Gutterflesh
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I decided to put in new gutters today and thought to poke around in here to see what everyone else was up to.
Holy fuck.
Holy fuck.
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Home buying thread
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Intrinsic
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I've been out of town for a week with work, but had a chance to stop by this morning and look at progress. Met the builder out and talked about things for about an hour and a half.
They've finished all the blocking, they were getting ready to pour additional material into the CMUs, should start the rest of the fill and compaction process this weekend / next week, and then be ready for plumbing walkthrough end of next week beginning of following.
They've finished all the blocking, they were getting ready to pour additional material into the CMUs, should start the rest of the fill and compaction process this weekend / next week, and then be ready for plumbing walkthrough end of next week beginning of following.
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Intrinsic
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We don’t have one of the lake view lots. That was just a view up by the soccer fields and what-not. All the lake view ones had pretty significant drop offs in the front or back and we wanted something flat for the kids. We have good views driving in but our road is lower elevation and flat. It was still $116k for .75 acre though.
Siliconemelons
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Linked to the entire place? heck! turn it off, see how fast it gets "sorted out" once no one has water.
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Intrinsic
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Benn kind of slow going on the build front. Heat has been extreme and he's trying to time our house with MIL house adjacent to ours. Her lot is back filled and they're doing ours this week. We're tentatively scheduled to do plumbing walkthrough 8/3 or 8/4 with slab pour 8/7. They're going to do both houses the same day to save mobilization costs. If it is 100 degrees they won't pour, so hopefully we get a little break in the heat.
In the meantime, I've been working on trying to get quotes firmed up for things in our allowances and working with Claude to make a sort of Home Build Dashboard to track everything. It is getting there but not quite what I have in mind totally. Need to work on some of the visuals and layout. All the data is in and populated.
In the meantime, I've been working on trying to get quotes firmed up for things in our allowances and working with Claude to make a sort of Home Build Dashboard to track everything. It is getting there but not quite what I have in mind totally. Need to work on some of the visuals and layout. All the data is in and populated.
Lanx
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Bay Area Landlord Tries To Charge Tenants $200 'Work From Home' Fee on Top of $3,250 Rent
The Bay Area rental immediately baffled renters throughout the area when they noticed the unusual fee in addition to the $3,250 a month rent.
www.realtor.com
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fris
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anyone work w/ one of those "investors that buy homes" ? i got a cold call today, and i figured i'd hear out their offer. I'm looking to sell my home soon, but it needs the upstairs carpet replaced and a fresh coat of paint. i work from home so doing that while living here has just been something i've been putting off. any idea how low ball these guys typically come in? a relator told me the comp difference in similar homes in the area that sold while being lived in and needing some work was about 40k less than similar homes that were empty and properly staged. zillow says my place is 350k
Kobayashi
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I've only heard of the cold call guys being ultra lowball scammers or trying to pull a fast one and slash things once under contract. I'd avoid even if the initial offer is fair. If you've got a good realtor, they probably know some handymen that can knock out any prep that matters extremely quickly when ready to sell if you don't want to do it yourself.
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Fucker
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They give absurdly low offers, usually at least 25% less than market value. I got one recently that was close to 32% lower than market value. Skip them altogether.
I wouldn't sweat the carpet/paint thing. These things most commonly get swapped out by a new buyer, anyway...unless it is a lower price house. What does sell a house is excellent mechanical condition, cleanliness, and the vibe that it has been cared for inside and out. I've owned and sold a lot of house of various price ranges, so I have pretty good feel for things.