3D House

Now that's funny!

What makes it so funny is that it comes from a well known nymshifter that "desperately cowers" behind so many different handles that (s)he's probably responded to him/herself (unknowingly, of course) multiple times.

Thanks for the laugh.

As usual, logic is nowhere to be found in your responses. Just more attempts to skirt around the fact that you said something stupid.

Oh wait. I shouldn't even have brought this up. You already told us that we're not to supposed to read what you post as if your words mean what they say.

Because they are the best

My house was built by mostly Mexican labor. Block, roof, electrical, tile that I'm sure of. When we moved in I went through everything and found a missing light bulb in the water closet. Three years later, still good. The builder for my house had good crews.

You do realize that I am not, and never have been, talking about the quality of the work performed by any nationality, don't you?

Either you just want to keep ignoring my original question by diverting or you truly believe that you've answered it.

The former wouldn't surprise me. The latter is pretty scary.

Like yours, my house was mostly built by Latino crews. I submitted 42 warranty claims in the first year, and I could have easily doubled that. By far, the worst trade was electrical, and those were American white guys. I'm still dealing with multiple electrical issues.

My words mean what they say and I have been consistent for at least 20 years. I would rather have a crew of Mexican masons than some gang of lazy anglo union guys. They may do a comparable job but the Mexicans will be done in half the time. They are now cutting into the electrical trades. The last job I was watching was a Mexican crew and they were a well oiled machine with very little wasted effort. I started inspecting in 96 and I never saw anything like it. Worst by far was the jobs where state employees were doing the work. Inmates did better.

So that's why there are so few masonry houses up here: a dearth of Mexican masons.

Cindy Hamilton

We bought in a fairly new development that will be about 750 homes when done. We bought from Neal Homes the developer but they have different builders putting up each house. The house next door had a different builder and different crews from mine. I'm sure they have to meet some standards but the guy in charge of my house is a perfectionist. Just look at the screw heads on electrical covers to see the details.

To my knowledge, no one on the street had any serious problems.

My development is much smaller than yours, with only about 98 homes, all by a single builder. (DR Horton) Ours was the 5th or 6th home being built.

I was able to watch about 90 homes being built around me and I talked to the various crews a lot. The story was always the same - there's no money in doing a good job so they have to get in and get out quickly, with any issues falling to the homeowner and the warranty program.

One of my neighbors told me he only had a single warranty claim in his first year and he invited me in to see his house. Just a quick look around the kitchen and living room and I saw about a dozen things I would have claimed.

That is pretty sad. If the builder cared, the crews would have an incentive, such as continued employment.

Oh, I did have one defect. I adjusted the catch on the sliding glass door to lock smoother. Took about 15 seconds. My next door neighbor had an independent inspector check her house over. Spent a couple of hours gap that needed caulk behind the toilet where the floor tile met the wall tile.

Nice. My house is masonry through and through (except for the gable ends). Cinder block (probably; it's black) construction sheathed in about 4" split fieldstone. It was built in 1947 by a stonemason for his family to live in. I occasionally drive around town and see stonework that is about the same age as my house and wonder if he was involved.

Cindy Hamilton

You do seem to be the racist here assuming the mere mention of Mexicans was a slur.

Wood is cheap there. I just got back from Michigan (Kalkaska and Rapid city mostly). The other material I saw a lot of was natural stone. My kid's house is sheathed in 4" granite blocks and I assume some 2x4 wood framing inside that. The walls are about 8" thick.

Now that there is some of your most twisted logic ever.

Show me once where I even hinted that I considered your use of the word Mexican to be a slur?

This hole you're digging is getting pretty damn deep.

I am looking at you down in the hole. OK what did you mean with "stereotype much" ?

Thanks for putting your clock right! :-D

Do you really not know the difference between a stereotype and a slur?

I'll grab a dictionary and toss it down the hole so you can educate yourself.

Maybe it'll knock some sense into you.

Why is it so important to you? BTW I didn't change my clock.