- Notice No. 073
Maintenance Lists Keep Failing? Attach Each Job to a Date Someone Else Already Set
Ten years ago a maintenance schedule was a printed seasonal checklist. Now it is driven by insurance renewals, local ordinances and photographs with dates attached.
Property - Notice No. 074
Abandoned the Maintenance List by March? Five Checks That Make the Next One Stick
A maintenance schedule that survives its first year is built around local triggers, local rules and a done test for every task, not around calendar months.
Property - Notice No. 075
About to Sign a Scope of Work? The Silences That Become Next Month's Argument
Most household disputes with a contractor trace back to a sentence the scope of work never contained, and the rules already tell you which sentences have to be there.
Business & Trade - Notice No. 076
Three Cleaning Jobs, One Crossed a Federal Line. What the Paperwork Had to Show
A spring maintenance list on a 1954 duplex ran into lead rules, a stormwater ordinance and two towns with opposite answers, and the record is what settled it.
Property - Notice No. 077
Your Job Is Permitted and the City Changed Its Inspection Process. Who Absorbs the Delay
When a municipal service changes mid-project, the trades working next to you notice first, and the cost of the change usually lands as a change order.
Public Policy - Notice No. 078
Renewing a Retainer This Winter? What the Rate Letter Says About Hours Against Outcomes
Winter is when professional fee arrangements are actually decided, and the letter announcing next year's rates carries more information about scope than about price.
Business & Trade