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The [House] thread and the people who live in them.

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  • DaimarDaimar A Million Feet Tall of Awesome Registered User regular
    You want to see worlds worst drywall job?
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    When I first saw that I thought it was a collapsed ceiling, not something someone did on purpose.

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    I wonder how much it'd cost to pay a maid to do my laundry for me.

    Most college towns have laundry services that will pick up your laundry, wash it and fold it, and deliver it back to your house for a couple dollars a pound. Such as Lazy Bones Laundry.

    You still have to put it away, but you could probably Taskrabbit that for a pretty low rate.

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    During World War 2, my grandmother would mail her laundry to her mother, who would wash, wring, press and iron it all, then mail it back to her

    And yes, my grandmother was a narcissistic monster of a mother to her own kids

  • DelzhandDelzhand Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited February 2018
    Everyone put your laundry away while it's still warm from the dryer. Y'all're adults with yer own got dang dwellings. Take the ten minutes and enjoy clean clothes that aren't wrinkled to hell and back!

    I've got a shirt that comes out of the dryer wrinkled. It's a collared shirt with breast pockets, and I don't know what it's made of but I never want another shirt made of that in my life. The pockets and collar just bunch up and won't smooth out. I'll hang up my clothes right out of the laundry but I'll be damned if I'm going to iron anything that isn't a dress shirt I'll need inside of 3 days.

    Delzhand on
  • StrikorStrikor Calibrations? Calibrations! Registered User regular
    Not only do I keep my clothes in a cardboard box, but the cats occasionally sleep on it. Adulting is hard work.

  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    I finally got good at chores once I realized I'd accidentally married someone who was going to win the game of chicken with my standards and decency every.single. time.

    It's kinda like bloodbourne, where she has enough insight to *notice* that we're out of clean dishes, or that a dress came back just slightly still wet, but not quite enough to sense the preceding piles of dishes or clothes that she's presumably wading through in my clunky metaphor.

    I'm not even bitter anymore- I like my nice house! And absolutely no one appreciates someone having to come in behind them and clean the bathroom *again* because you didn't do it right the first time, so it's really better this way for everybody

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    I think @Moriveth would admit that he's grown to like my house standards and he does help maintain them now too (even if he thinks I go overboard)

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Yes, I do.

    ... You maniac.

  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    EXTRAODINARILY dry!

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    I believe this post is the sole reason this gin exists

    Are you saying this is not a good gin?

  • pimentopimento she/they/pim Registered User regular
    Everyone put your laundry away while it's still warm from the dryer. Y'all're adults with yer own got dang dwellings. Take the ten minutes and enjoy clean clothes that aren't wrinkled to hell and back!

    What's the bylaws regarding people who don't have a dryer? All my stuff is hung up on my clothesline because I live in an area of the world where that's possible year 'round.

  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2018
    D-day for the stained glass. This will be replaced with what basically amounts to a sheet of plastic for a month before being put back - repaired and encapsulated.
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    You can also see the curtain that's attached with only 2 hooks because it's too high to be able to replace them, and the curtain rail is metal and from the fifties so it's not worth it even if I could.

    It's hard to take pictures of the waviness of it, but this rose sits out about 50mm further than the panel below the metal rod, there.
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    There's also damage to a bunch of the panels -- luckily it's just the plain ones or I'd be selling both kidneys instead of one to pay for it. These two cracks have a 5mm air gap at the base which makes an eerie whistling noise when it gets windy
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    SporkAndrew on
    The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Well, that took an hour and a half for a guy on a rickety ladder to remove the panels from the outside and replace them with plain, toughened single-glazed sheets. Turns out that the guy that told me they'd be replaced with a poly-carbonate sheet thought that the frames were already PVC, so it's a nice surprise to have actual glass -- especially where the window is.
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    The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    Within a couple of days, I will receive:

    - a columnar apple tree that makes green apples (my current two are red and golden apples)
    - an olive tree

    Tonight I worked on some stuff in my front yard to prepare for the third tree. I'd actually already started some changes in the front, that I've been working on slowly through the past year. Namely, instead of having two separate border rings around my trees, I changed it to an extended curvy border that flows along my front walkway and partially borders my driveway. What I was in need of doing there was to add some weed canvas to the newly expanded area, to pour paver sand over it to keep it down, and to add mulch. For the new tree, I extended my border further down my driveway to encompass the new tree, and started a hole.

