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driver100

28firefighter said:

The prior owners of my house left us a binder of info about appliances, maintenance logs, all their maintenance contact info, some home basics (TP, Paper Towels, etc), and 3 furnace air filters to get us through to our next maintenance window.

Some owners leave that information and it has always been appreciated when they left it for us. A binder for all the appliance instructions and warranties and a note about any odd things....when to change furnace filters, garbage day, extra keys etc.........it's a nice touch.

jmonroe1

@28firefighter said:
The prior owners of my house left us a binder of info about appliances, maintenance logs, all their maintenance contact info, some home basics (TP, Paper Towels, etc), and 3 furnace air filters to get us through to our next maintenance window.

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I forgot to mention a couple things:

(1) since all of the kitchen appliances were new, we left the manuals for them and if the buyers had a problem with any of them to just call my Son until the warranty expired, after that they were on their own. The last buyer questioned the warranty noting that warranties are usually only applicable to the original owner which would be him. He said just call me if you have any problems and I’ll say you are renting the house. They REALLY liked that.

(2) we left a clean furnace filter but no spares. When we started the flip job we bought a half dozen filters because we didn’t want to clog up the new air conditioning A coil with construction dust. We only had one new one left when we finished so we installed it but my Son pointed out that it was new and showed that to them.

(3) we installed a new AC system (the furnace was only 3 years old when we bought the house so that stayed). Just like with the kitchen appliances he told the buyers to call if they had a problem within the warranty period which I think will be at the end of this coming July.

(4) my Son spent at least a half hour pointing out not so obvious things about some of the things in the house and how they worked.

The realtor was pretty amazed that my Son spent time with the buyers and said a lot of flippers don’t even want to show up for the final walk through and if anything is found not to the liking of the buyers to just call them. She said a couple times final walk through problems led to delayed closings. Also because of how hot the market is now, flippers know they can get away with shoddy workmanship and are willing to call the buyers bluff about what they want to correct and when they’re willing to come back and do it.

So far we haven’t gotten too big for our britches. And as a result we have a good reputation.

jmonroe

stickguy

I will leave TP on the spools but take any extra. Not touching the lightbulbs. We actually don't have that many lights that aren't lamps. Recessed cans in the kitchen and basement, ceiling fixtures in the hallways, and handing lights in DR and breakfast nook. not of the bedrooms or the family will have any light if they don't bring lamps! we do have ceiling fans but none of them have lights added.

I will put all the paperwork I have on appliances, etc. in a folder. and do a nice cover sheet, and write up some instructions for stuff like the HVAC. the big issue though is with the pool. depending on logistics (timing) I can walk them through it. otherwise some basic notes, and tell them to wing it!

the agent liked that we are selling with it open and looking great, but it would actually be much easier for me to have it closed. But, it is what it is.

stickguy

and with that, time to get in the basement and start organizing the crap down there!

fintail

Prior owners of my house were an elderly couple who also kept everything - all manuals, booklets for things like smoke detectors, sprinkler system info, and even receipts for these items, some of them 20 years old now. When the lady of the house passed, the husband lived here for a few years, then downsized as the gardens were no doubt a handful for someone in their 80s, the house went to a trust, was sold to a speculator who split the original large lot (now I don't have a massive oversized double lot to deal with - my lot is still above average size, and it allowed a new house to be built, in an area with a housing shortage, not a bad flipper venture, didn't exist just to suck up low priced housing stock) - the house sat idle for some time when the speculator owned it, fortunately he touched nothing, and all of the paperwork remained. I replaced appliances, but at least know the age and service history of the HVAC and other systems.

I am similar when it comes to such items, and especially car maintenance - I am pretty sure I have every service and repair record for the fintail since I've owned it, and prior owners were good about that, as I have a ream of paperwork from the past ~60 years.

IIRC there was also some TP and towels along with a broom in the house.

28firefighter said:

The prior owners of my house left us a binder of info about appliances, maintenance logs, all their maintenance contact info, some home basics (TP, Paper Towels, etc), and 3 furnace air filters to get us through to our next maintenance window.

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

I remember when one friend bought a house from the former owners.
The previous owner took every roll of toilet paper and every light bulb in the house with him.
Are you going to do that stick?

