Comments on: Painting Address Numbers on Curbs

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:46:38 +0000

I have been doing this for 25 years and it is not grafitti it is a service that police and firefighter get done all the time. They always say it is so difficult to find a home without the numbers. It is called the right of way not public property and most cities will give you a business license to do this! Grafitti is illegal. Anyway I think 40.00 is a little much I usually charge 20.00 but the service has not been as low as 10.00 for almost 20 years. I will drop to 10.00 if someone doesn’t have it I have even dropped to 5.00 but 20.00 is the usual charge. Before you call someone a dipshit go out and try it I guarantee you will quit whatever you are currently doing for a living within 3 days!

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addison restaurants — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:49:37 +0000

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addison restaurants — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:29:34 +0000

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By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:55:52 +0000

you know what you bitter internet blogger. It is not graffiti. Most cities will only provide 1 curb address to the lifetime of a curb. If the actual curb is rebuilt or repaved then the city will pay again. There are restrictions and guideline that you need to follow according to each city varies. Homeowner associations differ as well, but by no means is this graffiti, as i have had permits in certain required areas and worked with city code compliance officials

By: Ernest V. LA CA

Ernest V. LA CA — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:53:05 +0000

13 years ago Los Angeles was wide open. Guys started selling books on the net about how to do addressing as a low start up. This and a man at Venice beach CA taught a whole lot of homeless people how to paint the addresses on the curbs. He would always say that there was enough for everybody. Not only are there now to many curb painters in and around LA, but they come from as far as Florida every summer. By the end of summer everything is done from east LA to the beach. The whole valley as well. Because there are so many homeless that use drugs their tolerance and maturity levels are often low and they can become irate and abusive at the doors of the very people they are asking for work and money from. Incidentally the guy from the beach moved out of state because of all the competition.

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florida affordable health insurance — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:22:09 +0000

They mix the paint with very small glass beads. When the light hits it, it reflects. I have to reallllly search to figure that out. They try to cherge you on other sites to teach you this info. You can buy the glass beads at pro paint stores…i think. Look around, you can find it.

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Health Insurance Company in Texas — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:00:24 +0000

yeah…reflective paint would be GREAT!!! I best you could charge more for that…I wonder how you would makeit reflective?

By: Toy Dog Coffee

Toy Dog Coffee — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:47:23 +0000

I know guys that did this for a living and they never had to even talk to customers. All they did was buy door hangers (envelopes with rubber bands attached to hang on the door), place in each one a picture of them, a copy of their business license, pictures of their work and a note letting them know if they wanted to to have their curb painted, fill out the order form, leave cash in the envelope and they would pick it up the next day and complete the painting. Boom, sweep in the next day, collect the money, paint the numbers and move on to the next neighborhood

For gated communities, they would just talk to the home owners associations and give them a discount price.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:16:09 +0000

I’d suggested this as a business for my sister over 20 years ago. In some areas you need to use special paint (with reflective flecks), but that was the only hurdle. Did she go for it? Nope. I even offered to buy the paint and stencils. Crazy, IMO.

Of course, I’ve always preferred self-employment. For some folks (many!) giving up control relieves them of the ‘blame’ if they live a life of mediocrity (or quiet desperation).

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apartments for rent in raleigh nc — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:33:28 +0000

Great post nev. You are always coming up with the greatest ideas. The guys in my area just hang flyers and come back the next day to all the houses that have it filled out. Some are even tricky and make it look as if its a city thing and you “have” to do it…