Had to remove both house door and fridge doors to get it in. But it’s up and working now. Also had to take down a cabinet above the old fridge, the false extension behind it, remove some wallpaper behind both, and paint the area. So yeah, “getting a new fridge” was a fucking weekend project. And we still need the plumber to come install the water line, so those shenanigans have yet to begin.
I bought a kit similar to this and ran a water line to our fridge. Luckily, I only had to drill through 3 cabinets but it was pretty simple. https://a.co/d/e3o8VrE It's pretty easy.
Got some hail last week and had an inspection. Guy made it sound like everything in and around the house is damaged (roof, gutters, fence, garage door, etc.). Look at the pics and I see things like a downspout dent that has no bearing on the utility. How would I know if I actually need a roof, vs someone recommending one because it's an easy time to get one via insurance (not saying he's doing this, just wondering how to tell). Roof is like 8 years old and was perfect during our inspection last summer
Get multiple quotes/inspections and don’t tell them what the other guys found. My neighbors caught a contractor faking hail damage with a hammer on a follow up inspection.
Definitely get additional quotes, as this sounds like an attempt at insurance fraud. The claim will follow you for 5 year & impact premiums/insurability & not something I'd want following me in unnecessary.
Ned should get additional inspections/opinions if he is concerned about the strength of his potential cliam, but he is in NTX where damaging hail events are prevalent, and there were recent storms. Insurers are known to deny/non-renew policies on homes found to be hail-damaged. Homeowners are forced to walk a line between the risks of filing claim and getting denied or having a claim history versus doing nothing and risk at a later date being found to fail to maintain the property. Even at 8 years old in Texas, it's not an unreasonable time to start considering replacement if there is recent hail damage; some insurers are reducing the age at which they will agree to fully cover roof replacement, so it is something of which to be mindful.
I've got two more inspections lined up. It's such a weird spot to be in...sort of feels like I'm asking mr camel if I should take up smoking
I had some hail a couple weeks ago and I'm the only house on my street whose insurance denied the claim for a new roof, and only approved some repairs. So I'm in the opposite boat - trying to get a new roof rather than just a few shingle repairs. Insurance is dumb.
Yes if the room is too small you could go too big, but in most cases you won't regret going bigger IMO. We have an 85 in our main bedroom and had an atmos surround sound setup in our old house, was like having a movie theater at home, no ragrets.
buyers wanted us to have french drains installed, which are way more expensive than i thought. little ridiculous request but for a cash full price offer i cant complain too much
I’m 2ish weeks from breaking ground on a new construction. I will be peaking my head in this thread often
We found a property we like and are set up with a builder. The property has been on the market for 6-months, never under contract. They have dropped the price 3%, 3.5%, and 6.5% at two month intervals (the last of which was the first of February). We finally made an offer yesterday that was 16% under asking and they countered today for 5% under asking while moaning about the close time. Tempted to tell them to get fucked and enjoy having their land on the market for another 6-months.
we asked for 120 days close, which is what our builder said is needed for permits, drafting the final plans, and getting the construction loan signed off on by the bank. They want a 40 day close and said they don’t understand why we would need longer. I have never built before, but our builder is highly reputable and I have no reason to think he isn’t right about timelines.
Simply the difference between buying a lot & construction to perm financing. 120 is pretty standard for what you’re looking to do.
Sounds a little sketchy, but hoping it isn't. You've already checked zoning and health stuff right? Perc test, easements, etc? When stuff sits and then they want a fast transaction it always concerns me.
Zoning is good, house site is county approved, well and septic are also installed/checked. We need the perc test, I believe. Our builder said they have probably put 50-75k into land improvements. There is very little 10+ acre lots available in rhe willamette valley (it’s in between Salem and Eugene Oregon) currently, so I assume the reason that it has been sitting for a long time because it’s priced high and the nearest town does not have a lot of money. Our preapproval letter clearly said that it was construction loan. The counter $ was bullshit because I assume they were going to drop the price again next week. The email from the selling agent to our realtor was also really short and that the timeline “doesn’t work for my clients,” like they are in a strong negotiating position.
All this talk about new construction figured I'd give an update on mine. I've been about to break ground for several months, shit is very frustrating. Been in underwriting since November and was all set to close last week. Two days before closing they tell me regulations have changed and instead of 12 months of reserve funds I now need 24 months. So just need to 2X my cash last second, that's been a lot of fun to try and navigate. There has been some other things that have happened along the way with underwriting that I wasn't too thrilled about too. Through my job I have a couple higher up contacts at this bank that I reached out to to see if they could do anything to help. Took a call with them the other day and basically they said yea, we'd be pissed off too if this happened to us but tough shit.
LIfe is a zero sum game, my friend. Got a decent bonus? Transmission just blew. Paid off that car? Now you need a new water heater. Never fails.
Anyone ever painted the exterior of their house before? Tips? I have some experience with a sprayer but not the full A to Z steps to complete a exterior house paint project. I feel like the prep sucks ass. I got a few $6k quotes to paint my 1,000 sqft home and it has made me determined to DIY it
Power wash the whole thing Scrape/sand any loose paint spots, all corners high and low, soffits, etc. Can only be done by hand and basically off ladders Power wash again Let dry Mask off and cover with plastic literally everything. All windows, doors, vents, pipes, brick, sidewalks, driveways, garage, fences, neighbors homes included, move all vehicles including your neighbors vehicles 100 yards away Spray Wait a few hours and remove all masking Enjoy your newly painted home while looking at all the paint you got on your roof, windows you didn't mask well, etc and find out from neighbors two houses down that you're gunna get to pay to detail their cars to remove the paint you got on them
And then look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself over and over why you didn’t just pay someone to do it
After rejecting our final offer, the owners of the property dropped the price of the lot another 20k. Their realtor reached out to ours saying that if we could cut the close time, he thinks that they would be interested. We called our lender and ultimately got it worked out for a land loan then construction loan, but we would have to pay closing costs twice. We’re fine with that but not moving our price then. Our realtor called theirs to discuss, and he forwarded on the below texts directly from owners. Apparently their feelings are hurt that we gave them our final offer instead of going back and forth negotiating for a week. I guess the plan is to let them think about it over the weekend and maybe submit a new offer Monday. They bought this property in 2014 for 1/4 of their current asking price, so even with 120k of land work they have allegedly put in, they’re still going to be making over 100% of what they bought it for. Spoiler
Yes, that work that you did previously is what increased the value. Stop crying. People get so weird when it comes to selling. I’ve heard stories of sellers accepting less money, because the potential buyers wrote them a nice letter.
our realtor sent those messages and I asked if they were trying to be our friends or if they were trying to sell the property. It doesn’t help that their realtor looks like he is 23 years old and has no idea what he is doing.