FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2004

Olde York Homes

This morning we met with Gary Geiselman of Olde York Homes. We’d already talked to four contractors this week, not to mention the other 14 meetings we’d had, and I was pretty tired. Since this was a preliminary meeting, I wasn’t supposed to talk about cost with Gary, just find out if we liked him. So of course the first thing I did was name a figure. I think I was hoping he would just leave, and I could go back to bed. He spent the next two hours walking through the house, clucking and whistling and telling me I was woefully optimistic. I also said I wanted to be finished within a year, and he said that wasn’t going to happen, either. Despite that, we both really liked him.