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

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  1. colonel_forbin

    colonel_forbin Well-Known Member
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    Bought my first house in July. My neighbor is awesome and cut my grass for me for a few months.

    I finally went and bought a lawnmower today. Kicked up a rock and shattered a big French door window.

    Classic.
     
  2. southlick

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    smh
     
  3. burnttatertot

    burnttatertot butt tuck zoomies
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    We had a wind storm Friday and one of my larger trees came down. Came about 15' from hitting the house. Excited for it to stop raining so I can get the chainsaw out and go full redneck on this motherfucker.
     
  4. Boo MFer!

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    What? His crew did a poor job. Why should I fix their mistake?
     
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  5. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    Just finished it today
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    With the chicken coop
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  6. One Knight

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    Getting the pool back into shape this past weekend, was almost 80 degree water temp before these last few days of cool weather.
    Hopefully over the next few weeks it will get back there, we get a ton of sun on it every day so it should increase pretty quick.
    Really stoked to get 2+ months more swimming time this year (didn't finish getting built until the second week of July last year).
     
  7. PAHokie

    PAHokie Can't a bitch living say I bought her Michael Kors
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    Idk if I'll actually pull the trigger and buy something, but started on step one by applying to get prequalified. :ohnoes:
     
  8. tigr2ndbase

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    I'm needing to get a wifi extender for the house and I'm trying to figure out where to place the modem and router. Should I put it centrally located or at the back of the house where it's at now and then put the wifi extender in the middle? Also, recommendations for extenders?
     
  9. The Banks

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    When you guys got pre-approved, how long did that last for before you would've had to re-apply?
     
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  10. texasraider

    texasraider thanks
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    Look into a mesh system and then report back for those of us considering a switch to one
     
  11. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    Is your modem also the router?

    Are you not able to centrally locate the router (which I assume is your Wireless Access Point)? Placing an extender right next to the source does basically nothing, so you should put your extender in a central location.
     
  12. tigr2ndbase

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    Modem plus router. I've had the same router for about 7 years. First thing I'm going to do is upgrade that and see if that boosts the signal.
     
  13. One Knight

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    Anyone have cable and internet together, where the cable boxes are wireless and get the feed from an adapter that talks to the router?
    I really want to update my router for faster internet but i'm afraid of messing up the wireless boxes if the adapter doesn't talk to the new router.
     
  14. Jorts

    Jorts "Ask about my Mortgage Services"
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    Pre-Approvals are good as long as the Credit Report is valid, so 90 days.

    When/If you make an offer, you should expect another credit pull of the report expires prior to the closing date.
     
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  15. jaimej

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    We sprayed around the doors with bug killer, which has worked to kill them but some are still getting in and dying like right away. It's weird. Did yours eventually go away?

    Interesting. I'll try that, thanks!
     
  16. Doug

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    Yeah they hung around for a few months and then moved out.
     
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  17. Doc Louis

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    Neighbors won't be able to steal Wi-Fi any more
     
  18. jaimej

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    Oh good, I hope that's the case for us too!
     
  19. EMAW FC

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    my wife and i have been making a list of things we'd like to do to the house and prioritizing tasks. closing date is 5/30 and we have to be out of our rental by 6/28, so it will be nice to get some stuff done to the house before we have to move in.

    in y'alls experience, does it make sense to refinish kitchen cabinets and paint kitchen walls before or after removing and replacing the countertop?
    planning on fixing up the full bath too, which is currently vinyl tile. :blech:
     
  20. bigred77

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    remove existing countertop,
    refinish cabinets,
    install new countertop,
    paint walls
    imo
     
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  21. a.tramp

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    If it is purely cosmetic, such as the kitchen stuff appears to be then do it right away. If it is remodeling a full room such as the full bath, best to be in the house for a while to feel it out and that will give you a better feel of how the room/house flows and how you really want to spend your hard earned money.
     
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  22. High Cotton

    High Cotton Where does this fall in our Christian walk?
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    Anyone have a paint brand suggestion?
     
  23. bigred77

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    SherwinWilliams
     
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  24. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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    I've used Kelly Moore and Sherwin Williams now and have found SW to be better overall. Easier to paint with. KM is still good, but I found SW more forgiving for me as an amateur. I used their "Emerald" product in my bathroom which is pretty expensive but it's really nice for humid areas. Great paint.
     
