pestercat
pestercat t1_itefngq wrote
Reply to comment by mtneer2010 in Can Baltimore vacant properties provide housing for new immigrants? by bearjew64
This. Fucking flippers plus a worthless (and astonishingly overpaid) inspector wrecked our lives. Had to go deep into debt to fix their mistakes enough to sell, then live with family for five awful years saving up and paying down debt before we could buy again.
Still remember our proper contractor when he and one of his men were working on our masonry. All I could hear over their music was "this is not to American building standards at all! This is ridiculous!" repeated over and over at ascending volumes.
pestercat t1_iwg2jxw wrote
Reply to comment by bmore_conslutant in Making Baltimore look good on the Internet by perceptron-addict
War zone, no. A lot of careful "but are you sure that's safe?", however, yeah.