My sister and I think, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
Mom and dad think, "Uh oh, it's been three years and the carpet we picked out looks out of date... WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT!! oh and while you're at it... we need to redo this and that and this and this... I don't care that the roof isn't leaking and it looks alright, WE NEED TO REDO THE ROOF!"
one reason my sister and I are this way is cause we sorta grew up in a house that was constantly under construction, so we'd rather not deal with the inconvenience of working with contractors unless we have to. The labourers are alright - they have their hands tied by the fact that their bosses schedule them for like, four jobs at once and makes unrealistic promises to their clients so they'll be hired, and always are polite whenever a problem comes along.
There is also a reason why we're having to deal with contractors instead of doing it ourselves - Dad tore both his ACLs and has never recovered from various sport injuries, my sister and I are bigger klutzes than Colette Brunel (Did I tell you about the time my sister dropped a couch on me? We were taking it down the stairs and my sister slipped and let go) and mom is constantly out of the house... yeah. We can NOT be trusted with power tools or carrying heavy things. We're lucky we still have our legs.
And I swear the contractors are always the same... they take on several jobs at once, promise that it'll be done by an unrealistic date, then have to leave people hanging as they scramble to get all the previous stuff done. seriously people... the labourers are alright, once again.
But mom and dad basically like to replace everything and it just never ends.
"Crap, the porch is sinking."
"Oh man we need to replace the bathroom."
"Oh no now the carpet needs to be redone."
"Oh no now the hallway clashes so much."
"Uh oh, the porch sank again. We need another."
"Oh no, I read one of those magazines to shame you about how ugly your house is and we need to redo the living room."
"Oh no, Linoleum looks tacky! we need to replace that."
"Oh no, the carpet I picked out five years ago looks ugly."
"Uh oh, our porch burned down, fell over, THEN sank!"
"Damn woodpecker, it drilled holes into the siding!"
"Ah... we've replaced essentially everything in the house, doesn't it look nice now that we've redone everything?"
"Oh yes... except now the bathroom is out of date."
"Oh yeah, and the kitchen looks tacky. let's replace it... and the living room."
Me:
Sometimes I wonder if I shoul stay with these guys just to keep them from constantly renovating.
