I got the Gen1 version after the fire. Maybe I'm lucky but I've never had an issue with it in the 6th months I've had it. They released a G2 version last month, so maybe whatever bugs in the old one are now fixed.
I get it. It was never about saving money for me. I was making the same offer either way. What it comes down to is I don't trust either to represent me. I wanted the seller to know me and my offer. I was fully prepared to write it up through agent2. Where I'm from is not a booming place with land and new homes. My daughter will now get to live near almost all of her family. I see your points and thanks for the original advice. Have a great day.
after she left a voice mail ripping on you, i can't blame you. i'm about to back away from house hunting for a while because i don't like what my realtor's been showing me, which will probably tick her off but fuck it i figure i'm better off waiting than buying in an area i don't like.
Sometimes these people need to realize they work for you, not the other way around. No problem with pissing her off, she should be showing you what you want.
Speaking of pools, we moved into this house in March, and it had a big-ass empty koi pond. We have two small kids, so we converted it into a small wading pool.
Yea I turned the auto away feature off. I come and go pretty irregularly and so its "learning" wasn't very helpful. Plus in the summer if I laid down for a nap for a while it would go into away mode and I would wake up hot as hell. I still love mine though.
Their first step was getting blacklights for the jacuzzi. Their next step was taking them out in disgust. The things those koi had seen.
We did that last week, it's hard to imagine what it will actually look like when you are looking through all of that crap.
A/C out. My AHS is gonna cover it. So glad I renewed it a few weeks ago. Guys, I know consensus is that these home warranties aren't worth it, but in one year I've saved over $2k by having one. The seller of the house paid the first year and I paid for the renewal ($470). Anyhow, the part won't come in until Monday, so I stopped by Lowes and bought a portable ac unit. Didn't feel like going through the trouble of running it through the window with their install kit, so through the garage it goes. ahhhhh!
I moved into my house last year. It had a 20 year old furnace and a 25 year old AC unit. Seller gave us $4k towards replacement at closing, we got a top of the line system installed (along with some other improvements) that ran about $8k total. No ragrets
Go to home Depot and get this http://www.orocta.org/mobility/ventless-and-portable-air-conditioner.html And return it when you get the new unit.
If there's clearance with the doors opening and closing, can I lay tile (or laminate or bamboo or anything) over existing ceramic tile? New home has nearly 2,000 sq ft of tile I don't like and I'll do anything I can to avoid the cost and mess of removal.
Yea, swamp coolers dont even slightly cool the air around here, its too humid. Where i grew up in NW Texas they were the tits though.
Door clearance would be my first worry Depending on what type of home it is weight could be an issue, While its labor, its not that hard to remove ceramic tile yourself. Just get you some of those big chisels that are made for that for cheap at home depot and some good knee pads
The problem with ripping it up is that what we want to do is the area makes up the formal living and dining rooms, kitchen, family room, hallways and master bedroom. We'll be living in the house, so the mess is going to be a real problem. Same with having to move furniture and live through it in the house.
Weight would be a big issue. Also even though there is clearance on the doors, you don't want there to be too little clearance that it restricts air flow. There is a reason why doors don't go all the way to the floor.
Not at all handy, so I'm going to have to pay someone put the floor in. Going to be hard to do one room at a time like that.
Right, but that's easier to do on a room by room basis if you're not having to do it twice (once for tile removal and once for install). Plus, they can just move the furniture from area to area as they install.
As someone who will need to rip up 4 layers of flooring when we remodel out kitchen, I will kill you if you don't pull up the existing floor.
Posted in here few weeks ago about changing a submersible pump in a water well...Finally got to it today. Very easy, but pulling that fucker out got heavy quick. Step 1) kill all the wasps in well house Step 2) take a sheet of tin off the top of well house to pull the pipe up through Step 3) kill the wasps you missed during step one step 4) unscrew the cap on the pipe Step 5) pull 150 or so feet of pipe and pump out the ground Step 6) unscrew pump, put on new pump and splice wires in Step 7) put all that pipe and wires back in the hole Step 8) enjoy cold clean water Also discovered a trick to reseating a tubeless tire out of necessity. Riding our golf cart around a new deer lease and a limb caught the tire just right and knocked it off the rim. Hitched a ride back to the camp, went back with a jack and and an air tank. Wrapped the winch cable around the center of the tire and winched it tight so it would reseat itself back on the rim and filled it up. Felt like MacGyver. #coolstorybro #lookatme Spoiler
Has anyone ever put down luxury vinyl tile? I'm really considering it, though the word "vinyl" makes me hesitant. I realize these aren't the shitty peel and stick, but it still sticks in my head. A huge pro for me is that it's water resistant.
I think that's what I had in my last house and I loved. It was like vinyl planks to look like wood floor. They looked amazing, and took a beating. I had a tree knock a huge hole in my roof, flood the house with rain water and I only had to replace a couple planks. Contractor went full retard and didn't protect the floors at all while re-sheet rocking the walls and ceiling so there was sheet rock mud and everything all over- took a lot of mopping but it all came up and floors looked good as new. I'll see if I can find some pictures for you when I get home
Here is the brand I'm considering: http://www.usfloorsllc.com/product-category/coretec-plus/7-plank/#/flooring-products/kingswood-oak Likely in either Kingswood Oak or Waterfront Oak.
Not at all- it was a good family friends flooring company and he promised me I'd be happy with. No one believed me when I said was vinyl
We are in the process of picking out the inside of the house on our new build, so stressful. The brick and stone selections are in and now we've moved inside. The Mrs. is fond of white cabinets with wood floors and a neutral granite. Anyone on here gone with white cabinets? Any regrets? I thought this kitchen looked nice but its probably $50k over our budget:
Should be able to save some money using white cabinets. Since its painted it can be ugly wood so you won't have to pay for something more expensive
I've never been a fan of white kitchens because they tend to show every mess or mishap. The house we bought has white cabinets (old wood cabinets that have been painted white). It has now really grown on me. That white kitchen shown is bad ass but it is probably also $100k. The range is at least $15k by itself without the hood. I think the hood might run another $1500. We've only looked online but those numbers are sticking out to me. We are talking to a remodeler now. They've given us architectural plans and now we're just waiting for them to get back with pricing estimates. Our kitchen would look roughly like this but reversed and with a bigger island. We'd make some different choices for lights, island color, etc too but this is a reasonable representation of something the remodeler has already done. It would also have something like this off to the right (out of the picture) that would flank the entry to the family room. Instead of the wine/beverage refrigerators I would use it as more of a pantry though. The neighboring room, our family room, would have a dry (or wet) bar with a mini refrigerator so it wouldn't be needed here.
We are doing a remodel that will look pretty close to this but the island countertop will be stained wood. I was against white for the reasons you mentioned but it's what the wife wants. Says it's what's "in" right now. Going with white cabinets, Bellingham cambria countertops and a grey back splash. Top is similar to what we are going with with the white/counters. Bottom is a similar color scheme I wanted. Oh well... I won't be cleaning it.
I'm looking forward to seeing how yours turns out. We're building right now also but going opposite. We're doing dark cabinets and light granite.
Good luck friend. I will share pictures. They cleared the land yesterday. I think that was the first time I felt this whole process was real. Been living in apartments for entirely too long.
Post pics if you do it. Considering flooring options for the living area in our house, and I'm interested in LVT, but have the same hangups you mentioned. But if we don't go with engineered or hard wood, I think LVT would get the edge over laminate.