I Has Job!

**Medusa** · 02-06-2010, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by wombat2u2004

If you find any out of work builders over there mate....send em over....LOLOL.
Wom

Oh boy, you could have your pick here. New construction is dead. A couple of years ago I had a new staircase built in my home and the builder did it as a favor b/c a mutual friend asked him to. He was so busy w/new construction that he finished it in a day and a half. Shortly thereafter the bottom fell out of the new construction business and he became so depressed that he won't even get out of bed. People have stopped improvements on their homes, too, b/c money is so tight; anything that isn't essential has to wait. People are just walking away from their homes b/c they can't keep up w/the mortgage payments (not a good idea but there it is), they're even setting fire to them to try to get insurance money (another really bad idea) and now the latest is that they're setting fire to their cars for the same reason. It has to turn around soon.

**wombat2u2004** · 02-06-2010, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by Medusa

Oh boy, you could have your pick here. New construction is dead. A couple of years ago I had a new staircase built in my home and the builder did it as a favor b/c a mutual friend asked him to. He was so busy w/new construction that he finished it in a day and a half. Shortly thereafter the bottom fell out of the new construction business and he became so depressed that he won't even get out of bed. People have stopped improvements on their homes, too, b/c money is so tight; anything that isn't essential has to wait. People are just walking away from their homes b/c they can't keep up w/the mortgage payments (not a good idea but there it is), they're even setting fire to them to try to get insurance money (another really bad idea) and now the latest is that they're setting fire to their cars for the same reason. It has to turn around soon.

Well I certainly hope it does turn around soon for you all....sounds terrible.
But from my experience, these economy issues seem to run in cycles, so I'm hoping things will reverse themselves soon for you all. Sounds a bit too late for some of the poor buggers tho....eh ????
Wom