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  25. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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    Vinyl tile will at least be easy to demo

    And this, but if budget is an issue I'd do countertops first. If you paint first and then rip off countertops you're likely just going to damage your new paint job when you do it. Whereas if you do counters first they can easily paint around the new ones when you have that done.
     
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  26. Rabid

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    Benjamin Moore. If you do Sherwin Williams do the higher end product. It makes a huge difference.
     
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  27. Louis Holth

    Louis Holth but we also just might be those motherfuckers
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    Just finished the biggest project of my life. It took me just over two months from demo to finish. I'll throw up some before pics after this post. Really pleased with the way everything went despite nearly killing myself a few times.

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  28. Louis Holth

    Louis Holth but we also just might be those motherfuckers
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    I'm really bad at capturing the before pics, but trust me it was a garbage situation born in the 90's.
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  29. Name P. Redacted

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    I like that shower seat Louis Holth. Should be good for fucking.
     
  30. Rabid

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    Looks great. I really like the tile choices. We have a very similar (although different sized) floor tile in our bathroom and I've always been a fan of white subway tile with a dark grout.
     
  31. Louis Holth

    Louis Holth but we also just might be those motherfuckers
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    Hurt my back while finishing up. Won't be fucking for a minute.
     
  32. Russellin4885

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    Hurt back while DIYing on the house and won't be having sex for a while, doesn't get much more old man than that.
     
  33. One Knight

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    the real question, was he having sex before?
     
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  34. Louis Holth

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    No time for sex. Work to do on the house duh
     
  35. Louis Holth

    Louis Holth but we also just might be those motherfuckers
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    Thanks dude. We really liked the contrast on the grout lines. Would have done black, but had dark gray left over so dark gray it was.
     
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  36. Baron

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  37. One Knight

    One Knight https://www.twitch.tv/thatrescueguy
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    lol indeed...
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  38. Arkadin

    Arkadin inefficiently efficent and unclearly clear
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    So I'm going to get a deck built that's probably 24x16. Plan to put a roof over half of it, a bench down one or both sides of the uncovered half. Under the cover, have counters built while leaving a few 4-6 foot gaps for various grills/other cooking stuff. Anyone have any cool/not expensive ideas? I've thought of adding a drop down for a fire pit, not sure on that will price it out
     
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  39. slogan119

    slogan119 Her?
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  40. DollarBillHokie

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    I received an unsolicited letter of interest for my condo today. They aren't looking exclusively at my condo, but all of the condos with a similar view. I've only owned my unit for a year which I believe means I would have to pay capital gains on the transaction. If I purchase a different house inside of X days, do I have to pay capital gains? If I decide that renting is more beneficial in the short term, and I have the requirement to buy a house inside of X days, can I purchase an investment property with the proceeds?
     
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  41. Gotch Yarbrough

    Gotch Yarbrough Canada eh?
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    This concept is called a section 1031 exchange and applies only to business properties, for both the property sold and purchased.

    You will probably have a hard time qualifying for the residential exclusions but depending on your situation and how much profit you would be realizing, you (or your CPA) may be able to minimize or eliminate the taxable gain through adjustments to your cost basis. Certain fees/closing costs, improvements, etc.
     
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  42. High Cotton

    High Cotton Where does this fall in our Christian walk?
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    Awesome, bc the 6 quarts of samples I bought were from SW. With no intention, I wound up visiting 3 SW stores over one weekend, they were simply on the way to where we were going, with 2 being completely forgotten about and just pulling in.
     
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  43. DriveByBBQ

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    Is there a TMB consensus favorite for closed circuit home security systems? I'm about to pull the trigger. Ideally, one without a monthly subscription.
     
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  44. je ne suis pas ici

    je ne suis pas ici Well-Known Member
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    Remove popcorn if any has to be #1
     
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  45. MoJo

    MoJo It bees that way sometimes...
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  46. Louis Holth

    Louis Holth but we also just might be those motherfuckers
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    We have glass ordered for it. I probably should have mentioned that.
     
  47. High Cotton

    High Cotton Where does this fall in our Christian walk?
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    By closed circuit do you mean video system?

    We need to decide on a security system, but motion detection does no good with the dog out during the day.
     
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  48. bigred77

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    what kinda dog?

    the one i have is camera specific on its time marks for motion on the dvr, so it wouldnt be a big deal unless you have someone come in around the dog
     
  49. High Cotton

    High Cotton Where does this fall in our Christian walk?
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    60 lb boxer
     
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