There's no question about it - the fence definitely has to be replaced and the cost involved was beginning to worry us. As I called around to get some estimates (which I quickly found out are very difficult to squeeze out of someone on the phone - come on man! just give me ballpark here!) we learned that we might be looking at around $8,000 just for a 6 foot high wooden fence and over $11,000 for an 8 foot high fence. Those fence people are running some kind of scam if you ask me. But whatever. And in case you're wondering, we're not talking acreage here. It's a yard about the size of our last house - 325 feet around.
John scouted out fencing materials today and boy did he do good. At Home Depot he spotted their sectioned fence materials and they were marked down to $25 for each 8 foot section. They're normally about twice that, but for some reason they were trying to get rid of these. He bought all they had (which is more than what we even need) and he did it just in time because there was another man lurking around wanting it too. Sorry Lurker Man. Better luck next time.
The second part of the fence news is that an acquaintance of ours does fences and he's going to do the labor for just a couple hundred dollars. Sooooo........
Cost of fencing materials: $1800
Cost of labor: $200
Total Cost: $2000
Estimate Given: $8000+
We saved over $6,000 today! Can I go furniture shopping now?
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In a Nutshell
We've been "homeless" (read: living with husband's family - who we are extremely grateful for!) for 10 months now, so we're delirious with excitement about buying our own house again. Here's the catch: We have to move in one year because of schooling. Soooo.....We bought a fixer-upper, a real "piece" if you will, and we're going to remodel it, live in it for a year, and then flip it. We're not beginners at this, but we're not pros either. I'm sure you'll get plenty of laughs, unfortunately, if you stick around awhile. Feel free to comment and give us an idea or tip or even just criticize our decisions if you really want to. We don't care 'cause we'll just delete it if we don't like it. Off to look at paint colors......
