re: OT- Finishing a Basement Room

I guess I’m abt to find out. I “moved a wall” and a light fixture and a a/c duct for my mud room I had done but then decided to sell. The appraiser yesterday measured the room and added it to the house. All I did was just partition a part of my garage to make my laundry room bigger.

I mean I partitioned more of my garage to make my entry into the house larger. The space was there in the garage but it’s now inside the house. Nothing structural was done

I am the antithesis of a union: an independent mechanical contractor. We are governed by the Secretary of State’s office. The insurance requirements alone drive my overhead through the roof but are there to protect consumers from illegitimate contractors. If you let one of these clowns on your property and they break their leg, you are personally liable for all their medical expenses. And then some. But they get a lot of work because their bids are lower and thrifty consumers tend to make uninformed decisions solely based on price.
Hell, a good friend of mine built an addition on his home recently and his GC used some illegal, uninsured hvac guys that were cheaper than me so his wife could get more kitchen. His addition has already flooded and has never worked properly. He asked me to come look at it and I laughed. Friends are friends and business is business. Think of a contractor like a chef: someone else did the shopping and fricked up the dinner and now I’m supposed to somehow make it taste good? AND the budgeted money for this phase of the construction has already been spent. Not my problem. I told him to call Pancho and Lefty back.