homeowner

Lynda

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I bought my house in 2020, and my name is the only one on the title. I’m really proud of that fact. My boyfriend lives with me. I’ve had a decent amount of work done on the house since I bought it, and the number of tradesmen who somehow find my boyfriend’s phone number and call his phone and leave him messages is infuriating. He’s even told them I am the owner and I make all of the decisions, and they need to call me, and they still keep calling him! He finally had to block this one guy after two weeks of me trying to get a hold of him, and him calling my boyfriend back, despite my very clear instructions to call me, with my phone number. It’s only ever men who do this. This is why I go out of my way to try to find women for ANYTHING I need done.

Kate A.

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Last week I bought a small house and scheduled appointments for contractors to view and bid on small construction projects. A man viewing my bathroom’s leaky tile grout: 1) Arrived an hour late with no notice or explanation. 2) Asked, “So, is your husband handy?” 3) Insisted I need a new toilet because the present one has GERMS. I work outside the home as a professor, I previously worked as a professional carpenter, and I’m well educated in microbiology. Yet most workers assume I stay in the house around the clock, rely on my husband to fix things, and will believe any bullshit they say. Something about being a woman in Utah… Conveniently I hired a different worker to re-do the tile: he shows up on time, treats me like an adult, and doesn’t make up shit. Golden!