hciman77
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The saga of our ongoing house buying continues. Our landlord has come back with a more reasonable offer on the house we are living in i.e (n - 15K) which we are happier with. However this may be contingent on us replacing the garden retaining wall which has degraded badly over time and which he would have to repair if he sold the house empty.
The wall is approx 25 foot by 4 foot and the landlord wants to replace it with something called Anchor Stone Blocks, I estimate that the materials cost including about 30ft of new fencing would come in at about $1K. The contractors would have to pull the old wall down - frankly I could do this in 2 minutes as a local lad destroyed one of the breeze blocks with a stout stick and the blocks are not very sound, then they would rip down a run of metal fencing, dispose of all the rubbish and rebuild the wall and add new (say 30ft) fencing.
I really have no idea how much a decent contractor would charge for this and so am a bit hesitant. Has anybody else here had experience in such a wall-oriented venture?. If it is likely to come in at $5K we would probably go with it if it is likely to be $15K then it is a zero gain event.....
The wall is approx 25 foot by 4 foot and the landlord wants to replace it with something called Anchor Stone Blocks, I estimate that the materials cost including about 30ft of new fencing would come in at about $1K. The contractors would have to pull the old wall down - frankly I could do this in 2 minutes as a local lad destroyed one of the breeze blocks with a stout stick and the blocks are not very sound, then they would rip down a run of metal fencing, dispose of all the rubbish and rebuild the wall and add new (say 30ft) fencing.
I really have no idea how much a decent contractor would charge for this and so am a bit hesitant. Has anybody else here had experience in such a wall-oriented venture?. If it is likely to come in at $5K we would probably go with it if it is likely to be $15K then it is a zero gain event.....
