Are contractors allowed to work on Sunday?

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Old 07-26-2015, 09:12 PM
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My covenant specifies that "radios, record players, televisions, voices and other sounds are to be on a moderate level from 10pm to one hour before daylight." Doesn't specify days of the week, so I assume it applies every day.

I get the lawn mowers/leaf blowers 4 times a week -- my house, the one in back and those on both sides. Different companies but they all come around 7:30 to 8:00 am. That may be early to some but it's certainly in compliance with "one hour before daylight."
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Old 07-26-2015, 09:44 PM
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We have an empty home nest to us & has been for 3 1/2 yrs. When ever a mowing crew showed up to mow the weeds it always is a Sunday. I'm just happy that somebody shows up to do something. Keep hoping it will get sold.
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I think it is funny that some of you think I am an older curmudgeon because I asked a legitimate question, I am only 58. That being said we have only lived here for 9 months and just wanted to know if there were any restrictions on times of construction. They really weren't doing much work, just yelling at each other. The house is being flipped and is very small, I only hope who ever buys it knows it was full of black mold and mildew!
Black mold and mildew grows on Sunday too even in small houses.
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Old 07-27-2015, 08:33 AM
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If Golf course grass cutting is done before the sun comes up, how can the villages do anything. The only recourse is Florida State statute on noise.
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Old 07-27-2015, 08:44 AM
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Being an annoying VERY early riser, I would be danged pleased that someone was fixing up a home near me that needed it even if it was noisy. I really had the work ethic ingrained into my very being as a kid and still honor it.


Perhaps if you asked them not to yell? Nicely?
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Old 07-27-2015, 09:37 AM
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The short answer is YES!!!!!

Many contractors will come to work on Sunday, as well as holidays.

Chuck Farrell fixed my A/C on Memorial Day. YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
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You may be surprised to hear that a village on Long Island, NY that I moved from in 2013 has a ordinance against any contractor working on Sundays or National holidays. It was a quality of life issue and the residents appreciated it.
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I looked at buying that house.when I called the realtor she sent me pictures of what it looked like at its worst and told me someone was there painting over all of mold. I told her they could not do that she said the man doing the work said he does that all the time. I told her the mold would be on the inside of the walls as well. The sheet rock in the whole needs to come down.
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I looked at buying that house.when I called the realtor she sent me pictures of what it looked like at its worst and told me someone was there painting over all of mold. I told her they could not do that she said the man doing the work said he does that all the time. I told her the mold would be on the inside of the walls as well. The sheet rock in the whole needs to come down.


The same house the OP is talking about?
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Old 07-28-2015, 05:55 AM
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The house is being flipped and is very small, I only hope who ever buys it knows it was full of black mold and mildew!
The key word in that statement is the word "was".
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I looked at buying that house.when I called the realtor she sent me pictures of what it looked like at its worst and told me someone was there painting over all of mold. I told her they could not do that she said the man doing the work said he does that all the time. I told her the mold would be on the inside of the walls as well. The sheet rock in the whole needs to come down.
I am also curious how you know which house the OP is speaking of?

It is possible to have surface mold and not have mold in wall cavity behind. I am trying to imagine how the mold would not be visible after painting...Interesting that the guy's realtor shared that information with you...possibly you can tell us the realtors contact info as she seems real honest and I would like to use her in the future (possibly others on here would like to use her too).

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Old 08-09-2015, 12:41 PM
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I am also curious how you know which house the OP is speaking of?

It is possible to have surface mold and not have mold in wall cavity behind. I am trying to imagine how the mold would not be visible after painting...Interesting that the guy's realtor shared that information with you...possibly you can tell us the realtors contact info as she seems real honest and I would like to use her in the future (possibly others on here would like to use her too).
While I am not a realtor, I would think that black mold would be an item that would have to be listed as a defect, and if remediated, the disclosure form should have that information also. I had a neighbor back up North that had LOTs of medical problems that appear to have been caused by mold.
The current owner and whomever is renovating the house may be in for a nasty lawsuit if this is not disclosed. This does not sound like a good situation.
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They're back! There is a stop work order for this house and now they are back trying to get shingles on the roof on a Sunday. I guess they figure no inspector would be working on a Sunday. To answer earlier posts this house has not been on the market and I guess it was so bad the two groups doing the rebuilding over here didn't want it. Rumor has it that it sold at auction for 15k but also had a 30k lein against it. The person who bought it is just trying to flip it, not live in it. It will be a nightmare for the poor soul who buys it.
Don't inspectors come after project is done to sign off. Sounds like the workers have full time job elsewhere and can only come on weekends. Did you check Sumter records to see what the property sold for and who the owners are. If there are no permits and there is a stop work order could you just call the sherif office and report it then you would be helping to fix a wrong
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Old 08-09-2015, 01:43 PM
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What is a stop work order? Why would it be ordered, and how do you know there is one on the house? Just curious.
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Old 08-09-2015, 02:00 PM
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They're back! There is a stop work order for this house and now they are back trying to get shingles on the roof on a Sunday. I guess they figure no inspector would be working on a Sunday. To answer earlier posts this house has not been on the market and I guess it was so bad the two groups doing the rebuilding over here didn't want it. Rumor has it that it sold at auction for 15k but also had a 30k lein against it. The person who bought it is just trying to flip it, not live in it. It will be a nightmare for the poor soul who buys it.
Now that you have gone public with all you know abut this house, are you going to standby and watch some unsuspecting person buy the house? Or are you going to speak up? Maybe to the building inspecter?
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