    I have plenty enough paver sand and weed canvas, but I ran out of mulch pretty quick. Still I'm pretty proud of where I'm at.

    Pictures aren't great at night, but here they are just the same:
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    I included the third image not only to show the future location of my third apple tree, but also to show I've extended my wood border down my driveway. I intend to do the same on the other side of my drive but haven't started yet.

    "excuse my French
    But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
    - Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    That is some beautiful stained glass, @SporkAndrew !

  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Elvenshae wrote: »
    That is some beautiful stained glass, @SporkAndrew !

    It's part of the reason we bought the house. Hopefully we can get it looking like new again and restore some of the character

    In the meantime that hallway is depressing. It's amazing how drab it looks without that splash of colour

    The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    When it starts to warm up in a few months I am going to start doing some landscaping in my backyard, with the main focus on trying to create privacy.

    I have to say, I really like the inside of this house I bought but the backyard leaves a lot to be desired. The house is a 3 bedroom, 1600 square foot "linked home" meaning the foundation is attached to the neighbour's but above ground it is detached. Its in a packed suburb and the backyard has basically zero privacy. For instance, right next to my kitchen is a sliding door into the backyard, and I can clearly see directly into my rear neighbour's kitchen area. When in the actual backyard you can see everyone's backyard around you and vice versa. I'm probably going to put in bushes/trees around the perimeter to help with this, I just need to figure out what ones.

    The backyard has a deck that is quite nice but actually doesn't help with the privacy problem, because it is raised about knee-height off the ground (it is level with the main floor of the house). Its like.... 10 feet x 25 feet....ish? I'm interested in perhaps adding lattice walls, or considering other ideas. I mean, I want to not have everyone in my business but I also don't want to make the deck feel all boxed in. If the deck wasn't there when I bought the house I would probably have put an interlocking brick pad down, with stairs going down from the door. But the deck is actually nice so no reason to get rid of it.

    The backyards are all packed so close that true privacy is impossible, even with sight lines blocked sound will be an issue. But I need to do something here or I will never want to even hang out in my backyard.

  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    Just start hanging out nude in your yard. The neighbors will eventually be trained to stay inside. Problem solved.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Al_wat wrote: »
    When it starts to warm up in a few months I am going to start doing some landscaping in my backyard, with the main focus on trying to create privacy.

    I have to say, I really like the inside of this house I bought but the backyard leaves a lot to be desired. The house is a 3 bedroom, 1600 square foot "linked home" meaning the foundation is attached to the neighbour's but above ground it is detached. Its in a packed suburb and the backyard has basically zero privacy. For instance, right next to my kitchen is a sliding door into the backyard, and I can clearly see directly into my rear neighbour's kitchen area. When in the actual backyard you can see everyone's backyard around you and vice versa. I'm probably going to put in bushes/trees around the perimeter to help with this, I just need to figure out what ones.

    The backyard has a deck that is quite nice but actually doesn't help with the privacy problem, because it is raised about knee-height off the ground (it is level with the main floor of the house). Its like.... 10 feet x 25 feet....ish? I'm interested in perhaps adding lattice walls, or considering other ideas. I mean, I want to not have everyone in my business but I also don't want to make the deck feel all boxed in. If the deck wasn't there when I bought the house I would probably have put an interlocking brick pad down, with stairs going down from the door. But the deck is actually nice so no reason to get rid of it.

    The backyards are all packed so close that true privacy is impossible, even with sight lines blocked sound will be an issue. But I need to do something here or I will never want to even hang out in my backyard.

    If your climate is compatible, Wooly Bushes can be easily trained into neat hedges which are extremely hardy and very low maintenance. They're also very very soft to the touch, and great at blocking sight and sound.

  • I ZimbraI Zimbra Worst song, played on ugliest guitar Registered User regular
  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    sure if you loan me 1.5mil to build the same house in California.

    bnet: TheStig#1787 Steam: TheStig
  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Nice after the fact shitty plywood ramp they have there

    Really ties the room together

  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    I wonder how much cocaine is embedded in those carpets

  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    When you actually open the link, damn that house has a LOT of rooms and it also seriously needs to be gutted and renovated. It could be made into an amazing place after hundreds of thousands of dollars of work.

