Tales of the Mold Men (and gutter guys)

Not much fun to report. Had two more quotes scheduled from mold mitigation outfits this morning. One was a no-show. The other was nice enough. We'll see where their quote nets out against the others.
After the mold men I met with a gutter guy. Also nice enough (and on time) - his quote came in at $975 to do the two long sides of the house and fix one of the short pitches. Probably very much worth the money.
Talked to Wayne the Electrician last night. While he'd have no problem taking my money and putting in powered vent fans, he suggested talking to some roof guys about ventilation first. Snaking power through this type of old house is not easy, so it would mean running conduit up the outside of the house. Not pretty.
So more phone calls. With more contractors. Half the time I don't know who to believe. Who's going to do it right? Who's just conning me? At what point do I write the checks and hope people don't suck? If I spend every minute second guessing every contractor, I'll be old and grey and nothing will have gotten done.
Or I have to start taking classes in all of these skills, and I'll be old and grey and only half of everything will be done.

One thing I did accomplish for short money was ordering and setting out a long-acting radon detector. On 1/1/20 I'll send this little puppy back to the lab and it will be able to tell me variations over the year.

Radon meter. Can't be near windows or doors, and must be at least 2' off the ground.

This weekend will hopefully see more progress cleaning the basement.

Right now the list of things that sort of need to happen in a rough list of how:
• Gutters
• Order a few yards of Rip Rap to stuff the holes in the foundation
• Pull dirt and organic materials away from foundation
• Repoint foundation
• Hit sills with Boracare
• Get sump pump installed
• Talk to roofers - deal with vents?
• Get mold dealt with
• Get insulation installed

If my income holds out, hopefully by this time next year.
Time will tell.