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A few days back, one guy shared his story of getting scammed out of $82,000 by a contractor.
This guy is not from India, so the currency is in dollars.
Even though this story is from a different country, I believe this is relevant here as well.
This guy paid a contractor $82K to construct a 30% pool in his house.
The contractor collected the payment and just disappeared.
Today I got a comment on my temporary electricity connection article.
Below is the exact comment:
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How much does it cost to make permanent connection from Temporary connection taken while construction of the house..
Our new contractor from this layout is telling us to Pay 2 lakhs rupees which includes NOC 800000 and rest all amount for DD and connection itseems.
I feel he is fraud.
Here are a few things you must be aware of on molding day.
1) It will be a busy day. You need to manage and arrange a lot of things during molding day
2) The more family members were available that day, more helpful
3) You must arrange food for all the laborers on the molding day. Some owners order outside, some arrange themself, and few give money.
The day before yesterday, while I was reading a book on my Kindle at 1 Am, suddenly, one picture came to my mind.
Our ground floor RCC slab/mold could have collapsed during molding day due to a centering/shuttering mistake.
As soon I remembered this incident, that time I learned how I could not have shared this story yet? So here I’m sharing that real incident.
I just entered the room.
While my wife is making my 1.6-year daughter sleep.
She suddenly saw the fan and said, “Idiot fan… air not all coming here,” kind of world she shouted in the Kannada language.
Me… while standing outside the cot started explaining why you were not getting air there in your place and explained what our electrical contractor did mistake that time.
We were doing repainting work for our own house.
All inside work is done…
Only the front elevation painting work is pending.
We are trying to finish that front elevation painting work from last week onwards. But it’s not happening due to rain.
It’s raining here in Bangalore… and I’m receiving SMS from Gov’t regarding rain alerts.
They are saying the rain will continue for a few more days.
I’m not the only one receiving such SMS in my family. My other family members also received such sms.
Today something happened with our family.
At 11:58 am, my Mom, wife, and brother’s wife were doing rice cleaning outside.
I… here in my room writing an article about a temporary shed for construction purposes on my bed with my laptop.
Suddenly… my wife burst into my room and said, “Who is having my ₹4,000” she asked me.
A few days back a new house opening happened near to our house.
It’s a Luxurious house.
The owner has spent good money on the decoration and all…
But it seems like the owner didn’t have some basic knowledge about electrical stuff, and now they made some serious mistakes.
Recently, one of my subscriber cum customer requested me to write an article about the “Curing” guide on my blog…
I responded to his email with some tips.
That response never be as detailed as a dedicated article.
So I decided to write a sperate article on that topic… I’m already on it.