    That is like, still a million dollar house cause thats how much you're going to have to spend anyways

  • I ZimbraI Zimbra Worst song, played on ugliest guitar Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Nice after the fact shitty plywood ramp they have there

    Really ties the room together

    If you click through all the pictures you can see it's been retrofitted to be handicap accessible with ramps and toilet risers and such. I think it's kind of sweet, actually. I like to think of an elderly swinger determined to stay in his home so he doesn't have to leave behind his memories of anonymous, coke-fueled sex parties.

  • ToxTox I kill threads they/themRegistered User regular
    So houses here are selling fast as fuck. Well, at least in the part of town we're trying to move to.

    There were two that were relatively identical (same floor plan but reversed and aesthetic differences), and within 5 days both were contingent.

    fuckin....

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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    I legit love that house.

  • djmitchelladjmitchella Registered User regular
    That house is incredible. It has a mirrored four poster bed:

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    and the coloured lights for the changing rooms next to the sauna:
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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    The sauna has carpet.

    ugh.....

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    gotta collect the semen with something

    bnet: TheStig#1787 Steam: TheStig
  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    Put that in calligraphy on the wall

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    I bet you $100 that house was owned by Larry Flint

    bnet: TheStig#1787 Steam: TheStig
  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    Why are all three of those steps at different heights?

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • pimentopimento she/they/pim Registered User regular
    edited February 2018
    bowen wrote: »
    Why are all three of those steps at different heights?

    The foreground floor is pitched to allow water to run off.. but then someone probably carpetted over the drain hole.

    pimento on
  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    pimento wrote: »
    bowen wrote: »
    Why are all three of those steps at different heights?

    The foreground floor is pitched to allow water to run off.. but then someone probably carpetted over the drain hole.

    Hmm, so you're saying this room is a large room that's slanting towards the sauna which causes the steps to get progressively taller?

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • pimentopimento she/they/pim Registered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    pimento wrote: »
    bowen wrote: »
    Why are all three of those steps at different heights?

    The foreground floor is pitched to allow water to run off.. but then someone probably carpetted over the drain hole.

    Hmm, so you're saying this room is a large room that's slanting towards the sauna which causes the steps to get progressively taller?

    Yea - those three doors are visible in the shot of the pool, so it seems to me that they pitched the floor around the pool for reasons.

  • ToxTox I kill threads they/themRegistered User regular
    Hey @bowen I found a thread from a while back (okay a decade ago it was a google search don't judge me) where you were looking into converting a gas home into all-electric

    How'd that go? Besides replacing appliances and the admin cost of disconnecting gas, were there any other costs? How much time did you have/take to do it?

    We're...rather gas averse, but we're finding a lot of homes say they have natural gas. Right now, we're not 100% what that even means (especially when I see what appears to be an electric stovetop range!), but if it's as straightforward as replacing appliances, then while that is likely an expensive endeavor, it's not an impossible task.

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    Gas hookups are generally for boilers/water heaters as it's generally cheaper/better than electric resistance heating. It depends on climate though. If you live somewhere with a real winter and no augments like solar, going electric is likely a bad idea as heat pumps lose efficiency in really low temps.

  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    Finally finished clearing out the spare room and moving stuff in yesterday. Best part is moving in some of the bookshelves, so now we have more space in the general living area.

    Still hoping we can keep it going and clear out the closets and the garage, so we can use them for better storage and make even more room.

  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    Also switching the major stuff will not be cheap, as if you have hot water baseboards or a furnace you'll have to completely change how heat is delivered. With appliances you'll need an electrician to add a plug and rewire, potentially add breakers/service.
    Natural gas is awesome, efficiency wise.

  • DelzhandDelzhand Registered User, Transition Team regular
    If you're averse to natural gas for environmental reasons, consider that the power plant you're drawing electricity from is probably running on fossil fuels unless you've got a hydroelectric or nuclear plant nearby.

    That said, our house is all electric and it's nice just to have everything on a single bill.

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