Worked on site at a personal portfolio property in Fayetteville today repairing a towel bar.
This property has great 50 year old tile work. But one end of the original ceramic towel bars was broken.
I don’t have a tile contractor in that area. And this was the only tile work needed.
So rather than pay a tile contractor to do it, and spending the time necessary to coordinate and approve, I just did it.
I went to the local tile supply, bought two ends (< $10), bought some grout, and just did it. It took about 20 minutes to chip out the old grout and tile pieces, and maybe another 20 to set them with the grout and use gaffer’s tape to hold in place while it set. 20 minutes later, clean up the grout lines, and all is done. Maybe with travel, I’ve got 2 hours into it.
Couldn’t match the original brown edge tile, but this is good and doesn’t look out-of-place.
I have to be on site frequently to review work anyway. This repair cost almost nothing, and I think actually took less of my time and mental bandwidth than hiring it out.
Doug has held income properties in North Carolina for more than 20 years. He holds a North Carolina broker’s license, and is a member of the National Association of Realtors and the Triangle Real Estate Investors Association. A lifelong learner, he holds an MBA and a PhD in business, and continues his education by attending meetings of the Society of Exchange Counselors and the National Counsel of Exchangors. In addition to his extensive real estate activities, Doug enjoyed a successful career in academia, achieving the rank of Full Professor in the Cameron School of Business at UNC Wilmington. He was honored with research and teaching awards, served as Director of the MS Computer Science and Information Systems program, and was awarded the endowed position Distinguished Professor of Information Systems.
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