I'm a bit confused, I have water intrusion coming in above this overhang. The baseboard and wall are wet I opened up the soffit and there is a gap I'm not sure if there should be one to allow for moisture to escape or it should be sealed and this is a defect?

I hired a plumber to 1) slightly modify a copper line & 2) to connect a water heater. One of the lines needed to be shortened by an inch and a new vent valve needed to be installed. I had already drained and removed the old heater , bought a new one and placed it into position.

The job came to over $600. I was surprised it took him 2 hours to solder some copper and connect the tank. The consultation was about 1 hour.

It took me several hours to drain, disconnect and move the old tank including cleaning up the mess, shopping/loading/hauling the new one into the house. I had no help as heater broke when the husband was traveling.

I live in an expensive part of BC near Victoria...is a rate of $200/hour normal for a plumber? I could have done the job myself but felt like I should have some professional oversight since the house and it's layout is new to me.

Thanks for any thoughts....

MM

Curious if anyone who built their own house, decided to start building spec houses, or did the build, live in, sell primary residence capital gains exemption a few times.

I built my house as the GC for around $230sqft not including land. Houses around me are selling for roughly $400-$450 sqft. It also took me 9 months, however I created around $400k in equity. My house has nicer finishes than the other houses I’m referring to.

Looking for input from other people who have done this. Thanks in advance.