Would YOU want to use toilet paper left by a stranger? No telling what mischief it got into.

snakeweasel

roadburner said:

I just got in from IOP- a great week in a very nice condo. I brought my older Roku stick and plugged it into the TV which meant we could use all of our streaming services. The 2er was a joy as usual; it's just big enough to hold our luggage for a 1-2 week excursion. Best mpg was 32.5 driving down and 29.0 driving around IOP and Charleston. The last vestiges of AT&T's 3G service have apparently shut down as I lost traffic information last night(I lost the ability to communicate with the car through the My BMW app a couple of months ago).
It was good to hang out with my son; in addition to seeing Top Gun: Maverick we caught the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Point Break(1991), and tried to count the number of people John Wick whacks in his first movie(the correct number is 77).
On the way home we passed a Kia Soul on the shoulder of the interstate. The entire front end ahead of the A-pillar was completely engulfed in flames. The despondent owner and a city policeman were watching it cook, apparently waiting for the fire department.
Pretty spectacular...

Well it could have been worse, it could have been these two.

qbrozen

I did the binder thing with our first house. Mostly instructions I wrote. How to care for the pool, how to adjust the whole house humidifier in spring and fall, etc. Lawyers and realtors were pretty insistent that nothing else be left behind, so it never occurred to me I should do some shopping for them. Oh well.

stickguy

I still have a dream that somebody will want this place bad enough to do a rent back so I can stay for 3-4 weeks after closing. Not expecting it, but would certainly make it easier on us! If they did I would be perfectly happy to do a personal tutorial on the pool, etc. If not, they are on their own to figure it out once the check clears (which is as soon as closing is done). I can just leave the pool turned off and see what happens.

oldfarmer50

We had an interesting car returned to us today. No plates on it because the renter reported someone stole them. Now why would anyone want license plates that trace back to a rental car? I can imagine any number of nefarious scenarios.

28firefighter

@oldfarmer50 said:
We had an interesting car returned to us today. No plates on it because the renter reported someone stole them. Now why would anyone want license plates that trace back to a rental car? I can imagine any number of nefarious scenarios.

Happens a lot.

imidazol97

Those of us who remember Richard Monroe, sterlingdog, have lost another of our group.
I can't recall his earlier username; it might have included monroe in it.

I occasionally checked in with him by email but it had been quite a while since I
had contact or that he had forwarded anything to me.
I'm sad to say I found his obituary today.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/robesonian/name/richard-monroe-obituary?id=33845578

Michaell

Thanks for posting that. He was a good guy.

driver100

Michaell said:

Thanks for posting that. He was a good guy.

Yes, thanks for posting that one. I can't remember his original name....was it just Richard? That is an impressive obituary....all mine is going to say is he loved to play tennis and pickleball. My tombstone will say "Almost", as in he "almost" made that point, he "almost" got the ball back, he "almost" made a good play.

Richard was one of the first people I ran into when I started here (2005), and JMonroe....the original was another one.

stickguy

sad to here. He was a good guy. Not sure he ever recovered from that accident.

jmonroe1

@imidazol97, thanks for the post about our poster buddy Richard. It’s not what we wanted to hear but thanks for letting us know.

I remember one of his posts where he wanted to know if my last name was really Monroe. I told him it was just my stage name in here. Man was he ever glad to hear that. I mean like he was very relieved that his family genes were not contaminated.

RIP Richard you’ll be missed by your old poster buddies in here. I know that for sure.

jmonroe

roadburner

Michaell said:

Thanks for posting that. He was a good guy.

Yes he was, I liked him a lot.

roadburner

I mediated one of our murder cases a few weeks ago. Today I learned of another body found in my county. So I'm back up to 14...

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

Those of us who remember Richard Monroe, sterlingdog, have lost another of our group.
I can't recall his earlier username; it might have included monroe in it.

I occasionally checked in with him by email but it had been quite a while since I
had contact or that he had forwarded anything to me.
I'm sad to say I found his obituary today.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/robesonian/name/richard-monroe-obituary?id=33845578

I remember him from some time ago. Condolences to his family.

graphicguy

Sad to hear about RICHARD. So sorry to hear of his passing!

tjc78

Very sad to hear about Richard. He was great to talk to here in the groups back in the old days of the Sales Story thread. I remember he once had a late 80s Town Car he always spoke fondly of.

When we left our home, it was clean with all manuals I had left behind. I can’t even remember if we left TP or not. Light bulbs, well yeah more work to take them all out than just leaving them.

PO of our home left a binder with all the spec sheets and manuals. They also left lots of spare tile, flooring and furnace filters. Entire house has LED ceiling fixtures, so couldn’t take those.

When we bought the shore house they left everything…. Cleaners, TP, laundry soap, towels, linens, dishes, beach chairs, games, and even a few bottles of wine. This is quite common in shore towns.

@stickguy
If I was buying a home with a built in pool in the summer I’d want to see it open and operating. Winter time… well you take your chances.

imidazol97

I believe his original username was rmonroe. I believe I recall a similarity to
another monroe username.

In one of the problematic changeovers to the forums, we had to sign back in with
our usernames. Richard could not recall or find what his password had been. I recall
helping him signing in with his old name or new name talking with him via email.

Richard told the story of his wife getting their Chrysler Sebring convertible stuck
in mud while visiting a one-room school house with some other ladies. I recall
they had to have the car professionally cleaned.

I recall when he was shopping and trying full-size pickups to see if they would
fit into his older style/size garage on the side of their property.

He always came out of problems with the bright side of life showing.
He was involved in many things helping his community.

RIP.

28firefighter

His original name was richard64 IIRC.

tjc78

@28firefighter said:
His original name was richard64 IIRC.

That’s what I remember too.

houdini1

RIP Richard. We tried to get together a few years ago but couldn't work it out. Our plans included several phone calls, and when my wife heard his melodious southern drawl, she immediately fell in love with him. His voice was really quite stunning, and you could tell exactly what type of person he was, and that he was a real, honest to GOD southern gentleman. Good bye my friend.

jmonroe1

@tjc78 said:

@28firefighter said:
His original name was richard64 IIRC.

That’s what I remember too.

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I’m also pretty sure his original name was richard64. It definitely wasn’t rmonroe. And when he had login problems I’m almost positive he went with the name “sterlingdog” because his dog’s name was Sterling.

I remember some real doozy back and forth fun posts we had digging at each other. It got to the point he finally gave up trying to correct my English. I think I really scared him with my writing style.

Really a great guy and was missed by all when he bowed out of here years ago.Yep, he is missed.

jmonroe

explorerx4

Sorry to hear about Richard. He stopped posting here a while ago but he made this a better forum.

explorerx4

I hadn't seen this before, but fun little Top Gun themed segment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LenR1mF5uI8

roadburner

@roadburner said:
I mediated one of our murder cases a few weeks ago. Today I learned of another body found in my county. So I'm back up to 14...

Make that 15; the person found with the dead body succumbed to their injuries.

qbrozen

15 current murder cases in your county? Did you move to Santa Carla and not tell us?
(movie reference ... anyone?)

28firefighter

qbrozen said:

15 current murder cases in your county? Did you move to Santa Carla and not tell us?
(movie reference ... anyone?)

San Andreas. Or Liberty City.

explorerx4

Good news for oldfarmer50 and pretty soon stickguy.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/new-york-gas-tax-suspension-set-to-begin/ar-AAXWgv1?li=BBnb7Kz

explorerx4

Some here will be interested in this test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMK2_ZNysSI

cdnpinhead

imidazol97 said:

Those of us who remember Richard Monroe, sterlingdog, have lost another of our group. . . . I'm sad to say I found his obituary today.

Thanks for posting this. I've missed his participation on here ever since he quit posting. He's been missed, for sure.

oldfarmer50

qbrozen said:

15 current murder cases in your county? Did you move to Santa Carla and not tell us?
(movie reference ... anyone?)

That’s nothing. My area is composed of three closely adjacent cities. We get about one murder a week between them. The news counts the deaths separately so as not to panic the public. Sometimes they let the gunman out without bail so he can get another crack at it.

