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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Some strikingly beauitful illustrations of why one should hire a good home inspector.  Nice and toasty. And from 2013:  quote:Soffit Bone – This was a flipped house in Minneapolis that had a bone sticking out of the soffit right above the front door. Why? How? No idea.
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"gently caress it, this is faster and we're not being paid enough to care.  "
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Phanatic posted:Cheapass vacation shack in a national park, I believe.
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May 26, 2017 04:17
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If you pull the cord hard enough, the fence shifts and reveals stairs to a bonus level.
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Jun 15, 2017 21:48
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But see it's rustic and creative and upcycling. Worrying about things like 'poison' and 'structural integrity' is for the poors.
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Jun 20, 2017 18:07
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canyoneer posted:I'm going to spend thousands of dollar on furniture and decorations to evoke a folksy, simple, "country life" like I'm dustbowl farmer Hollis Brown living on the outside of town
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Facebook Aunt posted:http://www.thesunnysideupblog.com/2016/06/powder-bathroom-summer-refresh/
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Bad Munki posted:I hate wire shelving with a passion and I will irl fight anyone who thinks it's ever a good idea, come at me 
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Jun 24, 2017 02:18
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Only the finest of An Arts for her lawyer foyer.
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Jun 27, 2017 03:12
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NancyPants posted:It would probably make a lot more trouble for them when they start charging people to look at photos for which they don't own the copyright.
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Jun 28, 2017 21:25
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WebDog posted:Oh yeah. People move here from Europe and freeze as proper glazing and insulation is pretty uncommon especially in older places.  I shudder to think what the heating bills are like over there.
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The rent is too damned high. We need to let people live in trucks, glorified cardboard boxes, and literal cardboard boxes instead of trying to fix the housing catastrofuck.
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Jul 11, 2017 22:42
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Phanatic posted:And also because you're not allowed to build a building in San Francisco that's higher than 40 loving feet(*) because the people who already live there prefer having their unobstructed views to affordable housing. "NIMBYs wanted us to limit new development, so we did. NIMBYs also wanted us to limit building heights, so we did. Also we have a hosed up law that encourages all sorts of tomfoolery when buying/selling a house, just so you don't lose that sweet locked-in low property tax. Excuse us while we move in more tech bros and forget that people with lower incomes exist."
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Jul 12, 2017 02:08
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I know we're all focused on the drop ceiling, but check those sink cabinets. Why the ventilation slits? Afraid your toilet paper might suffocate in there?
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Jul 13, 2017 04:10
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kid sinister posted:
HERS *pink, gentler curving pattern in mirror, fancy tiles* At least I'm assuming that's the batshit logic behind those countertop choices.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:15
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WebDog posted:What on earth is that white thing stuck under the cabinet? A radio? quote:
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Jul 13, 2017 19:04
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HERAK posted:I never understand why when things like this happen they don't immediately attempt to unplug it and remove it from their hone.  It's just plastic, it's not like it can catch on fire or anything.
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Jul 14, 2017 23:30
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I think I have that exact lovely $10 floor lamp. Except it's in the living room as god intended. Also in a structure that won't fall over if you look at it funny.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Man, what the hell is that roof made out of that they can fall through it so easily?
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Jul 26, 2017 22:56
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I'm starting to think we as a nation gave up on good architecture after realizing there's no way to make a garage look good.
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ohgodwhat posted:Unfortunately, the people crying about it are wealthy donors and people with too much time on their hands. Trying to make roads safer by making them wider and straighter just leads to people driving faster & more recklessly, parking mandates waste a lot of space and make property more expensive, car-centric planning in general makes places less pleasant to live in(and rarely makes them more pleasant to drive in, counterintuitively enough), etc.
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mycomancy posted:wallpaper timestamp posted:Aug 6, 2017  Did wallpaper come back in style without me noticing? I always figured it was one of those ancient trends people gladly buried, only seen in places that haven't been updated since the 50s.
