Me and the dogs had to leave one temporary home prematurely and take up another one while fixer-upping our permanent home.
But their new Gothic fixer-up was a steal for a reason: it's haunted by a history of murder and visited by creepy neighbors, housekeepers and unwelcome guests (including Jessica Lange, Frances Conroy and Denis O'Hare) as well as a mysterious figure in a full-body S&M costume, whom the "American Horror Story" producers have affectionately dubbed "Rubber Man".
Once, at least, the fixer-up found Washington: Eleven years ago he acquired Raytheon Co. s engineering and construction unit based on financial statements later found to be materially incorrect; in less than a year Washington Group International was bankrupt.
A converted vegetable barn, the spacious wooden structure has been an ongoing fixer-up project over the past 30 years.
It takes a certain type of bravery to purchase a fixer-up, and Karina and Craig Waters have lots of it.
The producers may ask that you find a real estate agent in your area who can find fixer-up homes in decent neighborhoods, especially if you live outside of the show's usual filming area.
And Cromwell, a fixers' fixer, is right up there too.
Because the soldiers and civilians who flooded into Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban did not know how to (or, in some cases, care to) engage with the local population except through their designated fixers, the fixers ended up controlling the aperture through which key members of the international community perceived the conflict.
Duthion, who now works as fixer for visiting media, said up to 70% of his business contacts have fled Damascus.
The fixer set up a meeting the following evening with Mohamed Abdul Salam, a captain in the Jabhat al-Nusra, at an FSA commander's house.
When fixer develops a build-up of silver and no longer looks clear, it is time to replace it.
