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Post by flyingwhales on Jan 15, 2024 15:27:52 GMT -5
spackle is not made for that I'm aware of that which is why I asked. I just don't see what the real harm is if I'm using it in like 2-3 areas that only cover 6 sq inches.
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Post by Sorley Boy on Jan 15, 2024 15:42:55 GMT -5
Got it. Idk, I would think if you're doing tile and its properly finished etc., by the time the spackle becomes a problem you'll be living somewhere else, but I'm not a pro.
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Post by flyingwhales on Jan 15, 2024 15:47:25 GMT -5
Thats what I'm thinking. I figure the only real problem is that eventually foot traffic crushes it. I'm just doing a floating vinyl plank floor and I'm thinking I might not even need to level out those spots at all because they arent really deep or anything, I'm just paranoid of finishing it and noticing a lumpy spot. But it is a bathroom so foot traffic really only occurs in a small section of the floor and it might go unnoticed.
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Post by flyingwhales on Jan 17, 2024 7:06:21 GMT -5
update: I put down a moisture barrier aka a plastic sheet underlayment and realized the little chippies I made in the subfloor weren't noticeable whatsoever. So I installed the vinyl planks (except for one tile, I have to cut it to fit but it got to be around mifnight so I was like fuck it ill do it tomorrow) and I'm very pleased with how it looks/feels. I just gotta get my finishing nailgun back from my buddy so I can install the baseboards on top and caulk around the appliances. I've been staring at the ugly stained vinyl sheet flooring from the 80s for what feels like forever so it feels good to have gotten this done in the span of the past few days
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Post by sarahohio on Jan 24, 2024 12:42:38 GMT -5
Kind of spur of the moment decided to buy a new house. Currently in contract. Forgot how stressful the process can be!
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Post by xMOOKAIx on Jan 27, 2024 23:10:35 GMT -5
Homo nah thread
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Post by sarahohio on Jan 28, 2024 4:01:33 GMT -5
Kind of spur of the moment decided to buy a new house. Currently in contract. Forgot how stressful the process can be!
Going to keep the current house or rent it out? I mean it has a pond inside it, probably should keep it.
Selling it. I really loved my current house, but I just don't have enough of a nest egg to keep up with the maintenance required for it. I will be getting a decent chunk of change from selling it, so I will have extra money available for the new one when repairs are needed down the road.
I should get at least one pic of me lounging in the living room pond before I sell it...
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Post by 𝕄𝔼👁𝕎𝔽𝕌ℕℂ𝕋𝕀👁ℕ on Jan 28, 2024 4:17:09 GMT -5
nooooooo not the pond house
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Post by sarahohio on Jan 28, 2024 7:18:22 GMT -5
nooooooo not the pond house i knowwww. I will never find a house that looks like it again. It treated me well for awhile. If the people are willing to fix what I requested for this new house it is pretty dope as well though.
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Post by refill on Jan 28, 2024 9:25:31 GMT -5
Selling our fixer-upper for something that was pretty much turn-key was a huge weight off my shoulders.
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Post by Pat on Jan 28, 2024 9:35:29 GMT -5
Selling our fixer-upper for something that was pretty much turn-key was a huge weight off my shoulders. I am working towards this as well. It only means that I'll end up finding another fixer upper that I don't live in because what the fuck else am I supposed to get up to?
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Post by tandoori jones on Jan 28, 2024 11:17:31 GMT -5
We bought a brand new house almost six years ago and haven't stopped fixing it up. cause it NEEDED it? or you guys just get bored/enjoy it? really depends on your personality. there's people that live in the same house for 30 years without doing shit besides if something breaks
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Post by codync on Jan 28, 2024 14:47:57 GMT -5
nooooooo not the pond house i knowwww. I will never find a house that looks like it again. It treated me well for awhile. If the people are willing to fix what I requested for this new house it is pretty dope as well though. yeah I am going to need to see pond pics
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Post by sarahohio on Jan 28, 2024 15:50:52 GMT -5
i knowwww. I will never find a house that looks like it again. It treated me well for awhile. If the people are willing to fix what I requested for this new house it is pretty dope as well though. yeah I am going to need to see pond pics ![](https://i.imgur.com/YPNWWjV.jpeg) ![](https://i.imgur.com/qrKn09H.jpeg)
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Post by refill on Feb 4, 2024 17:05:57 GMT -5
You guys ever flush your water heaters? I've seen it suggested a few places, but then I watched two videos with reputable plumbers who say there's no reason to do it, especially if it's gas.
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Post by Pat on Feb 4, 2024 17:25:56 GMT -5
You guys ever flush your water heaters? I've seen it suggested a few places, but then I watched two videos with reputable plumbers who say there's no reason to do it, especially if it's gas. Depends on your water quality mostly. But if you're gonna do an annual service/inspection of your sacrificial anode there's not really a downside. Especially if it's gas fired as your efficiency can really start to shit the bed if you have serious mineral/sediment buildup. Also, it's really fucking easy
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Post by sarahohio on Feb 22, 2024 13:48:56 GMT -5
pulled out on the house we were originally in contract for. It was a flip and the people needed to fix stuff. wen't back and forth, finally agreed to some things. Only did half of what was on the list and did a dog shit job. Realized they probably fucked up this whole house...which is a bummer, because it was nice...but i'm not buying a money pit.
