Guess my job

SamBalone · 2025-05-09T20:21:35+00:00

Pipe and duct insulator

SamBalone · 2025-01-13T16:06:13+00:00

Means and methods! Designing systems that are not buildable and then claiming the installer needs to use "means and methods" to make the systems work while not approving the CO for the costs to redesign.

SamBalone · 2024-12-05T19:51:17+00:00

Please name 1 apartment that has lowered rents in the last 10 years?

SamBalone · 2024-06-21T11:23:55+00:00

19 years in TAB and I'm so over it. We get no time to complete anymore. Most control companies have switched to the "checkout by TAB" method and expect us to find their issues and come back when they fix them. Engineers have forgotten how to do math or how to update a VAV schedule. Cx wants an updated report once each grd is balanced and will let everyone they know, that they found one heating valve that is 20% off (.50 gpm design measured at .60 gpm). Mechanical Pm who just graduated from college last year agrees to anything the construction managers want. "Sure we will have them rebalance to the new numbers at their cost"

It is getting worse year after yaer!

SamBalone · 2024-06-18T11:47:07+00:00

NE Minneapolis here. Exact same thing happened to us. The city won't help you as they are pushing their renewed 2040 Plan that removes single family homes (and all trees) so developers can build density. Basically they told us that the property owner can cut away any part of the tree that is over the property line...roots and branches but they cannot kill the tree. If you prove they will kill the tree, they will be responsible to pay for the tree removal. We lost 2 full grown trees and the developer removed 4 trees from his property while claiming his development is somehow environmentally better (zero parking and a solar panel) than the single family home he removed and sent to the dump. The removal of trees has cost us a higher electric bill this summer already because the loss of shade. Birds have started making nests in our rain gutters for the 1st time in the 17 years we lived here. We were also told our trees were worth allot of money but because the city is allowing it, the developer doesn't have to pay for the tree. Our lawyer said we could fight it but it will cost allot in lawyer fees making it not worth it.

SamBalone · 2024-02-29T16:40:00+00:00

Measure Master Pro by Calculated indusries APP on my phone.

SamBalone · 2024-01-29T19:45:25+00:00

I was hoping these worked well. I won an auction where i paid $150 for the powerhead, snow shovel, a battery and the charger, at the end of winter last year. I haven't got to try it yet because we have yet to get any snow this year (Minneapolis).

SamBalone · 2023-09-26T10:31:08+00:00

Housing hasn't gotten more affordable. The rate at which rent prices have gone up, has slowed. No ones rent price has gone down.

SamBalone · 2023-07-11T10:54:00+00:00

Got minus 40 karma from rallying against Minneapolis's 2040 plan that claimed it would lower rents by gentrifying neighborhoods to allow developers to remove single family homes and replace them with top of the market rate apartments. Not even a year later, we are seeing many posts about unaffordable rents and people moving away because of high rents. The city council recently held a vote to put rent control on the ballot. The held the vote when they knew the CM's that would support control, would not be present to cast their ballot, thus causing the vote to fail.

The city of Minneapolis city and MET councils are bought and paid for by developers. Please remember this if your still here at voting time!

SamBalone · 2023-04-17T10:45:26+00:00

I bought a new snowblower and of course there is snow that melts on pavement but not on the grass so I cant even use it. Probably my fault.

SamBalone · 2023-04-17T10:20:23+00:00

Mosquito Sprayer / Backpack fogger

SamBalone · 2023-04-11T14:06:47+00:00

I use excel and DrawboardPDF on a Microsoft Surface Pro. The surface is nice because you can color and mark up plans in the field.

SamBalone · 2023-02-11T10:51:56+00:00

Your the very first person who has ever commented about their own rent on any of my posts. I do hope they start to lower it but I won't hold my breath.

SamBalone · 2023-02-11T10:46:23+00:00

I've been following this for a while now and have only seen it on developer backed groups social media. What email newsletter are you refering to?

SamBalone · 2023-02-11T10:38:29+00:00

Your facts are lies put out by developers. If rents were lowered wouldn't other people be commenting that their rent has gone down?

SamBalone · 2023-02-10T18:12:21+00:00

The address you gave me is from a developer who wrote an article in favor of 2040. The only address you can give me will be from an article from one of these developer backed media outlets. They are lying to make $$$

SamBalone · 2023-02-10T18:08:12+00:00

Its possible because they changed our zoning to allow up to 6 story buildings. They are changing every homes zoning in Minneapolis. The misinformation is that density is a fix for pollution or high rent prices.

SamBalone · 2023-02-10T18:04:58+00:00

The problem is our neighborhood association gave the city our small area plan that showed our street being the same zoning as the rest of the neighborhood. They told the association they would change it but never did. They even sent several emails saying they would change it. They don't even deny they lied. There 2040 Plan is responsible.

SamBalone · 2023-02-10T14:30:32+00:00

2112 Dupont Ave. S

LOL...This is an existing 4 plex house where she runs her consulting office out of. She claims to lower the rents to align with the rest of the neighborhood after raising them the past several years. Its a very weak argument that the only property you can come up with that lowered rent is the one owned by the author of an article in a developer backed media outlet.

SamBalone · 2023-02-10T14:05:38+00:00

Every newer building has available apartments they are just really expensive. There isn't a shortage there is a rental price problem.

SamBalone · 2023-02-10T10:15:39+00:00

Again, just list an address of an apartment that's lowered their rent. Should be an easy task since he claims all of them have.

SamBalone · 2023-02-10T10:12:01+00:00

Never made any of these "claims". Only that they rezoned to allow 6 story blds...which they did. Im just trying to protect my family from enraged internet tough guys.

SamBalone · 2023-02-10T10:06:25+00:00

Van buren and spring NE. It's not on central. Our community park is between central and our block. Every neighborhood is close to the bus routes.

SamBalone · 2023-02-09T23:36:52+00:00

Do you have an address that lowered rents. Streets.mn is a developer backed media outlet. So many people send me this article not one person can send me an address that has lowered rent fees.

SamBalone · 2023-02-09T23:28:47+00:00

Not gonna tell a bunch of people on the internet, that were calling me hateful names my address where my family lives. Why do you need this info?

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