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I'm a filthy millenial surrounded by other filthy millenials who are mostly too broke to buy houses, so maybe wallpaper just isn't on our collective radar.  The Twinkie Czar posted:I bet there are plenty of average Americans who have spent their whole lives surrounded by four white drywall walls. It might explain a few things in these threads.
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Aug 7, 2017 07:48
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Bonus round: Check out the old zillow listing with pics ripped from airbnb. They're trying so hard to get good angles for this poo poo.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:When I got there, some guy in a beat up pickup was riding out of the dump with the carpet rolls in the back of his truck. Baronjutter posted:I just have such a hard time understanding how people can live like that. Yeah I've seen shows like Hoarders, but tons of probably not mentally ill people just seem fine with filth and half the stuff in their house being broken. Like it just creeps up on them? But even a frog will in fact hop out of a pot once it gets too hot.
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Aug 30, 2017 00:20
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Selachian posted:I'm the big jug of Lysol on the dresser with the deer heads. 
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I've yet to see a home automation thing that was substantially better than just using a timer, maybe with different times for different days of the week (like your average 7-day thermostat). The stuff that actually is practical is a lot less flashy and generally not over-complicated, so it's hard to brag about using it.
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Too literal? They're supposed to be flowers, supposedly.
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From a couple pages back, which got lost in cookingchat, but: Could someone explain what exactly is going on here? Is the water coming out that hot because of bad piping, or what?
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Feb 1, 2018 23:24
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The_end posted:Carpet is gross. Get rugs instead.
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Feb 8, 2018 20:03
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It's not just terrible carpet, it's terrible carpet right next to a pool. Wonder how many yards of mold are growing underneath that thing.
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Feb 21, 2018 02:19
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The Locator posted:That monstrosity is only $375,000. drat.. just the lot would probably be double that or more anywhere even close to town around Phoenix.
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But if they don't maintain the illusion of how much value they're (not) adding, a lot of people might not use realtors at all, or insist on ones that actually care about the client's interests! 
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I have another, even safer way: 1)Take a sledgehammer to those stairs. 2)Build new stairs.
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quote:It is difficult for children and the elderly to use our stair. In addition, the handrails do not meet the baluster (vertical rail) requirements for residential stairs. Children could easily fall through the rails to the ground below. quote:"There’s a few caveats, though. Falls on this steep pitch could be serious, so the handrail is important. Using the handrail means you will only have one hand to carry things. And since people aren’t used to these stairs, they require PRACTICE. It might take just two or three uses to get that practice, but practice is essential. Several times I have observed a physically unfit and uncoordinated person taking their first trip down these stairs (you come down forwards just like on a regular stair), misjudging the second or third step, then stumbling a bit. They catch themselves with a hand on the handrail and then get down fine. After two or three uses they have no problem anymore. A physically coordinated person often has no stumbles at all." Like I get that site's looking into it as a space-saving thing, but there's a reason the average home doesn't save space by using weird stairs. Haifisch fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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That can't be right, there's no mention of a mysterious alchemy circle in the basement.
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Jaded Burnout posted:I'm sorry I think you mean climate-controlled eco-homes with a fully finished basement.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:If it started with me I was complaining mainly about the soot. But also people are dumb as poo poo and will burn their houses down. ). I'm pretty sure mine has a 'no candles' policy too, although it's obviously never getting enforced unless you're an idiot and something outside the candle gets burned.
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GreenNight posted:This has some good pictures about hosed up structural issues  quote:Did a structural assessment for this home and the lady was wondering why her home was sloping 7 inches. Some classic LA settlement.  quote:May not look like much, but a single toddler jumps and that set of stairs and deck come down.  quote:It may look somewhat stable..but touching it with a hammer would turn it to dust. Also, the pipe on the ground broke in half when we moved it.  quote:Duct tape...It will work.  quote:A car jack perhaps?  quote:This is a first  quote:Yeah...that's not legal.
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