Since I've been involved in 818 property renovations in seven states in 33 years, I always like inspecting the renovations of others to see what they have done -- or didn't do -- for the renovation.

I was recently at a house-warming party for some past Clients of mine who had re-located here from Indiana.

(About 25% of my clients ask me to come to their house-warming parties, but I usually only make them if they are on the weekend.)

I had inspected their renovated 1974 home and found only a few minor problems.

As I was eating and drinking, and walking in and out, I noticed that the screen door had been badly damaged:

I don't miss reporting on screen windows and doors -- why will be another blog post sometime -- so I asked about the screen door since the damage looked to be intentional, almost as if someone had cut out an almost-square section of the screen.

Turns out that this was a "custom doggy door" for their "mouse terrier." Since the "mouse terrier" is a "yapper and a snapper," they had put it in a "yuppy puppy home" for the evening.

Note: The terms in quotation marks in the paragraph immediately above are the owners' terms, not mine. Maybe it's Midwestern Indiana lingo, but I did think it was cute, and it did stick with me.

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