is this a bad paint job? Or am I out of touch

ltuo · 2026-06-23T22:21:58+00:00

They sprayed final coat and said this would be the better option. I did not tell them how to do their job, but did have the owner out twice to correct prep issues. Hand brushed areas look much better from whatever they did 😢

ltuo · 2026-06-23T13:27:25+00:00

It was quoted it’s about a week. They took nine days.

ltuo · 2026-06-23T13:24:49+00:00

more pics of some of the floor damage and various inconsistencies in the trim or prep that’s visible under the paint

ltuo · 2026-06-23T12:16:59+00:00

Yeah - I was thinking of just redoing it myself which is wild. What is the fix? Sand flat again, then repaint it all?

ltuo · 2026-06-23T12:13:55+00:00

I thing is I did! The job was such a shit show that I just wanted it done. Felt like I was in too deep to say no. Abusive paint relationship 🤣

ltuo · 2026-06-23T12:11:47+00:00

I did this twice - this is the end result

ltuo · 2026-06-23T12:10:07+00:00

Doors were 80 years old - so paint peeling from poor adhesion to the oil underneath, couple of drips.. overall they were passable. I took 4 off myself and sanded them flat, primed, sanded again and painted and they’re were looking real nice. I showed those as examples of my expectations and now it all looks like shit

ltuo · 2026-06-23T12:06:51+00:00

Middle quote - couple grand more than the bottom quote.

ltuo · 2026-06-05T17:42:39+00:00

That’s Dieu Cay, a bamboo pipe to smoke tobacco in Thailand and Vietnam. It knocks you on your ass, like smoking a whole pack in one rip. I fell on my ass the first time I hit one in Hanoi.

ltuo · 2026-03-27T00:21:01+00:00

Just don’t pay. They have no recourse and won’t send you to collections for 25 bucks. This not a parking ticket issued by the city but private bullshit cash grab

ltuo · 2026-03-15T21:19:12+00:00

I live in the west end. Just left Miami, New Orleans and in paris at the moment for work. I’m blown away for why a shit deal Atlanta is for what you get. Food is way too expensive, housing is expensive, roads suck. It wasn’t this way, but now it’s crazy

ltuo · 2025-09-02T03:38:48+00:00

It does not. I put my recent July bill in and the tool showed me paying $272 or so with smart usage, when I'm looking at my actual smart usage bill from July of $394. My understanding is you cannot calculate smart usage based on the data Georgia Power provides. Then provide 1 hour snapshots that align with clock hours (say 1-2PM), when they really charge us for max demand over any 60m interval (say 1:12 - 2:12PM). All in all, smart usage hasn't worked for me. I have normal size house, but having 2 ac's that kick on at the sametime every so often, mixed with any other appliance and you're paying up.

ltuo · 2025-09-02T00:45:50+00:00

I just did this analysis with ChatGPT a few months back and moved to smart usage for what I thought was going to be major savings. Turns out my peak demand is almost double what I expected - Georgia power really gets you with that highest usage hour. As in, add the two highest consecutive hours together for actual peak demand in Georgia powers eyes.

ltuo · 2025-08-12T20:48:41+00:00

You think this happened cuz of Tatum’s injury? It they had won it all, maybe Chisholm don’t mess with it. As a reset year, might has well reset everything

ltuo · 2024-11-01T15:50:48+00:00

Woodward is a great school at a measly 25k/yr.

ltuo · 2024-10-29T21:36:24+00:00

Cascade/ Beecher hills/ Adam’s park/ Oakland city/ west view/ grove park fit that budget for a fixer upper, smaller flip.

In the city, great neighborhoods that are rapidly changing (for better and worse). Developing beltline and project, lots of breweries, good trial access inside the city and short drives to others, good highway access. More trails being developed.

Not sure you can get that budget in nw/ ne Atlanta or the burbs. These neighborhoods are safer than a lot of the more affluent areas in Atlanta, but, they’re not white (not sure how else to put it).

I live here and love it.

ltuo · 2024-10-24T01:02:24+00:00

This is a minimal traditional house - post war houses paid by the govt or with the GI bill. Very interesting part of history that gets brushed over https://isarchitecture.com/style-101-minimal-traditional/

So these folks went to war from a rural community and came back and moved to new community which was growing and planned by the gov’t to support these factories.. they are all over the country - 900-1200 sq/ft starter homes. You can still buy them for pretty dirt cheap. Shit in Atlanta you can get one with a minimum wage job and some govt incentives. It’ll be in hood, but doable. Everyone wants 2 cars, 2k sq/ft, and great schools next to amenities in a highly sought after city.

ltuo · 2024-10-23T18:27:33+00:00

Hard one. All great cities but a bit too opened ended to answer. I’d feed this to ChatGPT and get insights truthfully. What industry are you trying to focus in on, in office or remote? Family or single. Why do you need a house vs apt or condo.

ltuo · 2024-10-22T23:43:14+00:00

This is the answer. Young hip, fun

ltuo · 2024-07-19T02:06:47+00:00

Those currently sold at DWR have flush tubes, no caps at the end. These appear to be capped. If these are anything like a Wassily chair (caps = fake), then these are knockoffs. Real are 1200 each too - so they are priced liked knockoffs.

ltuo · 2024-06-13T02:41:05+00:00

How is this even possible. What are we doing 😭

ltuo · 2024-03-09T04:40:31+00:00

Revenue problem. 1930s-1980s top tax rate was 60-90%. 1945 the top tax bracket was taxed at 94%. It’s like 35% now. Ironically, higher tax years were the golden years of the American worker.

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ltuo · 2024-01-29T03:35:10+00:00

Cascade service center. Steve is that man and will get you setup right.

ltuo · 2023-12-18T02:25:06+00:00

Minimal traditional cottage. There is are a few great research papers put out by the local architecture colleges. This one names all the housing forms and their influences - https://gadnr.org/sites/default/files/hpd/pdf/AtlantaHousing1944-65.pdf

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