Home Buyin/Maintenance Thread - Where most of us are 30ish but act 47. Oh, and fuck home inspectors

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  1. Killy Me Please

    Killy Me Please I lift things up and put people down.
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    Does anyone else reply "fuck you" when your friends suggest you put a pool in?
     
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  2. bruce bowen

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    May I suggest putting a pool on?
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  3. Killy Me Please

    Killy Me Please I lift things up and put people down.
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    Ive been interested. But i still feel like ill need to break my ass just to get i back into storage
     
  4. Simon Templar

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    That’s why you should put a pool in. Nice little in ground number, maybe with an attached hot tub
     
  5. Killy Me Please

    Killy Me Please I lift things up and put people down.
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    F - U !

    ATM theyre around $100k lol. GTFO its insane. I dont need that drama.
     
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  6. WillySaliba

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    That are insane right now.
     
  7. Killy Me Please

    Killy Me Please I lift things up and put people down.
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    Where i live it's a law they need to be gated. Ill need a plan approved by the town. Architect. Etc and thats before i even get the fucking thing. It doesnt add value to the home anymore my insurance will go up. It's stupid. Ill get a temp pool and prob throw it out every year.
     
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  8. Lip

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    who you arguing with
     
  9. DetroitNole

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    My street was torn up and re-paved yesterday and both last night and this morning when I went to our metal mailbox, I got a jolt of electrical current both times. The one yesterday was a pretty good jolt, today was less. Should I report that to the township? Wondering if they possibly hit an underground wire or something during the construction.
     
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  10. ned's head

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    Quite literally every time my child mentions it
     
  11. Tommy Jefferson

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    1) better safe than sorry
    2) also report to the post office
    3) do you have a voltmeter?


    I’d be shocked if there were any live power cables anywhere near the mailbox. Maybe low voltage wiring for lights or sprinklers?

    (see what I did there)
     
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  12. Tommy Jefferson

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    What’s the difference between cables and wires?
     
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  13. One Two

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    Do you think there are more cables or wires on the planet?
     
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  14. bruce bowen

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    I already had ChatGPT up doing my job for me so here ya go
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  15. WillySaliba

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    Same here.

    saw a first here the other day. Instead of a pool sign, it was a pool removal sign. I was kind of intrigued. But for the cost savings on insurance and potential sales, might be worth it.

    Before anyone gets wild, I live in the northeast so pools are open here maybe 4 months out of the year. You may be able to stretch out and get five months if you enjoy polar plunges.
     
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  16. Snakes

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    you haven't lived until you get electrocuted getting the mail
     
  17. Redav

    Redav mostly cows and rocks
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    What's funny to think about is the mail person is also being shocked when they deliver your mail
     
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  18. Barves2125

    Barves2125 "Ready to drive the Ferarri" - Reuben Foster
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    It's based on (pre-tax) net income since it would be impractical to try to determine gross income on a case by case basis. I always have this conversation with people that there should be a distinction between what lenders technically allow and what you're actually comfortable with. That said, it's all highly regulated and there has been plenty of research done to ensure that the Debt to Income Ratio maximums are safe for the vast majority of people applying for a mortgage.
     
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  19. ButchCassidy

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    Curious, who is responsible for installing mailboxes?
    On our road, the mailboxes are on the opposite side of the road. Behind a guardrail. No clue how one is supposed to dig and concrete, as it's also on a steep hill.

    previous owners of the house placed the mailbox and 4x4 in a cinder-block and wired it to the guardrail. I have to go out there weekly to straighten it up, lol.

    Should just pour some concrete in the block and call it a day.
     
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  20. Lip

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    or you could, ya know, move?
     
  21. WillySaliba

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    get a pool or run some current through it
     
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  22. Redav

    Redav mostly cows and rocks
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    Ours was a new house when we moved in so I did ours. I later learned that there are regulations for how tall it's supposed to be that I didn't know about but we're getting out mail!
     
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  23. DetroitNole

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    I notified the township. Hopefully they get it sorted soon
     
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  24. ButchCassidy

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    i knew it
     
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  25. Killy Me Please

    Killy Me Please I lift things up and put people down.
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    Yeah exactly. NY here.
     
  26. mp_22

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    Looking to buy a new TV stand with a fireplace, anyone purchased one .. thoughts? Send a link
     
  27. ned's head

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    Might have better luck if you use the actual name. That's a mantle.
     
  28. Redav

    Redav mostly cows and rocks
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    Hahaha
     
  29. LeonardWashington

    LeonardWashington Leader of Tuanon
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    Has anybody used an affordable picture/art framing company they've liked? I see a lot of options online, but have no idea where to start. The ones that do the custom jobs are very expensive and slow. I have a lot of items that I'd like to hang and would love some recommendations.
     
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  30. Snakes

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    it's all just so much more expensive than you'd think it should be.
     
  31. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    Dunno it felt pretty silly the amount I could have been preapproved for
     
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  32. LeonardWashington

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    yeah... I figured there has to be some company that's come along recently that can do this affordably with nice looking stuff.
     
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  33. Name P. Redacted

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    I would report it to your city and power company. Is this like a mailbox on a wooden post or what
     
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  34. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    You’re not likely to get shocked much by 24V tbh.
     
  35. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    Cable = bundle of conductors (conductors can be a single wire or stranded made of many wires)
     
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  36. Redav

    Redav mostly cows and rocks
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    Prob not on a wooden post if he's getting shocked
     
  37. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    It would be crazy dangerous if that’s the case, hence my asking. Mailbox can be in a lot of forms.
     
  38. poor paul

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    my garbage disposal is not working :(
     
  39. Snakes

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    My kitchen sink/garbage disposal stinks. I have poured various chemicals down there to get rid of it and it always comes back (garbage disposal cleaner, bleach, vinegar, etc). i have also taken apart the pea trap and cleaned it out. nothing. i can only assume it's coming from the dishwasher because I have never changed the filter out. (lived here 1.5 years) so I went to do that last night and it is the kind you have to go in there with a drill and screw it all out. didn't feel like fuckin with all that and just did a CLEAN wash with vinegar last night. we'll see if that works.
     
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  40. Lip

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    narrator: it didn’t work
     
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  41. Snakes

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    no way it will work. fortunately I have permanent covid nose so I can barely smell it but it bothers my wife!
     
  42. bigred77

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    Shove a whole orange down the disposal and let her rip
     
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  43. WillySaliba

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    We just go to Michaels when they have their largest “sale” of the year and it’s still absurd. I don’t know what the % is, wife tracks it but I can ask and find out if you are interested. We have an about 5-7 items that need to go but waiting on the discount.
    As I have aged, framing and kitchen cabinets are the two items that still boggle my mind about how expensive they are.
     
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  44. WillySaliba

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    I do two massive cups of ice (64 oz) and then lemon.
     
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  45. Lip

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    you have Michael’s do the framing? Or you buy the frames and do it yourselves? Cuz I’m not doing that shit
     
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  46. WillySaliba

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    Michaels does it. They have a framing section in the back of all their stores I have ever been to.
     
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  47. Doc Louis

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    As someone who just closed on selling his home today, this is the right strategy.
     
  48. AptosDuck

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    My vacuum tried to electrocute me a few weekends ago so my wife made me buy a new one
     
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  49. bigred77

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    Dyson?
     
  50. AptosDuck

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    Miele. 16 years old, the wiring in the motorized carpet brush went bad
     
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