Was planning on moving next year but that seems kinda iffy now. Have about 50k or equity and current rate is at 5.25. Should I refi? Jorts
See home at 6pm Send offer at 10pm I respond agreeing to all financials & just want 36hrs to move and change closing attorney. Now its been 4 hours. What the fuck are these assholes waiting on. Also, I have to close by 4/21 or my original financing expires and I have to reset at higher rates.
Just FYI, you can google Ice Makers for most major providers and find the ice maker itself online. They are notorious for breaking and or stopping working. I have replaced probably 3 of them. Its usually just a bunch of screws taking them out one by one and then pulling the ice maker out, and then reassempling it. On a difficulty range, I would put it as a 2 out of 10.
Figure out what your future holds 1st. Very unlikely you recoup what you spend to refinance within a year.
Or you can go through the entire process of replacing and testing just to figure out that it was the freezer drawer had dropped a little bit and wasn’t engaging the close switch.
Anyone knowledgeable on tankless electric water heaters? Just have a few questions about ours in our new home.
Closed on our townhouse in Denver. Money is already in our account. my wife kept telling everyone that we’d sold it and every time she said it before we closed, I wanted to scream.
Had a snag with flood insurance but got it settled at the 11th hour and closed today. Feels good, man, but not being able to have people over to celebrate is a drag.
Planning on Closing on new house May 11th, everything is set, my house is sold with same closing date, now just hoping I don't get laid off before then. The car business is defiantly effected by COVID-19.
Just a heads-up, our mortgage guy called my wife’s boss literally an hour before we closed today to confirm she was still employed.
Licensed Plumber membership has been revoked. Can't snake a drank and in clog it. So have to call a real plumber. Yay $130 Weekend service fee
So I consider myself somewhat learn-ed (two syllables there) in the area of home electrical but have this stupid issue that I have let linger bc I’m afraid I’ll break something. (Ive swapped out outlets/gfci, installed smart dimmers, swapped out breakers on the main panel, have rewired things in my attic, know how to solder, etc.) But now I am humbled by the astrometaphysical problem of how to change a light bulb: How in hell does one get in this so you can swap the bulb? In case not clear from pic, there is a glass cover that gravity is holding over opening. Hesitation is that I don’t want to dislodge the fixture and break some type of seal that is necessary for high humidity area (if that is even a thing). When I YouTube this all I can get are much more complicated things about swapping out the fixture
Should be able to pull the whole unit down. There might be spring loaded tabs in there holding it in place. Length of the excess wires will determine how far down it’ll come. Try to take as much of the weight off of them as you can do have your new lightbulb handy.
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Dryer is broke down again. Was working for 2 days, was working last night for 10 minutes, now it won't start. Consumer Reports has the LG WM3500CW as one of their highest recommended. Gonna need a new dryer might as well get a matching washer. Will also probably check out a scratch & dent warehouse, if they're open.
maybe it's me but I don't need 5 different settings for spinning, washing, water temp, etc. Same for the dryer
When I do laundry it's either warm or hot water, and load size. Drying is either low or medium heat. I'm a very sophisticated laundrier. My fiance does 99% of the laundry, and keeps shrinking my sweaters.
Buyers came by with their contractor this morning and look at what renovations they want to do. Boomer couple "moving into the cool city from the exurbs". Hoping they don't give a shit about some "little" stuff the last buyers wanted done. House is structurally sound so lets go. Also required all guests to wear masks. Odd times
With not much else going on right now, I was thinking of going around my house this weekend and filling any small/hairline cracks in the foundation, just to try and prevent expansion/water, etc. I have read conflicting reports on whether caulking or quickcrete/mortar is the best bet. Any opinions on this? Also, when I moved in, there is a doggy door in the wall, next to my sliding glass back door. I don’t use it, and am trying to find a simple way to just “fill” the hole to keep water, heat/cold, bugs, etc outside. The inside part of the door is closed up, but the “frame” is all jacked up. Found a video on YouTube where a guy basically cut some insulation foam and stuck it up against the “back” of the exterior opening. Seems pretty simple and OK for a short term fix, but again any other opinions? As I’ve mentioned many times in here, I’m not very handy but willing to mess with these two things.
Inspection this morning. Buyers claimed of a smell of gas. I've had HVAC guys and plumbers out and no one can find gas. Over never smelled it in 10 years, couldn't smell it when I got back to the house. I don't think some ppl know what a gas furnace smells like It's maddening and I'm sure it'll either delay the close or fuck up the demands
Also, to add to my original post, my foundation is the "cinder block foundation" that appears to be very common in my area (Nebraska - split level house, built in 80s) and from what I can tell it seems like the small cracks are mostly along the grout. The cracks are very thin which is why I was leaning caulking, because I dont know how well a quickcrete type would get into the crack. Also seems like other houses in my neighborhood used caulking as well. That said, don't google this if you dont want to be convinced your house is caving in tomorrow.
Caulk away buddy. It's not doing anything, but if it makes you feel better, knock yourself out. Lowes or Home Depot would have a gray sealant marketed as concrete crack repair or somesuch. Hairline cracks in mortar joints aren't an issue. Continuous or "stair step" cracks are another matter.
Yeah, only reason I thought to do it was because I had some guy come out to look at the siding/flashing on my chimney a little while ago, and he just said he would recommend filling the cracks to avoid water getting into it/it expanding more during freeze/thaw cycle. As previously stated, due to COVID19, I am just looking for shit to do at this point.
Good on ya. Make sure not to get the sealant on you if it says urethane. Latex based cleans up much easier.
Central Iowa, Yes we do, its just unfinished. 4 bedrooms up and will have 5th bedroom and another bathroom downstairs when I finish it.
Anyone know of a site that gives analytics of airbnb type places? We're kicking around the idea of getting a cabin in either Colorado or New Mexico, but I was curious if there was anything out there to provide things like tax differences, occupancy rates by city, etc. This would be primarily for personal use with some rentals (maybe 25-50%). texasraider, aren't you in this game?