At this tear-down property today on behalf of a “fixer upper flipper” company. Didn’t even enter the home it was so bad. There was a furious pit bull on the roof (naturally), that the homeowners chained up at one point.
Then the homeowners asked me if they could leave. They leave, five minutes later the dog comes back out on the roof, telling me that he desperately wants to kill me.
Then a person I hadn’t met yet walks out of the home and asks me “who are you and why are you here?” I told him and felt very grateful he didn’t have a gun in his hand. Then he says “oh, I wouldn’t have let the dog loose if I knew you were here. He can jump down from the roof, he did yesterday.”
To be clear, the firearm would be to defend against violent animals. This pit bull today made me feel like it would be pretty damn appropriate.
Any feedback? This is the first and last time I step foot on a property like this, I’m walking away next time. But I feel like something bad can still happen even if I was more careful, especially in the “hills have eyes” regions where people beat their dogs into being a security system.
Dog without a leash or control, I did not do the inspection. Happened only once. Owner left the dog upstairs so the upstairs did not get inspected. Client pain me half because I did everything else.
Dog or no dog I would have kept the truck in drive and passed on this POS house. I did one and never again. Too many health risks just walking in the door. Scabies is not fun!
This!
…right up to the point they say no. Either the scope of work gets real easy, your pay gets real good, or you just alleviated yourself of a shitty day of work.
Be consistent and you will be fine. I did not remove a panel cover today because of sharp tipped screws and I did not crawl thru water in the crawl. I set those expectations, not them.
What are they going to do? Search for inspectors that will move furniture, crawl thru mud or put safety last? They won’t.
Take a look at a Snake Charmer 410. It’s a single shot, shorter barrel shotgun and holds 5 shells in the end of the stock. It was designed for it’s name and is good to have on hand for certain situations. Here in the South, Copperhead snakes are common starting this time of year. Scaring off Pit Bulls is year around.
