Is it illegal to build a home with an open kitchen and a fenced in back yard around Birmingham? Its hell trying to find a place to live.
I'm going to be working out in McCalla so trying to stay 30-40 mins max from there. South/Southeast Bham would be nice. Hoover/Vestavia Hills/Meadowbrook, etc.
If you are a fan of the cookie cutter neighborhoods there are tons of homes in Hoover and Meadowbrook area that fit that bill. The older ranch homes from the 60s/70s when those areas (Vestavia as well) are gonna have closed off kitchens unless they’ve been remodeled
Yeah Zillow isn't showing a lot I'm interested in. The ones I'd take in a hearbeat don't allow pets. So guess I'll wait another week or two before I hit the panic button.
Need some suggestions. We are doing a golf trip next weekend and need a backup option. Playing CCB Friday and ox Saturday. Hoping for old Overton Sunday but if we can’t make it work any idea for a plan b?
About to try to eat downtown without a reservation should be very cool and not frustrating and me and my wife will be happy with each other when I ask her if she wants to wait an hour to eat at the bar and she says it’s up to you and I say no we can just go eat a trim tab’s food truck but she got dressed up and that’s not the answer she wants.
In my experience Bent Brook books up very quickly. The times I’ve been able to get a Saturday morning tee time I’ve been at my computer waiting for them to come available like a gd Taylor swift concert. edit: reason being I think they block off tee times for regulars.
Not to turn this into the random thoughts thread, but... At some point, we'll probably finish out the attic of our house. We have a huge/tall third story on our house between rafters; it could be a 15x25-30 suite on the top floor. I was looking at photos of a friend's house elsewhere, and it occurred to me that doing solar on the roof would be huge for us. We have a gable end (front) and then hipped roof in back. There's a ton of exposure now, and once we take out some trees (almost certain in the next 10 years), it'll be even more. Anyone done anything similar? I imagine it'd pay for itself in 5-10 years easy.
You used to have to pay Alabama Power some bullshit fee for using your own solar panels in this state. Not sure if that has changed though.
Pretty sure you're supposed to plant in the fall, bit I guess temperatures are fluctuating a lot recently
Unfortunately I bought a house from a landscape architect (DON’T EVER DO THIS). So I know he’s talking spring annuals.
I was over in Shoal Creek the other day. Seemed like a nice area but a long ways from downtown to still be considered Bham.
Where were you exactly? I don't know of a particular area called that but Shades Creek is a creek that runs through Irondale, southeastern Bham, Mtn Brook, Homewood, Hoover, McCalla, and then into the Cahaba River so I'm curious where you might've been. Birmingham also has some weird city limits. There's a path of land that runs from downtown all the way out to Barber Motorsports Park and then on to encompass Lake Purdy. And another that is an even crazier sliver that reaches out northeast of downtown to "Birmingport."
I was just sincerely curious where you were and if there was an area actually called Shade Creek. Where you were, Shoal Creek, isn't really a widely known area either outside of the fact there's a very exclusive country club that makes up almost the entire area of "Shoal Creek." Either way, none of it is part of Birmingham. That said, I'm not sure if Shoal Creek is technically part of Leeds, Shelby County, unincorporated, or what exactly. I'd be curious to know. Good question for our resident Shelby County poster TheFreak55 .
Shoal Creek is a private, gated/guarded residential community in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 274 as of the 2010 census. The population is constantly fluctuating.[3] The community has many features to provide its residents.[4] Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club is located in Shoal Creek.[5] Home of the 2018 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship.[6] It is a part of the Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area, approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of downtown Birmingham.
Tuscaloosa is about the same. The city reached out to cover the airport and industrial areas around it. Also the area around Mercedes and the entire area of Lake Tuscaloosa. When I tell people that I live north of the river most say, "Oh you live in Northport!" A lot of people don't realize that Tuscaloosa extends north of the river on the west and east sides of Northport.
I’m pretty sure the entire Dunnavant Valley area which includes Mount Laurel used to be zoned for Chelsea but now also has the option of Oak Mountain schools.