However, we are in contract for a new house which was lived in, taken care of, and has character and modern features. Feeling much better about it and excited to close. Just mad that this all happened right as rates wen't back up. ughhhhh Looking forward to refinancing around the election probably (historically rates always go down around then).
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Post by Worship on Feb 22, 2024 13:55:28 GMT -5
Can you refinance that quickly without taking a credit hit?
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Post by sarahohio on Feb 22, 2024 14:28:39 GMT -5
Can you refinance that quickly without taking a credit hit? It will drop your credit score some points, but not huge. If you have a decent enough credit score already you will be fine and won't feel it. It will recover pretty quickly.
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Post by sarahohio on Mar 3, 2024 12:44:58 GMT -5
people that have moved in the last several years...if you used movers, how much did you pay and how big was the house were you moving from? Just got a quote and it was like, 5x what i paid last time I moved back in 2016 lol
i know it will vary by state a bit. But like, I'm moving 12miles, one stop at a storage unit .5miles from my current house, moving from a 3bedroom place...nothing crazy complicated...they wanted 1724.24
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Post by oogracie👻 on Mar 3, 2024 12:49:29 GMT -5
I feel like that’s about what we paid in 2021.
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Post by tandoori jones on Mar 3, 2024 13:21:50 GMT -5
everyone’s always worried about credit score dips and it always recovers in like a month or 3 months max as long as you keep doing the same things you’ve always done to have a high score in the first place.
i refinanced my house, i’ve cancelled tons of credit cards etc all the stuff they say don’t do and my credit score is 830 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by hayley on Mar 3, 2024 13:31:56 GMT -5
i live in MA and $1724.00 seems totally reasonable to me. last (and only) time i hired movers was to move a bedroom only 3 miles down the street and it was $500
but it was literally a bed… clothes… a hope chest (why the fuck my mom bought me that when i was 17…) and a TV
*should add that that was Boston to Watertown
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Post by tandoori jones on Mar 3, 2024 13:45:46 GMT -5
also never hired movers. did rent a u-haul when i moved into my house though. worth it.
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Post by Sorley Boy on Mar 3, 2024 17:19:24 GMT -5
I think we paid about $650 to move out of a 1br apartment in NYC to a house in the suburbs in 2022. That was using like the sketchiest Craigslist Russians though.
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Post by Tstigz on Mar 3, 2024 17:53:47 GMT -5
… a hope chest (why the fuck my mom bought me that when i was 17…) “A hope chest is a piece of furniture once commonly used by unmarried young women to collect items, such as clothing and household linen, in anticipation of married life.”
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Post by hayley on Mar 3, 2024 18:12:32 GMT -5
… a hope chest (why the fuck my mom bought me that when i was 17…) “A hope chest is a piece of furniture once commonly used by unmarried young women to collect items, such as clothing and household linen, in anticipation of married life.” i understand that much. i was actually 19, a freshman in college with no plans of ever moving back to that toxic ‘home’ and f’real… my mom is um… somethin. i said ‘wow what’s it for?’ “it’s a hopeless chest honey! you can put the blender you don’t want in there!’ i spent the next 7y in college and she kept following me with that damn hopeless chest. i really had to fight to get her to get her to not put it in a dorm room. “it won’t fit in the elevator”…
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Post by sarahohio on Mar 7, 2024 8:29:53 GMT -5
Alright! Officially closed on my new house! 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 2.5 stories. My brother is going to live on the 3rd floor (it has hit's own bathroom) which will be great for the rent money lol
These are the pics from the listing. Not my furniture, although we are keeping the leather couch and they also gave us their $1000 squat rack/power cage thing in the garage which is sick.
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Post by Chris on Mar 7, 2024 8:52:19 GMT -5
We got a bunch of water in our basement from snow melt, combined with a multi-day rain storm back in January. Spent the better part of a week pumping water out and getting it dried up.
Have had a few companies come out to get quotes for installing a sump pump, but the last company talked us into a full drainage/pump system at 5x the cost of just a sump. We sighned a contract to get that installed in the coming months.
Got about 2-3" of rain over the past 4 days, and we're getting water in the basement again (not as much as January, luckily). It sucks, but it's nice to eliminate any doubt that all the money we're spending won't be in vain.
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Post by escapedfromthevalley on Mar 7, 2024 8:57:28 GMT -5
Have had a few companies come out to get quotes for installing a sump pump, but the last company talked us into a full drainage/pump system at 5x the cost of just a sump. We sighned a contract to get that installed in the coming months. It's a huge chunk of change but totally worth the investment. We got 7" of water in our basement years ago and just wen't with the full French drain to sump setup and it's never been wet since. With weather you're describing, I can hear a river running into the sump and it literally blows with less than a minute between cycles, sometimes for 5-6 days straight, but the basement stays dry. My only panic attack thought now is a power outage of any length. The battery backup is only going to last a couple hours under those conditions
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