Documenting the Job

The kitchen cabinetry arrived at a Coral Gables townhouse in early June 2024, and I was on site when the panels came off the truck. Custom millwork at this level — 19 linear feet of floor-to-ceiling walnut veneer with integrated pulls — runs between $40,000 and $70,000 for a kitchen of this size in the […]

In the Evergreen hills neighborhood of San Jose, I helped a homeowner close out a bathroom remodel in early 2024 that had run four months past its contracted completion date. The punch list had seventeen items at week sixteen; seven were disputed. A single walkthrough video, shot in 45 minutes, resolved six of the seven

The row house on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown was built in 1904, about average for the block. The mortar was a Type S lime mix, off-white with a slight buff tint, in place since at least the 1970s. The front elevation needed repointing in the lower two thirds. I was hired to document the work

The driveway on Northumberland Street in Squirrel Hill has a 14 percent grade for its first 22 feet, then flattens into an apron at the garage. In March 2024, the homeowner was replacing a badly cracked slab that had heaved over two winters and thrown the garage door out of alignment. I was hired to

The front steps at a 1962 brick colonial in Tottenville had been patched three times before I saw them in February 2024, every patch a different shade of gray. The seller’s disclosure said the steps had been repaired. My footage said the second tread had dropped three-quarters of an inch relative to the first, the

My sister bought a 2004 two-story in Cedar Park in summer 2024, and the first thing she wanted done was the garage floor: 20 years of oil rings and a tire-track stain that looked permanent. She asked me to inspect the house; I did, and then asked if I could set a camera for the