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Old 5/31/08, 11:00 PM
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"You'll love the whimsical windowboxes on the roof of this cute, low-maintenance rancher."

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You are right "I love those window boxes".


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The gutter boxes are cute.

While we are on the subject of roof vegetation, how about this inspection I did recently...

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Going green has been around for a long time!


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The gutter boxes are cute.

While we are on the subject of roof vegetation, how about this inspection I did recently...

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David, was this an agricultural inspection, or is that just how you guys do it there???!!!!LMAO


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David, was this an agricultural inspection, or is that just how you guys do it there???!!!!LMAO
This is a home located in a desolate wooded area of a very nice city. The homeowner hired me simply to give him a list of items of concern in his home. The roof was the first item of concern and he told me that he knew it needed attention.
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The gutter boxes are cute.

While we are on the subject of roof vegetation, how about this inspection I did recently...

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I must really be difficult to get a lawn mower up there!!


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They're called "Yankee Window Boxes".
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The gutter boxes are cute.

While we are on the subject of roof vegetation, how about this inspection I did recently...

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Dave

I see alot of that around here also,
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This is a home located in a desolate wooded area of a very nice city. The homeowner hired me simply to give him a list of items of concern in his home. The roof was the first item of concern and he told me that he knew it needed attention.
My lawn needs attention too!
Define "attention"



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I had a house kind of looked like that when I was single....called it the tree farm.....


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My lawn needs attention too!
Define "attention"
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Did you lose your dictionary?
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The gutter boxes are cute.

While we are on the subject of roof vegetation, how about this inspection I did recently...

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Sod goes on the ground...Shingles go on the roof! Who was supervising that flip?
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