Marta's Musings

Shady "contractors" - beware of Raynaldo Munoz  Please advise any suggestions you have about how to handle a supposed contractor who abandoned the job. We had a roof leak back in January which I requested recommendations on Nextdoor, Pocket, Sacramento, California.  Raynaldo Munoz answered and assured me he was a licensed contractor. The roof got sort of repaired. The main leak into the outer doorframe was repaired, the rest of the patio overhang still leaks. That is not my main concern as we were focused on water leaking into the house. The top door molding was removed in order to repair. And for over a month now Raynaldo said he would replace the molding and has not done it. He sets appointments and doesn't show up and doesn't let me know. I'm fed up. Unfortunately, I paid him the full quoted repair of $900.  I will contact the Contractor's Licensing Board. Anything else I can do? I will find another contractor to repair the molding, but I imagine if I wan

We’ve all had them. One of  ‘those ‘ days. One of those days of just an average individual. The day starts off great, I’m getting things done, I’m planning, I’m doing. Then it starts. Things go wrong. Plan A I was going through my new book on HTML 5 and CSS and starting a timeline for the new site. Ray knocks on the door and we decide to go for a walk. It’s a beautiful, sunny day. I need my cane anyway as the numbness in my feet throws me off-balance occasionally. Halfway through the walk, Ray starts getting double vision and loses his balance. We stop and sit a bit to see if it will pass. It doesn’t. Taking his arm, we hobble together the rest of the way home. Not Planned 1 Ray makes an appointment for the eye-doctor for tomorrow. He is walking sideways every time he gets up to go anywhere. He made a eye-patch. When one eye is covered, the dizziness is slightly better. Not Planned 2 Workers show up to check why there is a rain leak on the back sliding doors. Two years ago we ins