For all of you guys who are homeowners or newly owned

[NDAlum]

Re: For all of you guys who are homeowners or newly owned

You piss me off so much with your handiness

I can barely put a nail in the wall

/jealousrant

[Phobia]

Re: For all of you guys who are homeowners or newly owned

You piss me off so much with your handiness

I can barely put a nail in the wall

/jealousrant

Breaking stuff ?????

lol we will see what the post pictures look like this weekend :wink:

On a side note, I gotta find a hammer drill. The damn toilet ring that attaches the toilet to the floor is so rusted out it is basically gone. I went bought a brass replacement but I got to anchor it to the concrete. Talk about pain in the *** last time I had to do it.

Spoiler

Joking aside, it should come out good. I'm just ready to chill for a little while with the house. It is always something.

[aukevin]

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I had a problem develop in a small half bath in back of my house. It is a bathroom that we never use but I walked in and found water under the vanity. Come to find out the on/off connections had been leaking a while and never shown because it was leaking down back wall then under the tile floor settling along the sheetrock and baseboards. Talk about a total pain in the ***.

I ripped everything out, bought all new vanity, toilet, hardware for the sink, and tiles for the floor. I hate cutting and laying ceramic tiles but I gotta do what I gotta do.

Ripped all this out Saturday, letting it fully dry out till Wednesday, then going to start installing new sheetrock this Thursday, hopefully by Sunday I can have it complete with a post picture lol

When I was selling my old house last year the inspector found that my guest bathroom had been leaking for a while under the floor. All the wood underneath was rotten and it was basically just the tile holding people up. Whole floor had to be replaced. Good thing you have the know-how to fix it yourself, it cost me over $2k to have it done.

[ScoobySnax]

I wish I was handy. I'd be doing all sorts of crap.

[LowerWolf]

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My house needs so much work, meanwhile I'm proud that I was able to unclog the garbage disposal.

[Phobia]

Re: For all of you guys who are homeowners or newly owned

When I was selling my old house last year the inspector found that my guest bathroom had been leaking for a while under the floor. All the wood underneath was rotten and it was basically just the tile holding people up. Whole floor had to be replaced. Good thing you have the know-how to fix it yourself, it cost me over $2k to have it done.

Yea doing things myself has saved me thousands and thousands. Hell I put on my own roof little more than a year ago. Put in every window in my house with Low E double pane argon filled windows, put down all new wood floors through out about 3/4 of the house, remodeled the entire main bathroom, new counter tops for the kitchen, ripped out everything from the laundry room and installed new hot water tank, and now remodeling entire 1/2 bath in back of house. I'm a room or two away from a complete remodel

I'm not toot tooting my own horn but just acknowledging if I had to pay someone for all that WOW it would be wayyyyy up there in cost. Hell my dad remodeled his back patio/outdoor kitchen and it costed him 30,000 dollars. I could of did entire thing myself for under 5,000 easy!

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: For all of you guys who are homeowners or newly owned

And in between remodeling parts of your house, you still find time to get your kayak fishing in and PC gaming in. I am starting to believe you don't ever sleep.

[Slymm]

Re: For all of you guys who are homeowners or newly owned

Put an offer down last week that was accepted. We have the home inspection tomorrow. The waiting is the hardest part. I'm hearing 35-40 days from the acceptance of the offer to close is what I can expect.

[ScoobySnax]

Congrats man!

[Phobia]

And in between remodeling parts of your house, you still find time to get your kayak fishing in and PC gaming in. I am starting to believe you don't ever sleep.

Don't forget I'm also in college full time and work 40 hours a week also(mon-fri 7:30 to 5). Plus getting married in 4 months

In serious I'm so busy it makes my head spin. I work all day then I get as much school I can while on the clock. Nothing beats basically getting paid at work to do school work. Then I get off, head home and play Xbox/PC for hour or two a night. Cook some supper and get ready for the next day.

The weekends I load the kayak up Friday evening after work, wake up at 4am Saturday morning and head out. Sunday is either my recover day or another day to do something on the house. I have to choose fishing or house remodeling and it's a tough call each week


Sent from da lil phone.

[aukevin]

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Installed some post lights in the four corners of my pool this weekend. They look good. They had a kit at Lowe's that had all you needed other than running the wire underground. It makes the pool area look very cool.

[WTF]

Re: For all of you guys who are homeowners or newly owned

Anyone ever bought a home that was For Sale By Owner? We're looking at doing this, but really unsure of how to go about it. We're preapproved for well over their asking price, but our last go round, we had a Realtor who handled the offer, etc. Is there a standardized form?

[aukevin]

Re: For all of you guys who are homeowners or newly owned

Anyone ever bought a home that was For Sale By Owner? We're looking at doing this, but really unsure of how to go about it. We're preapproved for well over their asking price, but our last go round, we had a Realtor who handled the offer, etc. Is there a standardized form?

From a selling stand point, I had a realtor that would handle the closing stuff for me for 1% of the sell of the house if I found a buyer on my own, rather than the 6%. Maybe you could find a realtor that does something like that from the buyers side? I know I wouldn't want to deal with the offer, inspections, and closing papers on my own.

[cardsfan2222]

Re: For all of you guys who are homeowners or newly owned

Anyone ever bought a home that was For Sale By Owner? We're looking at doing this, but really unsure of how to go about it. We're preapproved for well over their asking price, but our last go round, we had a Realtor who handled the offer, etc. Is there a standardized form?

I don't know if you have an Assist 2 Sell office near you, but when my wife and I were considering doing that they would handle all of the paperwork for around $1500. There are also real estate lawyers that can handle that kind of thing. I would definitely hire someone, as with that big of a purchase you don't want to make any type of mistake that could cost you more later.

[mgoblue]

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I have a crazy vine type weed that I can't get rid of in our flower bed. Is there a spray that's safe for flowers but will kill the weeds? I keep pulling them (takes forever) but always comes back. It's horrible now since I was gone on vacation for 3 weeks.

Any advice for weeds in areas with flowers/plants (so I can't use roundup)? Thanks!