Removing Shoes

[Pittsburg_22_m]

I'm doing the general contracting on my new house, you think the builders care? lol Nope cuz I get stuck cleaning it up. Now of course if carpet was down already I'd wring someone's neck!

 

[Mountain Man]

Make friends with a nurse or someone in janitorial at your local hospital, get a supply of surgical booties

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[Tim The Enchanter]

I don't quite understand how you could do an adequate job of the data gathering process if you go inside before going outside--

I might walk through before I measure, especially if the homeowner wants to tell me about all the stuff they've done to the house. Humor 'em. Or some multilevel places you could get an idea of the layout, might help B4 measuring.
But otherwise I agree. I always measure first.

I don't mind taking the shoes off, if it's that kind of house.
Have taken them off without being asked when I had mud on them.

If there's more than just a little doggie doo in the yard...
It ain't that kind of house.

I try not to step on the land mines. Have taken the shoes off at the door and then borrowed the hose after to clean the shoes once or twice though. :twisted:

 

[Rob Bodkin]

I sometimes change into an old pair of boots to do the exterior, then change back before going inside. I don't quite understand how you could do an adequate job of the data gathering process if you go inside before going outside-- if you can, more power to you, but I need the house dimensions first before I do the interior.

I've had a few homeowners ask me to do the inside first because of wet or muddy exteriors. I always tell them not to worry, that I won't get their house dirty, but I need to do the outside first.

I am not sure how having the dimensions first would be of much use, but o.k..

I'm an inside first, shoes off guy. Unless the house is a total dump. Then I'm an inside first, shoes on guy.

#2 rule in appraising - wear clean socks.

#1 - find a shady place to park.

 

[Joe Sullivan]

I agree with Lee - I have to measure the outside first, especially on a two-story or multi-level home. I might take a quick look thru the whole inside first, in order to "plan my attack" of measuring. :twisted:

If its' a real basic ranch style home, I'll sometimes see the whole inside first, then measure the outside. Otherwise, seeing the inside first can lead to a measuring disaster.


I hardly ever have to remove my shoes, except for some new houses where the yard is mud.

 

[Big ole Boy]

I remove shoes when I get a 'feeling' about an owner .... its a reflex ...

otherwise I exercise common sense or if I am asked to remove them

 

[Roy Spidle]

Same reply as some people have already stated. If my shoes are cleaner than the carpets, they stay on. 90% of the time they come off.

-me

 

[Blue1]

The "Red Wing" high-top steel toe boots stay on unless specifically asked to remove them. Do the outside first. If there's any mud, etc. I just spray it off with the garden hose and dry on the welcome mat. My 'Disto' usually keeps me out of the mud anyway.

 

[Richard Carlsen]

I never take my shoes off unless there is too much mud from the outside to get off.

For me, it's strictly a safety reason. When I'm moving about the inside of a house, looking at things, taking pictures, hiking down in basements, I am usually not real careful where I am stepping. It is amazing what I've stepped on and in down in some basements and kids rooms.

Many years ago, back when I did take my shoes off, one day I stepped on a small, broken plastic kids toy. I didn't quite cut but my foot was sore. Had it been glass, I could have been out of commission for a few days. Since then, unless my shoes cannot be cleaned off, I do not take my shoes off inside of a house.

Safety first. The HO can live with me in their house for a half hour with my shoes on.

 

[Lisa Alleva]

For me, it depends on the house and the cleanliness of it. I work in the city of New York, and I would rather walk barefoot through a sewage plant than take off my shoes in some of these houses.

My solution for dealing with this is simple...

When I suspect that the house is dirty, I start limping. If asked to take off my shoes, I say that I sprained my ankle and I would never be able to get my shoe back on. This usually works!! LOL

As far as cultural traditions, I try to respect them, but in the same breath, I expect the same in return. If you are fine with walking on a filthy carpet teaming with roaches, that's fine. But don't expect me to! LOL

Lisa