| Luxury homes are lots of fun to inspect.
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| | to cover "plum" with "eggshell". Their
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| Sure, the pay is better too, but mostly
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| | best guess was that three coats would do
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| it's just fun to see how the other half
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| | it; I was betting on five!
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| lives! I also get to meet those people
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| | As is always the protocol, all the
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| who have reached such a level of
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| | lights, appliances, and heating were
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| financial success that they are buying a
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| | turned on for the home inspection. My
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| home that seems like it could have been a
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| | company calls this our "Super Bowl"
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| boarding school!
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| | check. Seems that the greatest stresses a
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| One of the fun aspects of inspecting
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| | home undergoes is during the Super Bowl.
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| large and expensive homes is seeing
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| | There are usually dozens of people
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| furnishing and interior design work at
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| | around, all of whom are using multiple
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| the highest level. Unfortunately, that
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| | televisions, cooking, washing, showering,
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| high level does not always translate to
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| | and consuming every possible stitch of
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| attractive! Good-sized decorating budgets
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| | electricity. And all of this is going on
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| does not always mean good taste. One such
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| | simultaneously! If the systems continue
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| mansion sticks always in my mind.
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| | to work during the Super Bowl, they will
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| Among the oldest and most prestigious
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| | work fine during routine family use, or
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| sections of Jacksonville, Florida is
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| | so the theory goes.
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| Ortega. Situated along a wide expanse of
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| | So, while zipping about the house
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| the St. Johns River with a fabulous view
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| | checking here and checking there, one of
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| of the downtown skyline is Ortega
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| | the painters called out that he smelled
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| Boulevard. In our fair town, that address
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| | smoke! If the home catches on fire during
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| spells success!
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| | the Super Bowl that is most certainly a
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| It is always a thrill to inspect on
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| | penalty.
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| Ortega Boulevard. The homes were built
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| | Upon my arrival to the electrical panel,
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| during the 1920's and 30's by the
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| | I smelled heat and burning wire. I then
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| business and political leaders of the
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| | ran to the exterior to disconnect power
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| time. In a state not known for
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| | at the switch adjacent to the meter,
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| architecture, homes on Ortega Boulevard
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| | which was on fire! I told the real estate
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| can be compared proudly with any in
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| | agent to call the fire department while I
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| America. But that does not mean that some
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| | secured the power to the home. Things
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| folks don't commit creative crimes in the
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| | were going to be fine.
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| decorating department!
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| | To my surprise and confusion, she became
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| The listing agent was thrilled to have
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| | upset with me for securing power to the
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| this home as the corner piece of an
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| | home. When I asked her why she is upset
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| envious listing portfolio. One point,
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| | that I had secured power to the burning
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| though, kept coming up in comments made
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| | electrical panel, she exclaimed, "Wally,
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| by would-be buyers after being shown the
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| | if you turn off the power, the painters
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| beautiful home. The plum-painted walls on
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| | won't be finished today!" I reminded her
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| nearly the entire first floor made the
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| | that if the home continued to burn, it
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| interior look like the set from the old
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| | wouldn't need paint!
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| "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" television
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| | The old adage "when you're surrounded by
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| show! This simply had to be corrected to
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| | alligators, sometimes it's hard to
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| attract a buyer to the home.
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| | remember that you came here to drain the
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| Upon arrival at the home, I parked behind
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| | swamp" must have been coined by a guy who
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| the painter's truck. When I went into the
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| | was working for a real estate agent in
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| home, a team of painters was busy working
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| | Florida.
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