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Post by UltimateTrekker on May 25, 2002 22:53:36 GMT -5
Before confusing some, Ezri has changed her board name to Rhai (to match her RPG character) We got a house.. we got a house... Now we have 33 days to pick which bank will give us the money.. get the money to the seller, and pick up our keys on June 28th. Then we rip out some walls, all the kitchen and redo that before moving in... then we need to rip of the roof on the deck, replace the plaster walls with drywall, paint, insilate the back porch, extend the second bedroom, update the bathroom, pretty up the basement, redo the roof, jack up the front a bit and fix the ugly patch job on the hardwood floor, knock out the front closet and reclaim the master bedroom space, replace the chain link fence with an 8 foot back that lowers to 5-6 on the sides, trim the hedges, repair (paint) the 1 car detached garage... uhhh... Oh yeah RIP Out the ugly carpet OVER The maple hardwood floors in the living and dining. And a new front door. Replace the styrofoam covering the frost wall on the sides of the home, do SOMETHING with the gravel/grass/concrete paver driveway thingy. That should just about do it. Then sell it for 50K more than we paid, give my mom back the 10K she put in + 20K more (her have of the profit) we keep the other 20K and all equity (about 1-3K) and use that as a down payment on ANOTHER home that we will likely put as much work into, but LIVE there for another 13 years after that before BUILDING our parent retirement house (at 41 all kids will be out of high school). Well, that's the GENERAL plan.  |
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Post by Christina on May 26, 2002 4:22:02 GMT -5
Sounds like buying a house is a lot more straight forward over there.
And I love the line 'pick which bank will give us the money' LOL
Over here it would be find a bank willing to get its finger out and agree to the mortgage within the timescale... not easy!
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Post by StolenThunder on May 26, 2002 5:40:10 GMT -5
Congratulations... And good luck! Edit : I just realised that I spelt 'congratulations' wrong...  |
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Post by Nolo on May 26, 2002 8:29:51 GMT -5
Before confusing some, Ezri has changed her board name to Rhai (to match her RPG character) Then we rip out some walls, all the kitchen and redo that before moving in... then we need to rip of the roof on the deck, replace the plaster walls with drywall, paint, insilate the back porch, extend the second bedroom, update the bathroom, pretty up the basement, redo the roof, jack up the front a bit and fix the ugly patch job on the hardwood floor, knock out the front closet and reclaim the master bedroom space, replace the chain link fence with an 8 foot back that lowers to 5-6 on the sides, trim the hedges, repair (paint) the 1 car detached garage... uhhh... Oh yeah RIP Out the ugly carpet COVER The maple hardwood floors in the living and dining. And a new front door. Replace the styrofoam covering the frost wall on the sides of the home, do SOMETHING with the gravel/grass/concrete paver driveway thingy. Sounds like building a house from scratch is less work. Good luck with the plans I hope you schedule to spend some time with us to! |
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Post by StolenThunder on May 26, 2002 9:15:48 GMT -5
Good luck with the plans I hope you schedule to spend some time with us to! Talking of that, it's good to see you around, Nolo... |
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Post by Zeph on May 26, 2002 9:32:51 GMT -5
Wait a minute.... You mean I am no longer going to live just a few miles away from my friends the Spacedock Admins? How am I supposed to run my puppet government of Spacedock if you are further away? Um, did I just say that? What I meant was.............. (Like you are all believing this) Seriously Qab and I are very happy for you and hope all goes well, and if sometime you have a project that you need some cheap labor help, Will work for UT's cooking (Oh I can see it now : Episode 1, UT & Zeph's Excelent Home Depot adventure) |
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Post by Elric3960 on May 28, 2002 0:02:11 GMT -5
BEST OF LUCK IN SECURING YOUR #1 BIGGEST SINGLE INVESTMENT, UT & RHAI(?)
Sorry I'm not a neighbor like Zeph & Qab, otherwise I would say that if you needed help moving and painting, will work for pepperoni pizza and a 2-litre bottle of orange soda!
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Post by Aurian on May 28, 2002 4:37:31 GMT -5
Sounds like you have your work cut out for you! Good plan And good luck to you all ;D *I can help! Just send me the planetickets!  8) * May the house(s) be blessed with all of happiness |
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Post by UltimateTrekker on May 28, 2002 8:05:10 GMT -5
Just read your Avatar's quote Aur... with phrases like that (and a spare $1000) I'd fly you over. As for Building Nolo? That's in the future.. Unfortunatly, you must find land to build on and that is usually expensive and hard to find something where you want it. (My friends are doing that and since they are doing most of the work themselves, they're getting a 200K home for about 150. 40 of that is the land! My dad has some land and someday we'll build our home out there, AFTER the kids are gone. That way we won't be one of those old couples trying to upkeep a 5 bedroom home. Also, to build you need someone to give you money ASSUMING you'll use it properly for a home WORTH that amount... that's VERY hard when you got bad credit. As for Zeph's offer, I'd take it back if I were you! You'll definetly be invited for a visit once things calm down a little bit. |
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Post by Dohlman on May 28, 2002 8:13:45 GMT -5
Oh, congrats, Ez...er Rhai and UT! ;D Ez-Rhai Sounds like a lot of work! Whew! But why cover the hardwood floors? |
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Post by UltimateTrekker on May 28, 2002 8:18:17 GMT -5
It was an older couple, so a softer warmer floor wal likely more convienient for them.
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Post by Rhai on May 28, 2002 9:33:37 GMT -5
I think the confusion was that you said we were going to COVER the hardwood.. what he meant was we are getting rid of the carpet OVER the hard wood floors! Yes! I am looking forward to getting rid of that nasty carpet and looking at the maple floors beneath.. (they are in the living/dining/master bed/2nd bedroom) Only 31 days to go! |
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Post by Zeph on May 29, 2002 9:35:30 GMT -5
My offer stands UT, Good excuse to get that pair of Bib overalls I have been drooling over  . truly though if you want a little help we would be there for you my friend. |
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Post by Mentat Tir on May 29, 2002 14:12:59 GMT -5
I know I've told you both in private, but I'm sooo happy for you two! I'm sure that's a load off your minds.
Congrats on owning your very own moneypit. ;D
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Post by Rhai on May 29, 2002 20:04:00 GMT -5
30 days till closing.. we got an awesome interest rate too.. 6.25% !!!!!!
WHOOO HOOOOOOO! I am not the least bit excited!
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. truly though if you want a little help we would be there for you my friend.