etc in the house, but I'm not gonna double up on the expensive stuff!