I bought a house
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Topic: I bought a house
Posted By: pntbl freak
Subject: I bought a house
Date Posted: 01 April 2014 at 11:44am
http://s29.photobucket.com/user/angelich52/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140331_190043_485_zps2ee39d2a.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"> Built in 2004 and in good shape structurally. It needs some work on things like landscaping, unfinished bathroom downstairs, etc. It sits on the end of a cul-de-sac and a decent size back yard (almost half an acre). I apologize if that photo is too big. I'm on mobile and can't really tell. -------------  |
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Posted By: WGP guy
Date Posted: 01 April 2014 at 12:22pm
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Congrats! It looks quite nice! It appears to have a vaulted ceiling in
the main area behind the front door? I also always have liked split
level homes. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 01 April 2014 at 7:16pm
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Oh wow, awesome. Congratulations! Beautiful place.
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 01 April 2014 at 7:38pm
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Nice, congrats! Your weekends will never be filled with TV ever again, there will be something to do to the house that will take up most of your time. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 01 April 2014 at 9:33pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
tallen702 wrote:Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 01 April 2014 at 10:59pm
Something will always conspire to keep you away from the parts of the honey-do list you actually enjoy. Today, got the mailbox post repainted, put up the newly painted numbers, planted some bulbs around the post, and put a new planter on the tree stump in the middle of our round garden in the front yard and when I went to water everything, I noticed a lack of pressure from the hose. Turns out our "frost free" spigot wasn't so frost free. Luckily the split/break is forward of the valve, so we don't have to worry about water getting into the house unless we turn it on. Now I get to crawl into the space under the powder room and next to the well pressure tank and pump connections to fix the leak. Only problem is that the space I have to crawl into is 5' off the ground, behind the heating oil tank, and filled with spiders..... UGH! ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 01 April 2014 at 11:39pm
yeah for some reason whoever built my house decided to put the well physically, inside the basement. don't ask me how it works, it just does. also spiders are easy, can of aquanet and a lighter. goodbye spiders! ------------- 
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 02 April 2014 at 1:37am
| Very nice! |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 02 April 2014 at 2:31pm
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We have a list of 30 or so items we want to work on. Some are necessary and some are just wants. It looks like when they built the house, they were giving a handful of random fixtures and told they have to use them. None of the door handles match. None of the lighting fixtures match and some look incredibly old for a house built in 2004. ------------- |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 02 April 2014 at 7:11pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 02 April 2014 at 9:36pm
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I bought a townhouse at the end of January. This weekend's project was fixing a leaky tub faucet, I pulled out the cartridge and there was what looked like PVC shavings in it.
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 02 April 2014 at 10:19pm
Niiice! I'm with MBro on the whole roof thing. Probably have to replace it way sooner than later. The question is, will we have enough money to go with a standing seam metal roof that will last 50+ years, or do we go with asphalt or architectural shingles which last 15-30 years respectively but cost about a third-to-half as much? Oh, and my driveway is cracked badly. It's asphalt. Not sure how much of a need it is to fix that right away though. Honestly, I'd rather rip it all out and either go with pavers, or dyed concrete. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 02 April 2014 at 10:57pm
| Good luck getting more than seven years out of those shingles |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 03 April 2014 at 6:57am
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One thing on roofs my dad learned the hard way. If you go with regular shingles, make sure you put them on on a hot day. My parents had theirs redone when it was cooler and cloudy out. The wind picked up later that week and started ripping shingles off. Apparently it was too cold out for the tar on the underside of the shingles to bond. ------------- 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 03 April 2014 at 7:55am
Then they used a crap-tastic contractor who didn't install them correctly. Good roofing contractors carry a torch with them that is made specifically for melting the tar on the under-liner to the roofing deck. Any time you watch an episode of "Holmes on Homes" you always see the roofing contractors using a torch to apply the tar paper. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 03 April 2014 at 8:10am
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Also a possibility. -------------
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 03 April 2014 at 6:57pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 04 April 2014 at 7:56am
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Nice house! Man, I am so glad to be done buying and selling houses... I've done just about every project you can think of redoing homes in my 20's and 30's. But, it helped pay for our dream house so it was worth it! ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 05 April 2014 at 5:39pm
So, since we derailed this mofo in the direction of home repairs, this is where I've spent most of today:  Back there... in the darkness.... with the spiders.... ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 05 April 2014 at 6:19pm
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Apparently every plumber in the late 80s had those red and yellow service stickers. My house is littered with them. -------------
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 05 April 2014 at 11:41pm
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We moved in today. The place is a disaster. Who knew you can have so much stuff when living in a 1 bedroom apartment?
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 06 April 2014 at 10:28am
Haha! So true! Erin didn't believe me when I told her our garden was the same size as our first 2 bedroom apartment. So we measured it out and she was AMAZED! She couldn't fathom how we fit all of our stuff in that space. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 06 April 2014 at 2:59pm
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You guys make me want to stop house shopping. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 06 April 2014 at 4:37pm
The thing is, you actually wind up ENJOYING all the stuff you do. The sense of accomplishment you get with every little issue being resolved is great. I mean, just today I did a ton of yard work and am getting ready to straighten up the wood shop (it's a frikken mess right now) and even with the 6+ hours of laboring I've done, I walked into the dining room and thought to myself, "You know, I really should run out and grab some bed moulding and hang it today." You actually have to stop yourself from doing too much. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |