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jmonroe1

driver100 said:

@stickguy We're not suppose to talk about specialty parking spaces

I think it’s very considerate that they should have a parking spot for a fat guy with one leg who wants to grill. It’s the right thing to do. And the more folks we have in this world that are like that the better off we’re all going to be.

It’s a new year. You have to be a more kinder, gentler, understanding person.

jmonroe

driver100

It’s a new year. You have to be a more kinder, gentler, understanding person.

jmonroe

Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

kyfdx

driver100 said:

It’s a new year. You have to be a more kinder, gentler, understanding person.

jmonroe

Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

"I have nothing I can improve on."

NOW, you have something.

ab348

"I once feared that I had made a mistake, but it turns out I was in error."

graphicguy

Well…found out why my real estate bid went ignored. Apparently, instead of having an inspection done before putting the house on the market. They found mold. I recalled my bid. Might reinvestigate it again. But, from what the real estate agent told me, the mold remediation will not be cheap. And, she doesn’t know if the current owners can cover it.

Lots of ins and outs on this one. I can’t even imagine how big the mold remediation bill would be that the current owners could not take out a mortgage (2nd?) against the value of the property.

Was pretty excited there for a bit. C’est la vie!

snakeweasel

@driver100 said:
Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

Please don't give me straight lines like that, I only have so much self control.

tjc78

@graphicguy said:
Well…found out why my real estate bid went ignored. Apparently, instead of having an inspection done before putting the house on the market. They found mold. I recalled my bid. Might reinvestigate it again. But, from what the real estate agent told me, the mold remediation will not be cheap. And, she doesn’t know if the current owners can cover it.

Lots of ins and outs on this one. I can’t even imagine how big the mold remediation bill would be that the current owners could not take out a mortgage (2nd?) against the value of the property.

Was pretty excited there for a bit. C’est la vie!

My Mom’s house had surface mold on the framing in the attic due to poor ventilation and very similar conditions in the crawl space. It was not all that expensive to rectify. It was under 10K. They did some preventative work to increase circulation, laid a vapor barrier in the crawl space and then sprayed the mold.

jmonroe1

kyfdx said:

driver100 said:

It’s a new year. You have to be a more kinder, gentler, understanding person.

jmonroe

Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

"I have nothing I can improve on."

NOW, you have something.

Yeah, what rock has he been under?

jmonroe

stickguy

A project like that can work in your favor, if it makes the house hard to sell and you can get it cheap to more than offset the fix. Especially if you were planning a lot of remodeling anyway.

imidazol97

snakeweasel said:

@driver100 said:

Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

Please don't give me straight lines like that, I only have so much self control.

I won't even mention @driver100's ending the sentence with a preposition.

jmonroe1

graphicguy said:

Well…found out why my real estate bid went ignored. Apparently, instead of having an inspection done before putting the house on the market. They found mold. I recalled my bid. Might reinvestigate it again. But, from what the real estate agent told me, the mold remediation will not be cheap. And, she doesn’t know if the current owners can cover it.

Lots of ins and outs on this one. I can’t even imagine how big the mold remediation bill would be that the current owners could not take out a mortgage (2nd?) against the value of the property.

Was pretty excited there for a bit. C’est la vie!

Damn, I hope we can get our deposits back on the U-Hauls without getting a good shellacking. I guess @stickguy can hold onto the drop cloth he bought to protect the bed of his Maverick from getting pizza sauce splashed on it for something else. To be honest we would have preferred a Spring move anyway.

Good luck with your future searching.

jmonroe

sda

Ending a sentence with a preposition is now ok, sort of. LOL. I remember in freshman English if a paper had a run on sentence, a sentence fragment, lacked proper punctuation or ended in a preposition that earned an automatic 'F'.

jmonroe1

imidazol97 said:

snakeweasel said:

@driver100 said:

Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

Please don't give me straight lines like that, I only have so much self control.

I won't even mention @driver100's ending the sentence with a preposition.


I don’t like to see that either. I wonder what he did that for?

jmonroe

jmonroe1

sda said:

Ending a sentence with a preposition is now ok, sort of. LOL. I remember in freshman English if a paper had a run on sentence, a sentence fragment, lacked proper punctuation or ended in a preposition that earned an automatic 'F'.

I didn’t have to be a freshman to learn that. That’s why 5th grade was the worst 3 years of my life.

jmonroe

driver100

sda said:

Ending a sentence with a preposition is now ok, sort of. LOL. I remember in freshman English if a paper had a run on sentence, a sentence fragment, lacked proper punctuation or ended in a preposition that earned an automatic 'F'.

Yah, I'm writing for dinosaurs who aren't up to date on this kind of stuff.

driver100

kyfdx said:

driver100 said:

It’s a new year. You have to be a more kinder, gentler, understanding person.

jmonroe

Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

"I have nothing I can improve on."

NOW, you have something.

I guess there is one thing...I have to install better grammar check.

oldfarmer50

graphicguy said:

Well…found out why my real estate bid went ignored. Apparently, instead of having an inspection done before putting the house on the market. They found mold. I recalled my bid. Might reinvestigate it again. But, from what the real estate agent told me, the mold remediation will not be cheap. And, she doesn’t know if the current owners can cover it.

Lots of ins and outs on this one. I can’t even imagine how big the mold remediation bill would be that the current owners could not take out a mortgage (2nd?) against the value of the property.

Was pretty excited there for a bit. C’est la vie!

I think there’s an episode of King of the Hill that covers mold remediation pretty good.

https://youtu.be/iqE_PreRzTQ

graphicguy

tjc78 said:

@graphicguy said:

Well…found out why my real estate bid went ignored. Apparently, instead of having an inspection done before putting the house on the market. They found mold. I recalled my bid. Might reinvestigate it again. But, from what the real estate agent told me, the mold remediation will not be cheap. And, she doesn’t know if the current owners can cover it.

Lots of ins and outs on this one. I can’t even imagine how big the mold remediation bill would be that the current owners could not take out a mortgage (2nd?) against the value of the property.

Was pretty excited there for a bit. C’est la vie!

My Mom’s house had surface mold on the framing in the attic due to poor ventilation and very similar conditions in the crawl space. It was not all that expensive to rectify. It was under 10K. They did some preventative work to increase circulation, laid a vapor barrier in the crawl space and then sprayed the mold.

Thanks. I’m unfamiliar with what it takes to get rid of mold. Trying to find out the extent of the issue. If it’s only a few thousand, not sure why the owner is claiming they can’t afford to rectify it?

No worry. Real Estate Agent how I wanted to proceed. I told her to let me know when the house has been cleaned up and we’ll talk more then. Not getting my hopes up this time, though.

driver100

On average, mold removal costs $2,347, with a typical price range between $1,373 and $3,325 or between $13.33 and $28.33 per square foot. Small mold remediation projects have an average cost of $458, while large-scale remediation averages around $6,333.Dec 24, 2021
Crawl Space: $500 to $1,833
Bathroom: $500 to $1,333
Air Ducts / HVAC System: $1,900 to $6,500

stickguy

Entirely depends on where it is and what it’s on. And how extensive.

Often will be in a bathroom and can involve removing all the drywall and subfloor, disinfecting what’s left then replacing. Not really much different than any other gut remodel, but like eith asbestos, you pay extra for pros to remove and dispose of it.

Basements might be easier, if talking concrete. That they can scrub!

And remediation isn’t cheap, but not a terrible job unless the entire inside resembles a rain forest! I always assume an old house is going to need a lot of work anyway. But be careful if you weren’t prepared (and paid accordingly) to do a full interior gut on the place.

stickguy

At minimum the ducts would need a complete cleaning. But quite likely a place that old doesn’t have ductwork anyway.

kyfdx

graphicguy said:

Well…found out why my real estate bid went ignored. Apparently, instead of having an inspection done before putting the house on the market. They found mold. I recalled my bid. Might reinvestigate it again. But, from what the real estate agent told me, the mold remediation will not be cheap. And, she doesn’t know if the current owners can cover it.

Lots of ins and outs on this one. I can’t even imagine how big the mold remediation bill would be that the current owners could not take out a mortgage (2nd?) against the value of the property.

Was pretty excited there for a bit. C’est la vie!

I'm also wondering about the picture you posted. That picture isn't of a two family. Makes me wonder if your listing got taken down, and you grabbed a picture off the wrong one. The one you posted is on Greenup, at the end of 5th, and backs up to the Licking River. I went to a party there once, around 1978. lol

stickguy

I tried to find a listing based on that one picture and couldn’t. Wasn’t sure if I just missed it because the listing thumbnail was a different view.

driver100

Maybe it's just me, but when I see a really old home, I think there is going to be one repair after the other. It's like a used car, sometimes you hit it lucky and you get a good one, but isn't there a lot of structural things that can go wrong? Of course, sometimes new homes can be a problem, builders using cheap materials or taking short cuts etc. An older home that has been modernized can be a beautiful thing....I just don't know what is hiding under the surface.......or what problems could develop in the near future.

stickguy

Ideal to me is finding a well built fortress of an old place with solid bones, and gutting it inside and redoing all the mechanicals, insulation, etc. basically build a new house inside the old shell.

Michaell

stickguy said:

Ideal to me is finding a well built fortress of an old place with solid bones, and gutting it inside and redoing all the mechanicals, insulation, etc. basically build a new house inside the old shell.

Like a resto mod?

kyfdx

That house, and the one he meant to post, are in a historic district. Most of the houses date from the late 1800s. Anything that can go wrong, likely already has.

Of course, being of that era, and with historic district restrictions, you can be certain that any normal maintenance/repair will be three times the cost of a modern house. Not to mention higher utilities and higher taxes associated with an urban environment.

But, you can't beat the location, and walkability. Plenty of restaurants and parks, and you can even walk to Downtown Cincinnati in 20 minutes. It's a great place to live, unless you are in love with suburbia.

explorerx4

That house looks like converted bank, which what I thought made it attractive to graphicguy.

kyfdx

explorerx4 said:

That house looks like converted bank, which what I thought made it attractive to graphicguy.

Actually, the one pictured was converted to apartments, and then to condos. Decades ago.

It's here:
https://goo.gl/maps/QqhrQSJvd8M8eyZ28

Garrard Street, not Greenup.

andres3

snakeweasel said:

andres3 said:

snakeweasel said:

@cdnpinhead said:

One person's well documented data is another's misinformation. It all depends upon what or whom is in charge of what is allowed. And here we are.

You may have well documented data but if the data is incomplete,cherry picked or misinterpreted then it can be misinformation.

And if Government agencies are known to participate in that misinformation for things like traffic safety data, playing fast and loose with the numbers, it shouldn't be a huge surprise if some people are a bit skeptical when the "Government" does other things that require compliance for more important things. It makes those wild conspiracy theories more believable. Hence why "Thou shall not lie" is important for credibility.

Just remember the government isn't the only ones that play fast and loose with traffic safety data. However to see through the fog one must accept the possibility that they are wrong take a step back and view the landscape with unbiased eyes.

I personally welcome more studies and data that look at real-world results rather than speculate about an alternate reality and timeline ala Back to the Future where the 55 MPH speed limit was never changed.

“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” — quote has been attributed to Mark Twain.

P.S. There are roads where the 55 MPH wasn't increased, or at least not increased immediately, but for some reason the IIHS doesn't want to look at those and instead invents statistical models of pure fabrication.

stickguy

kyfdx said:

explorerx4 said:

That house looks like converted bank, which what I thought made it attractive to graphicguy.

Actually, the one pictured was converted to apartments, and then to condos. Decades ago.

It's here:
https://goo.gl/maps/QqhrQSJvd8M8eyZ28

Garrard Street, not Greenup.

Quick walk to the stadiums too. If the suspension bridge is open!

driver100

I don't know where we are with GGs house but this shows lots of pictures of the inside. Everything looks nice, even the basement and furnace area. Looks like a steal at $169000. Not sure why there are so many cars parked next to it......maybe it can be a used car lot too.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/500-Garrard-St-Apt-1_Covington_KY_41011_M43840-29383

kyfdx

driver100 said:

I don't know where we are with GGs house but this shows lots of pictures of the inside. Everything looks nice, even the basement and furnace area. Looks like a steal at $169000. Not sure why there are so many cars parked next to it......maybe it can be a used car lot too.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/500-Garrard-St-Apt-1_Covington_KY_41011_M43840-29383

That's because it's not the house he mentioned. He grabbed the wrong exterior picture from the website.

kyfdx

stickguy said:

kyfdx said:

explorerx4 said:

That house looks like converted bank, which what I thought made it attractive to graphicguy.

Actually, the one pictured was converted to apartments, and then to condos. Decades ago.

It's here:
https://goo.gl/maps/QqhrQSJvd8M8eyZ28

Garrard Street, not Greenup.

Quick walk to the stadiums too. If the suspension bridge is open!

It's open for pedestrians. Supposed to open later this month for vehicles. It's a gorgeous bridge.

ab348

driver100 said:

I don't know where we are with GGs house but this shows lots of pictures of the inside. Everything looks nice, even the basement and furnace area. Looks like a steal at $169000. Not sure why there are so many cars parked next to it......maybe it can be a used car lot too.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/500-Garrard-St-Apt-1_Covington_KY_41011_M43840-29383

An ideal retirement job perhaps. He could become a boutique used car dealer working from home. Specializing in buybacks, no doubt.

explorerx4

First thing for driver100 to work on for 2022, reading comprehension.

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

I don't know where we are with GGs house but this shows lots of pictures of the inside. Everything looks nice, even the basement and furnace area. Looks like a steal at $169000. Not sure why there are so many cars parked next to it......maybe it can be a used car lot too.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/500-Garrard-St-Apt-1_Covington_KY_41011_M43840-29383

1000 sq ft sounds like a condo, not a house. In fact it looks like a conversion to condos from the picture. The parking lot for tenants is further proof.

Still, not a bad buy unless it’s full of mold.

driver100

kyfdx said:

driver100 said:

I don't know where we are with GGs house but this shows lots of pictures of the inside. Everything looks nice, even the basement and furnace area. Looks like a steal at $169000. Not sure why there are so many cars parked next to it......maybe it can be a used car lot too.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/500-Garrard-St-Apt-1_Covington_KY_41011_M43840-29383

That's because it's not the house he mentioned. He grabbed the wrong exterior picture from the website.

I actually did know it wasn't the right house, but I found the interior pictures, noted the price, saw it doesn't seem to be divided up, and I thought it was a bargain for $169k....and it actually looked pretty nice inside. Maybe he should bid on that house.

driver100

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

I don't know where we are with GGs house but this shows lots of pictures of the inside. Everything looks nice, even the basement and furnace area. Looks like a steal at $169000. Not sure why there are so many cars parked next to it......maybe it can be a used car lot too.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/500-Garrard-St-Apt-1_Covington_KY_41011_M43840-29383

An ideal retirement job perhaps. He could become a boutique used car dealer working from home. Specializing in buybacks, no doubt.

....and out of town buyers could stay over at GGs Hotel and B&B. Make a little extra cash on that too!

driver100

explorerx4 said:

First thing for driver100 to work on for 2022, reading comprehension.

When you're as busy as I am, it is hard to find the time to read through everything thoroughly.

explorerx4

@driver100,
First thing you need to work on for 2022, ramping up you reading speed.

mjfloyd1

@jmonroe1 said:
I think it’s very considerate that they should have a parking spot for a fat guy with one leg who wants to grill. It’s the right thing to do. And the more folks we have in this world that are like that the better off we’re all going to be.

It’s a new year. You have to be a more kinder, gentler, understanding person.

jmonroe

That’s the mostest bestest thing that you have said in a long time

driver100

explorerx4 said:

@driver100,
First thing you need to work on for 2022, ramping up you reading speed.

Or cut back on some of my activities.

snakeweasel

imidazol97 said:

snakeweasel said:

@driver100 said:

Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

Please don't give me straight lines like that, I only have so much self control.

I won't even mention @driver100's ending the sentence with a preposition.


https://www.grammarly.com/blog/youve-been-lied-to-heres-why-you-absolutely-can-end-a-sentence-with-a-preposition/

roadburner

stickguy said:

Ideal to me is finding a well built fortress of an old place with solid bones, and gutting it inside and redoing all the mechanicals, insulation, etc. basically build a new house inside the old shell.

My father built the house we live in; he hired a small construction company that had a stellar reputation. Whenever we've had any remodeling done the contractors have always commented on how well the house is constructed.

tjc78

Our old house was built in the 50s. I know today’s homes are more efficient, etc but that home was very well built.

The roof had all the original boards (not plywood). Subfloor was tongue and groove boards with hardwood over them. Yes they creaked a bit but rock solid.

Our contractor said the same thing as RB’s when he cut into the walls for the addition.

driver100

snakeweasel said:

imidazol97 said:

snakeweasel said:

@driver100 said:

Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

Please don't give me straight lines like that, I only have so much self control.

I won't even mention @driver100's ending the sentence with a preposition.


https://www.grammarly.com/blog/youve-been-lied-to-heres-why-you-absolutely-can-end-a-sentence-with-a-preposition/

Excellent. Proves my point, I am a very informal friendly guy:

Which journal was your article published in? (Casual)
In which journal was your article published? (Formal)

It’s not an error to end a sentence with a preposition, but it is a little less formal. In emails, text messages, and notes to friends, it’s perfectly fine. But if you’re writing a research paper or submitting a business proposal and you want to sound very formal, avoid ending sentences with prepositions.

btw...it also says; Grammar snobs love to tell anyone who will listen: You should NEVER end a sentence with a preposition!

driver100

How to get a $383.00 paint job!

The 1949 Cadillac is completely covered with 38,295 pennies!
They were affixed one by one using Silicone.
They added over 200 pounds to the vehicle's weight.
The guys wife didn't want him to pay too much to get his car painted.

stickguy

It actually looks kinda cool!

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

snakeweasel said:

imidazol97 said:

snakeweasel said:

@driver100 said:

Actually, I never make New Years resolutions......I got nothing I can improve on.

Please don't give me straight lines like that, I only have so much self control.

I won't even mention @driver100's ending the sentence with a preposition.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/youve-been-lied-to-heres-why-you-absolutely-can-end-a-sentence-with-a-preposition/

Excellent. Proves my point, I am a very informal friendly guy:

Which journal was your article published in? (Casual)
In which journal was your article published? (Formal)

It’s not an error to end a sentence with a preposition, but it is a little less formal. In emails, text messages, and notes to friends, it’s perfectly fine. But if you’re writing a research paper or submitting a business proposal and you want to sound very formal, avoid ending sentences with prepositions.

btw...it also says; Grammar snobs love to tell anyone who will listen: You should NEVER end a sentence with a preposition!

Is that similar to the snobs who look down on Canadian French as opposed to French French?