I bought those premade fly killing bags from Home Depot last weekend. Just filled them with water and hung them to a tree nearby. Didn't notice any flies, and my Mexican yard guy ended up removing the bag so I'm not sure how many perished.
Met the electrician over at the house this morning. He's putting in 5-6 can lights in the kitchen and reworking a couple of other things for $829 all-in. I didn't even have anyone else quote it cause I don't think I'm doing much better. He came with about 3 recommendations for his work and cost. The guy is also coming to start scraping the remaining popcorn ceiling this afternoon.
I'm going to need an amazing ladder if we close on this house. The telescoping ladders seem pretty cool.
Our floors were supposed to be stained yesterday afternoon but they couldn't fit that in. Consequently, substantial completion from the contractor has been pushed back to Thursday but we won't be able to go down there until Friday after the final stain has dried. We also had a snafu from the design consultant that the contractor set us up with. Our fuse box is in the middle of a wall so we are supposed to have a decorative cover (sort of like in the spoiler). She didn't put near as much priority on it as I did so it didn't get ordered until today with an estimated lead time of up to 4 weeks. Apparently we're going to have a hole in the wall for a while. I'm pretty annoyed because our shuffleboard table is ready for delivery but we will probably wait on this because the table will sit in front of the fuse box. Spoiler
Like the telescoping ladders too, only downside is you obviously have to lean it against something to reach what you need. Really wish they made one that could stand on its own and was that compact.
https://www.littlegiantladder.com My dad has two of the shorter ones like this, and they're fantastic. You can also put a walkboard between them and use it like scaffolding.
Yea. I'd buy a few and place them around the perimeter of your yard. They do smell awful, but you'll be fine as long as they're not close to where people will be. The closest bag was probably 15 yards away and you couldn't smell it.
Bought this, and it has done everything for me. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Werner-2...-Capacity-Type-IA-Duty-Rating-MT-22/100658955 Step-ladder that can extend to 9 feet, which was great for painting vaulted ceiling rooms. You can make one leg shorter so you can use it on steps, which was also great for painting the walls in the stair case. Then I can extend it out to a 22 ft extension ladder to get me on my roof. It's basically the same as those Little Giant ladders, except they don't have the wheels, and they are a whole lot cheaper. Werner is about as good of a brand as you'll find too.
We are 2 months into living in our new house and I have a massive amount of yard work to do, primarily thinning out the trees around the property. It's been a real pain because a lot of them are around power lines and I'm not very experienced, so it's slow going. Turns out the previous owner was a landscaper
live in a rental but the homeowner spent like 6k landscaping and spent a huge chunk of her time working in the yard it's a nightmare to keep ahead of, especially as shit grows absurdly fast, like no weed to 4 foot weed/wild plant in a week
Yikes.... do you live in a rain forest? The worst part for me is climbing a ladder with a 6-8 ft pole saw to cut off limbs so I don't tangle them in power lines, it's so unbalanced and unnerving... the power company will take down the lines for the bigger trees, so at least that part is over
call the power company, say shit is rotting/close to lines and normally they'll come and chop the shit outta everything free, of course
In this day and age, really? Might as well just paste your Polaroid to your monitor. We'll get the gist.
You can upload it to imgur and then paste the link between '' tags or just paste it into the pop up when you click mountains and sun picture box up top, in between the film reel and smiley face.
Y'all probably already know this but let me repeat: never buy one of those small ice machines for a bar. We had a bar installed five years ago and bought a Marvel ice machine. Was great when it worked. Had the refrigeration guy out again (fourth time) this weekend. He said it's finished. He also confirmed that the bar-size ice machines are POS and never worth it. Just sayin'
Update on the flip project, We have run into an issue with the seller but we are trying to work it out. The seller's agent failed to disclose the home is currently in pre-foreclosure status. Pretty pissed they didn't disclose it but I am not going to dwell on it as that isn't going to get the deal closed. The bank's attorneys are working on what the payoffs are and then we will enter our due-diligence period at that time. We are under contract but we have a stipulation in our contract that states we do not enter our due-diligence period until the seller finalizes and releases the payoff. Luckily in GA you can stay under contract in pre-foreclosure status. Not sure how all of that works but I am about to get a lesson in it. Either way it is going to be some more time, we have an estimated close date of late June early July now. What I am worried about is some bank "superstar" trying to renegotiate the price with us. I have heard of this happening. I will post the rehab estimate when the GC emails it to me. Also we met the seller the dude is a character to say the least. Check out the magnets on his fridge. Keep in my mind this is a single white 50 year old guy that looks a character from Alice and Wonderland. Spoiler
Clinton's Fat Satanic Mother Mutant Spoiler Our Most Slippery Young Angel Spoiler Want It Spoiler The Best Tongue Butt Lover Spoiler Pasties Taste Outrageous Spoiler Buddies Bosom Escape
Two-Headed Stoner Discovers Freak Dope and Jail Hers Priest for Michael Jackson had me laughing as well.
