Paging Stony O'Brickerson

[saffronhare]

The entropic balance of this weekend's general awesomeness was borne entirely by the bricks and mortar on my front stairs, it seems. The mortar has turned to sand and the bricks are giving up the ghost as well. It's dangerous. I'm also pretty sure it ranks very high on the list of Least Helpful First Impressions* when one is selling a home.

This is definitely beyond the repair that generally helpful people might be able to offer. I need a professional. I've asked around for references, but figured the VURD might have some input too. Help?

*ETA: For the sake of some fun, I'm beginning to put together that list. Here's a start (in no particular order). Feel free to make suggestions (serious or otherwise) in comments.



Least Helpful First Impressions When Selling a Home

Front stairs impassable
Doorknob doesn't work/won't unlock (thankfully, that's been fixed IRL now)
A very bad smell
Blood on the walls
One or more naked people in the house (apparently, the not-helpful merits of this point are debatable)
Sword-fighting (or gun-cleaning) in the front yard
Bugs (especially in the kitchen), dead or alive
Used condoms, laying about
Knives stuck in walls, no matter what they've just carved
Standing water in the basement