[AT] Crazy pricing on construction job

[Dean VP]

This is totally inconsistent with what is going on.  I just drove by a major
sawmill along Interstate 5 North of  Everett, WA. There were hundreds of
stacks of fresh cut lumber on the huge lot. I've never seen their inventory
this high in the 40 plus years I have lived in the Seattle area. Sum Ting
Wong here.  Does not compute.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and gospel of
envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
..Winston Churchill...

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Prices are insane. Sawmills shut down just like a lot of other things a year
ago. Then everyone working from home decided that since they couldn't go out
they may as well do that remodel job they had been putting off. Combined
with other people who decided their parent's basement was too small if they
had to do more than sleep there so they bought a house... demand has
skyrocketed and the sawmills which were already behind can't keep up. 

I'm not sure if or when prices will come down. God doesn't give me
investment advice. 

--
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Mon, May 10, 2021, at 22:58, Dean VP wrote:
> I received a few quotes on building a replacement deck on our house 
> last summer but had to abandon the project due to scheduling issues.  
> So I immediately restarted the process this year after we got back 
> from AZ. I am completely flabbergasted by the prices I am getting this 
> year.  The quotes I have received so far are up by 80% to 125%.  
> Unbelievable.  I have been told that lumber prices have quadrupled in 
> the last year.  Is that really true? I haven't gone to a lumber yard 
> lately.  I've been told that 5 quarter Cedar is slightly higher than a 
> composite floor and I live where Cedar trees grow wild. .  I am just flat
stunned. How much of this is just fluff right now
> and will eventually go away or is this inflation that is here to stay?
Or
> do I try and ride it out and wait another year. I didn't plan or 
> expect the have to pay this much for a new deck on the house.  The house
and the
> neighborhood will withstand this much investment but....WOW!!!   I
honestly
> feel like I'm a sucker right now.  What the heck is the cause of all this?
> 
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and 
> gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
> ..Winston Churchill...
> 
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