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

Good news for oldfarmer50 and pretty soon stickguy.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/new-york-gas-tax-suspension-set-to-begin/ar-AAXWgv1?li=BBnb7Kz

It gets better. A few counties will also be suspending their portion of sales tax on gas over $2.00. I estimate a total drop of about 25 cents so now I’ll only pay $5 even.

explorerx4

@oldfarmer50,
You are referring to PUG prices?
In about a week and a half we are taking another trailer load of stuff to OH.
I was thinking about going 17 to 86 in order to give PA gas prices the one finger salute.

andres3

TEXAS' Worst speed traps: Houston
Dishonorable Mentions: Arlington, Austin, Estelline

Uvalde didn't make the top 4 mentions for worst speed trap towns in Texas. Was trying to find some excuses the Police Chief could use for why it took them so long to go after the shooter in a meaningful way.

Horrible. This one hit sorta close to home, not geographically, but what a nightmare.

jmonroe1

@explorerx4 said:
@oldfarmer50,
You are referring to PUG prices?
In about a week and a half we are taking another trailer load of stuff to OH.
I was thinking about going 17 to 86 in order to give PA gas prices the one finger salute.

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If you decide to do that use your other hand and wave to them for me.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarmer50,
You are referring to PUG prices?
In about a week and a half we are taking another trailer load of stuff to OH.
I was thinking about going 17 to 86 in order to give PA gas prices the one finger salute.

Yeah, PUG. RUG is about $4.89 at most places but you can find it cheaper if you look. I don’t know what the prices are in the southern tier.

qbrozen

A little disappointed nobody grabbed on to the movie reference yet.

driver100

Gas hits $8 per gallon at one LA station
Mon, May 30, 2022, 8:16 PM
Gas prices continue to go up throughout the holiday weekend, including one station in LA charging more than $8 a gallon for regular.

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

Gas hits $8 per gallon at one LA station
Mon, May 30, 2022, 8:16 PM
Gas prices continue to go up throughout the holiday weekend, including one station in LA charging more than $8 a gallon for regular.

I saw one local station hit $4.99 for regular unleaded on Memorial Day.

stickguy

16 cents a gallon? Well, now we can buy new furniture!

roadburner

qbrozen said:

15 current murder cases in your county? Did you move to Santa Carla and not tell us?
(movie reference ... anyone?)

It's crazy; kind of like a perfect storm. I'll hopefully be able to mediate or plead out 2-3 but the rest will almost certainly be tried.

roadburner

explorerx4 said:

Some here will be interested in this test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMK2_ZNysSI

I'll stick with my V1.

venture

We were in Maryland over the long weekend visiting with our two grandsons and their parents. I went to the local grocery store. When I got out of the car I saw I had parked next to a Mercedes AMG C43 which was parked next to a Porsche SUV (I don't know which one if there is more than 1. They all look the same to me).



When I turned around I saw another Porsche SUV which was parked next to a Carrera S.

venture

cdnpinhead said:

imidazol97 said:

Those of us who remember Richard Monroe, sterlingdog, have lost another of our group. . . . I'm sad to say I found his obituary today.

Thanks for posting this. I've missed his participation on here ever since he quit posting. He's been missed, for sure.

Yeah. I missed him when he started doing other things.

I remember he got a few speeding tickets. He said he hired an attorney from the jurisdiction where he got stopped to fight it and was always able to get the charge reduced.

tjc78

@qbrozen said:
A little disappointed nobody grabbed on to the movie reference yet.

I had to look it up. Hadn’t seen it in years. Surprised @fintail didn’t grab it.

tjc78

@venture said:
We were in Maryland over the long weekend visiting with our two grandsons and their parents. I went to the local grocery store. When I got out of the car I saw I had parked next to a Mercedes AMG C43 which was parked next to a Porsche SUV (I don't know which one if there is more than 1. They all look the same to me).

When I turned around I saw another Porsche SUV which was parked next to a Carrera S.

When I’m at the shore the cars I see daily are ridiculous. On a quick trip to Home Depot (off the island) I saw two Bentleys, a Bugatti, several Cayennes, and a G wagon.

On my street someone has a beautiful X5 M50i and a McClaren.