Another roofer said a year and quoted me at $13K - asked for that, the jacuzzi and the trim. They've come back at fixing the jacuzzi and dropping the purchase price by $5K, which pays for the trim and 30% of the roof. I'm good with that, so we're hopefully now waiting for the appraisal.
House plans. Pulling permit this week and starting foundation in 3 weeks. Gonna need all hurricanes to stay away this summer.
Apologies for the delay, work never seems to let up. Spoiler FYI also the plan is to acid stain the concrete in that last pic, preferably a dark color. I think right now I'm leaning mahogany deck and natural cedar fence. I think you guys are right the dark redwood hides the deck, especially with a darker exterior house. Now I just need some dry weather. Its rained nearly a month straight and the 10 day forecast doesn't have a single projected dry day.
I like darker, but the redwood is too dark, So I agree with Mahogany. I think that would be a pretty solid accent with your brick color.
First-time buyers and low- to moderate-income buyers have largely been sidelined by today's housing recovery. The common cry is too-tight credit. Lenders have kept the credit box restrictive because they are gun-shy from the billions of dollars in buy backs and judicial settlements stemming from the mortgage crisis that they still face today. Now, the nation's largest lender, Wells Fargo, says it is opening that box with a new low down payment loan — a loan it claims is low-risk to the bank. "We are fully underwriting the borrowers, we are partnering with Fannie Mae to originate and sell these loans, we are insuring the borrowers have an ability to repay and that they're qualified for home ownership, but we're simplifying things for the homebuyer," said Brad Blackwell, executive vice president and portfolio business manager at Wells Fargo. Branded "yourFirstMortgage," Wells Fargo's new product has a minimum down payment of 3 percent for a fixed-rate conventional mortgage of up to $417,000. Down payment help can come from gifts and community-assistance programs. Customers are not required to complete a homebuyer education course, but if they do, they may earn a 1/8 percent interest rate reduction. The minimum FICO score for these loans, which are underwritten according to Fannie Mae standards, is 620. Mortgage insurance can either be rolled in to the cost of the loan or purchased separately by the borrower. Blackwell said either way, the monthly payment is less than a government-insured FHA loan. More importantly, it's simpler than other 3 percent down payment products already in the market, some of which have specific income and counseling requirements. "We've taken all the complexity of the home mortgage lending process, removed it from the front-line consumer, so that it's easy for them to understand and Wells Fargo is taking care of all the capital markets and other types of complexities behind the scenes," added Blackwell. Other 3 percent down payment products from Bank of America with Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae's HomeReady program have not been popular because lenders find them bureaucratic and hard to use. -- lol. guess 2007-2008 never happened. fucking idiots
That's been around for at least 6 months with Home Possible and Home Ready. Funny that Wells is pimping it as new. Also, this isn't close to what made loans fail pre-09.
What caused a lot of the pre-09 shit was stated income stated assets, meaning you walk in and say "i make 10k a month" and they call just to verify you're employed and boom, you're approved with 10k a month income. There also aren't any arms that can adjust every month and fuck someone repeatedly, negative ammortization loans, 4-500 credit score loans, etc. 620 isn't a great credit score by any means, but someone can get screwed by a collection they didn't know about, or medical shit and drop them down to 620. As long as the income and corresponding debts, as well as the collateral value are in line, those loan really aren't that high risk for banks. There is a ton of shit that goes into a mortgage approval now days that was non-existant 8 years ago.
My house was officially listed yesterday. This will be my first time going through this process, my first house I had a buyer lined up and it was very smooth. Will be a little different having showings, hoping for offers, making counters, and all that.
My buddy and realtor stopped by and begged me to put my house on the market. 2.5 years after I bought it, he wants to list it at 243% of my original purchase price and has pretty much guarenteed it will sell for 234% of my original purchase price. After you figure in that I have spent about 8% of his targeted sell price on improvements since purchasing it is pretty attractive. But alas, we would be buying in the same market and haven't quite convinced my wife yet that it is time to move to the country on some acreage and commute.