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

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  1. slogan119

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    It’s like your home senses when you’re 2 months away from clearing your student loan payments from monthly expenses
     
  2. ButchCassidy

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    We got an LG recently. Really like it.
     
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  3. slogan119

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    And now the furnace blower isn’t kicking on. Stopped sometime overnight but seems to be pumping out a bit of heat in a lower gear.

    Home ownership is fun.
     
  4. Redav

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    Me, thinking about buying something for myself

    Home appliance: Not so fast my friend!
     
  5. Bruce Bowen

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    Just affirm everything! But seriously my wife and I got out control with the short term 0% payment plans when we moved. I think I had 5 myself at one point.
     
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  6. Redav

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    Lol yep. I have a mattress and another thing I'm paying on right now that will both come off soon. Think I'm going to stop the 0% interest stuff. That shit is annoying as hell getting nickel and dimed by like 5 different things every month.
     
  7. Bruce Bowen

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    Yeah seems cool at first until you get multiple texts in one day "Your affirm payment is due tomorrow" "Your afterpay payment is due tomorrow". I think the best setup is the Paypal in 4. Spreads it out just enough to ease the pain but not too long where it feels like you're paying it forever.
     
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  8. Redav

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    Getting random "thank you for your payment" texts... :cryingjordan:
     
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  9. slogan119

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    GOOD NEWS

    Appears to be a basic limiter switch and under $200 to repair. So I’m sure my wife will want to spend the savings on the fridge upgrade since we “saved” money.
     
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  10. Tommy Jefferson

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    If your fridge doesn’t have a window and an iPad, your fridge SUCKKKKKKKS
     
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  11. slogan119

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    I just want a fridge with a water line for ice and filtration instead of filling our Brita pitcher constantly
     
  12. One Two

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    I miss the days of “dumb” appliances that required zero maintenance and would outlive their owners
     
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  13. Nug

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    Yea but how cool is it that your icemaker has WiFi?
     
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  14. bigred77

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    how else do you expect me to know my icemaker is full?
     
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  15. Snakes

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    i feel this way about cars now. my honda pilot's key fob battery needs to be replaced way too often and now i'm having issues getting it to start unless i wave it at the exact right time. the damn car has 100K miles. just give me a fucking key that i can crank.
     
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  16. The Blackfish

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    Shouldn’t drop it so often
     
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  17. Snakes

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    never drop it. i have elite hands.
     
  18. One Two

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    Never forget what they took away from us

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  19. ned's head

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    That first time you dispense ice remotely

    :ahh:
     
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  20. Redav

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    I want to be able to look at porn while I'm getting ice
     
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  21. mb711

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  22. DrTomOsbourne

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    She's done and ready for us.

    Closing on our current sale and this one on 4/15.

    [​IMG]
     
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  23. kinghill

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    two 4x4 windows and two slider doors, want to replace them with impact glass

    first quote 13k jesus h christ

    second quote next week
     
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  24. houtex716

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    Buyer wants a foundation inspection on Monday, pretty common for this area but still makes me nervous
     
  25. Kevintensity

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    Expect fridges with TVs to phase out along with the PAC 12 network
     
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  26. Zap Branigan

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    Been doing this for YEARS, and we finally got tired of our old side by side fridge that’s now in the garage. Got a Kitchenaid fridge and dishwasher as my wife and I’s Christmas presents. Love them both and the ice/water without having to open it. Good luck with the fridge search.
     
  27. slogan119

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    Pro tip: don’t forget to measure entrances into your home as well as the fridge area

    :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

    Yes, should be OK if the doors come off, but fucking hell at not thinking about it before
     
  28. bigred77

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    Fuck companies not named sub-zero who are making residential fridges too big for standard doorways
     
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  29. slogan119

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    Our house is 120 years old. Anything made within the past 30-40 years is too big.

    We had to go with a Sleep Number bed because we can’t fit a king mattress up our stairwell.
     
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  30. bigred77

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    I'm pretty sure standard sizes have grown
    We had a hell of a time getting a king mattress up the stairs to the guest loft at my dad's house a few years ago.
    That was the only living quarters when they first were building the house, I was like 2, but dad swore they had a king bed up there while the rest of the house was being built.
     
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  31. Redav

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    Taking the doors off can be a huge pain in the ass as well. My advice is take the doors off as a last resort
     
  32. WillySaliba

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    What kind of doors do you have?
     
  33. Redav

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    Had several french door refrigerators. Most of them are going to have a water line + wiring that goes into the door that you'll have to disconnect (and then reconnect). Plus mounting brackets that the door sits on. Not especially hard to remove but it takes some work to get the entire assembly off. Plus taking the freezer for off
     
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  34. ned's head

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    Hopefully he's talking about the fridge doors and not the house door. I've had to do the former before and that's not bad

    Eta saw the edit and maybe I just got lucky. I've also gotten away with just removing protruding door handles in one case.
     
  35. Redav

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    It's not particularly hard it's just a pain in the ass and time consuming. Like my freezer door (drawer??) wouldn't just come out like a dresser drawer would which was really annoying. You had to remove the face of it.
     
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  36. stangd

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    So I'm thinking of building a Townhome, what are the rates supposed to look at by the end of this year?

    Right now they have me at a 5.75
     
  37. Bruce Bowen

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    Even though my new house had a fridge I brought mine from Texas cause it was a brand new fridge and everyone takes their fridge in Texas. Get there and it didn’t fit the cabinet space so I got a brand new $2k fridge in my outdoor shed.
     
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  38. harvey birdman

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    Has anyone ever regretted going up in size for a tv? Originally was the inking 75 but the 85 was speaking to me when I went to Best Buy to look.
     
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  39. Name P. Redacted

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    Bro this is an absurd question. Go big
     
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  40. Bruce Bowen

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    Depending on room size you definitely can go too big. I stayed in an air bnb and watching tv on the couch was like sitting front row at a movie theater. Had to turn your head side to side to see everything.
     
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  41. Name P. Redacted

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    Sounds like a problem of a room being too small
     
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  42. bigred77

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    You need a bigger house
     
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  43. Redav

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    Nope
     
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  44. Bruce Bowen

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    You need better reading comprehension
     
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  45. WillySaliba

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    Guys, he just needs a bigger fireplace.
     
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  46. ned's head

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    Unless you're like 3 feet away, go as big as humanly possible if you aren't using a projector
     
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  47. gilstein21

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    bigger, or higher?
     
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  48. Redav

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    If you get it big enough it can't be too high
     
  49. bigred77

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    Like anyone actually reads your posts