mattys281 Report post Posted June 20, 2021 I’ve got a house up in the prescott area that needs some repair work done. There’s some brick walls and flower beds that need fixing and the driveway needs some patching/prettying up. contractors in this area are booked waaaay out and they’re outta their dam minds on pricing, so if somebody does this type of work and wants to earn some side money I’ll be happy to pay them cash in hand. Text (602)908-2931 thanks Matt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted June 21, 2021 Call Kent AKA KRP. 480-292-4554 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krp Report post Posted June 21, 2021 Unfortunately I'm swamped and turn down 30% of offered jobs from people I know and 100% from those I don't. I don't know anyone that's not hammered and if you try and pass a job off on them they say no. Bad time for folks looking for sidejobers. I had 1 friend job I put off all spring and finally did it a couple weeks ago before it got hot, a back yard patio. When the neighbors saw the concrete truck I was mobbed and had to tell them I don't do backyard jobs, it was for a friend. Tough to see their disappointment... I'm 64 and this is my last year. Kent 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HuntHarder Report post Posted June 21, 2021 Yup, It is the worst time I can remember to try and get a deal on anything construction related. Side jobs are all but non-existent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
40-year-AZ-hunter Report post Posted June 21, 2021 Feast or famine. At 74, I've seen this cycle before. Gov't has poured trillions of $$ into the economy to defeat the effects of bad debt management and COVID. Unless they plan on MUCH worse inflation than now, it will come to a halt and the cycle will turn. To those who need a job done, if you can wait, be patient. To those who have more work than they can use, save some for a rainy day, The worm turns! Just one old man's viewpoint. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krp Report post Posted June 21, 2021 Guys my generation are trying to retire, but small general contractors doing a few to 20 houses a year won't get a sniff from the big concrete outfits. Guys I've worked for, hunted with, played golf for 40 years... they beg you to keep going. The no work years from 2008 to 2013 killed any retention of young guys getting in this work and most guys already in moved to something else. There just isn't a pool of side jobbers out there. Kent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZLance Report post Posted June 21, 2021 I just got estimates from 3 small time guys... all were 6-8 months out. good luck. you can probably take a masonry class at local Jr College in 3 months 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites