The Super Official Homeowners Thread

Jewels · 03-19-2018, 02:44 PM

I'm literally on the other side of the mountain from C'ville. My townhouse is at the base of the Blue Ridge, I take a road out behind my house 5 minutes and I'm in the SNP, back country. Lots of hiking, fire road access. And my end of the county and the small town I live in, is still fairly cheap to live in. No HOAs in town. And I'm 15 minutes from H'burg, Waynesboro, or Staunton. And 45 minutes to C'ville. I love it.

WRXtranceformed · 03-19-2018, 03:26 PM

(03-19-2018, 02:44 PM)Jewels Wrote: I'm literally on the other side of the mountain from C'ville. My townhouse is at the base of the Blue Ridge, I take a road out behind my house 5 minutes and I'm in the SNP, back country. Lots of hiking, fire road access. And my end of the county and the small town I live in, is still fairly cheap to live in. No HOAs in town. And I'm 15 minutes from H'burg, Waynesboro, or Staunton. And 45 minutes to C'ville. I love it.

But you're still in Virginia, so there's that

Tongue

Apoc · 03-19-2018, 03:34 PM

(03-19-2018, 03:26 PM)WRXtranceformed Wrote:
(03-19-2018, 02:44 PM)Jewels Wrote: I'm literally on the other side of the mountain from C'ville. My townhouse is at the base of the Blue Ridge, I take a road out behind my house 5 minutes and I'm in the SNP, back country. Lots of hiking, fire road access. And my end of the county and the small town I live in, is still fairly cheap to live in. No HOAs in town. And I'm 15 minutes from H'burg, Waynesboro, or Staunton. And 45 minutes to C'ville. I love it.

But you're still in Virginia, so there's that

Oh, oh, can I play??

But you're still on the east coast, so there's that

.RJ · 03-19-2018, 03:47 PM

GTFO

oh wait.

WRXtranceformed · 03-19-2018, 04:49 PM

(03-19-2018, 03:34 PM)Apoc Wrote:
(03-19-2018, 03:26 PM)WRXtranceformed Wrote:
(03-19-2018, 02:44 PM)Jewels Wrote: I'm literally on the other side of the mountain from C'ville. My townhouse is at the base of the Blue Ridge, I take a road out behind my house 5 minutes and I'm in the SNP, back country. Lots of hiking, fire road access. And my end of the county and the small town I live in, is still fairly cheap to live in. No HOAs in town. And I'm 15 minutes from H'burg, Waynesboro, or Staunton. And 45 minutes to C'ville. I love it.

But you're still in Virginia, so there's that

Oh, oh, can I play??

But you're still on the east coast, so there's that

I see what you did there Wink

The South ain't for everyone, but it's definitely for me Cool

Apoc · 03-19-2018, 08:07 PM

(03-18-2018, 07:17 PM).RJ Wrote: this year we're making enough money that moving into a larger house/house with garage would be really easy... but I dont want to go through the stress of selling/closing, buy/closing and packing/moving.

Sorry, we glazed over this.... but, this means you get a 911 now, right?

.RJ · (09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)

its on the table, at the moment. problem is now though, I dont want to park a 911 outside, i.e. no garage.

Sijray21 · 03-19-2018, 09:09 PM

(03-19-2018, 08:53 PM).RJ Wrote: its on the table, at the moment. problem is now though, I dont want to park a 911 outside, i.e. no garage.

I have a garage. Just leave the keys so I can... Move it... When I need to.

Apoc · 03-19-2018, 10:57 PM

I approve of this plan.

HAULN-SS · 03-19-2018, 11:26 PM

We bought our house in Great Falls last year with no realtor. Paid a lawyer $1500 flat fee to do the contract and closing. Negotiated about 75k off asking price. I'm definitely in the camp of not seeing the point of a realtor unless 1) you're new to an area and have no idea where you might want to buy or 2) they are really connected and you might get a pocket listing. No offense to anyone who may have personal ties to realtors.

WRXtranceformed · 03-20-2018, 08:49 AM

(03-19-2018, 11:26 PM)HAULN-SS Wrote: We bought our house in Great Falls last year with no realtor. Paid a lawyer $1500 flat fee to do the contract and closing. Negotiated about 75k off asking price. I'm definitely in the camp of not seeing the point of a realtor unless 1) you're new to an area and have no idea where you might want to buy or 2) they are really connected and you might get a pocket listing. No offense to anyone who may have personal ties to realtors.

You don't necessarily need a realtor to buy a house, but in many cases it really helps to have a good one when you want to sell yours.

ScottyB · (This post was last modified: 03-20-2018, 12:27 PM by ScottyB.)

(03-19-2018, 11:23 AM)Jake Wrote: Given all the stories I've heard from Dad, finding a good agent seems to be a total crapshoot, and there are more bad than good. He's worked with plenty that leave you shaking your head just from him recounting stories of how they were to deal with, or at closing, or whatever. Definitely a frustrating process that I'm not looking forward to when the time comes to quit my string of renting.

i do design work with a bunch of different agents in the mid atlantic and its amazing how much of this sentiment carries over to the business side as well. you know the really experienced ones are generally solid but the new agents can range from "have my shit together" to literally "how do you manage to even stay alive". sorry to judge, but generally the worst are the middle aged moms that are bored and need something to do with the kids gone all day, so they decide to buy and sell houses. some are powerhouses but that's the exception.

personal referrals and references seem to be the only way to be fairly sure you're getting someone who's worth your time. and even then....that assurance failed me once already when we bought our house.

WRXtranceformed · 03-20-2018, 12:42 PM

We have wasps in the attic apparently. Awesome. I've seen one or two before but they seem to have multiplied.

I went to college so I didn't have to get stung by wasps. I'm outsourcing this one

**JustinG** · (This post was last modified: 03-20-2018, 01:25 PM by JustinG.)

(03-20-2018, 12:42 PM)WRXtranceformed Wrote: We have wasps in the attic apparently. Awesome. I've seen one or two before but they seem to have multiplied.

I went to college so I didn't have to get stung by wasps. I'm outsourcing this one

Parents had this in their attic. It was the size of a 5 gallon bucket. They had no idea til a tree fell on their house and they had to peel the roof off.

Hornet's nest. [Image: 2e1246a42fe2881e7bcfe2c1ef9b6727.jpg]

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ScottyB · 03-20-2018, 01:59 PM

JustinG Wrote:Parents had this in their attic. It was the size of a 5 gallon bucket. They had no idea til a tree fell on their house and they had to peel the roof off.

this is when you get Jake's dad involved and make this someone else's problem. i hear Iceland is nice this time of year.

**JustinG** · (This post was last modified: 03-20-2018, 02:08 PM by JustinG.)

The contractors noticed a bunch of dead hornets. The PM then called the exterminators and had it taken care of.

***ViPER1313*** · 03-20-2018, 02:11 PM

Could be worse

https://youtu.be/_lGHI1Iwumc

Sijray21 · 03-20-2018, 02:14 PM

(03-20-2018, 02:11 PM)ViPER1313 Wrote: Could be worse

https://youtu.be/_lGHI1Iwumc

NOPE.

that's why fire was invented

WRXtranceformed · (This post was last modified: 03-20-2018, 03:52 PM by WRXtranceformed.)

Good news, inside/outside/attic are sprayed.

Bad news, guy tore the shit out of the attic tent with his backpack sprayer. Noticed it after he left.

Good news: Wifey is good at sewing things so between my Gorilla taping and her sewing skills we'll probably be alright

Also: My God that hornets nest would freak me out if I saw it!!

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