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We like to look at showhomes, but fortunately my wife has found that doing a few improvements around the current place satisfies those urges. Over the past couple months, we've replaced our kitchen backsplash and the tile surrounding our fireplace. Coming up....a dog wash in the laundry room (idea from the showhomes) and converting a coat closet to a mudroom bench.
2024 Audi Q8 e-tron - 2024 Corvette - 2024 BMW X5 - 2023 Tesla Model Y
Getting a nice starting point and doing a large reno could work too, but if it is going to be extensive, starting with nothing can actually be less painful!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2014 MINI Countryman S ALL4
We have a lot of do-it-yourself hoarders in these parts, so it's pretty easy to get rid of anything if you really want it gone.
Plan B is to basically squat, and don't move your stuff in. Helps to have someone you can stay with temporatily. or at least, just move in the absolute minimum amount of stuff, camp in the family room!
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We moved a big honking 4 poster king bed and big solid dresser today from a craigslist deal. Not for us, for our friend who just moved here.
So what's this got to do with cars? Well, the pics are on her cell phone at the moment, but you sure can't beat a minivan for hauling junk. The king mattress had to go on the roof rack but everything else went in the van. The tall mirror that attaches to the dresser was a tight fit but I managed. Everything gets stashed away out of the sun, and if you need to hit the bar on the way home, it locks up nicely. And there's a low liftover height for horsing heavy stuff into the back.
Took two trips, but we also had three people in the van doing the moving.
The nice thing is that most people think you have to have a truck for moving big stuff so I don't get roped into doing this very often.
The buyers of our house are currently renting, so I believe they are flexible on their move in date. We'll pay them $66/day for every day we stay after closing. The folks selling us their house have the same clause, except we're charging them $83/day to stay after closing.
Of course, this all assumes that loans are procured, inspections are passed and all sorts of other hurdles are surmounted in the next 45 days. Our house gets inspected on Friday morning. We've had the inspection of the new house - a few things were identified that the sellers have to resolve in the next week. Either they fix them, we get a credit at closing, or we get $$$ off the selling price.
This is all new and fascinating for me. The house we live in now was bought from the builder and started out as a dirt lot.
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2014 MINI Countryman S ALL4
So, the Escape is no longer new. My wife misjudged the turn into our courtyard leading up to the garage and clipped our neighbor's house. She scraped and dented the passenger side rear door, passenger side rear quarter panel and wheel well trim. That is in addition to taking some siding off the house, too.
380 miles and two weeks of ownership. Has to be some kind of a record.
Ah well. Stuff happens.
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I feel for you. We are in the middle of this now; bought house, closed mid-June. Condition was turnkey, really. But, my better half has different plans. It was built in 1900 and has the original hardwoods underneath current flooring. Depending on the room this means carpet or carpet over tile over wood with lots of nasty adhesive in between. Can't get floors refinished until mid-August (peak-season) so we're in this no-man's land of moved in but not really moved in. Then there's the repainting inside after the flooring. Then some re-tiling. It'll be great, someday...
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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Plus when you get a "used" house, most of the nasty chemicals have outgassed and often you get some mature landscaping with the deal. And unless you buy an infill lot, if you get in early on a new development, you get to hear construction noises six days a week for years (my brother just went through that in TN). Oh, and you never get exactly what you want anyway.
Those chemicals are another reason to get a used car too.
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Oh yeah, I got a free hat and bag as well so I figure I made money on the deal
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This event is at my local BMW dealer today....
They also had an E Class and a C Class. Didn't see any Audi's but they may have been out for a drive.
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Trying to figure out if it is worth taking time off this afternoon.
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looking for more than we currently have in the town immediately to our northwest. Somewhere around 3500 sq ft with inground pool and hopefully larger garage. I don't want to have to do ANYTHING other than maybe paint.
It is either that or renovate, but our home value would not increase enough to cover the renovations, so it seems like a smarter idea to move (I think). We have yet to find the right house, though, and may not, so it is a tricky situation. As it is, I look around the house each day and think, "ain't no way we'll ever be able to move!" There is just so much STUFF!
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Yesterday's (partial) load.
I was thinking custom on a lot, or a small development of semi-custom. Something that doesn't look like a bunch of houses in a field, where you get more design input.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I also mentioned the whole custom route to the wife, but she doesn't like my timeframe for such an endeavor. Oh well.
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For now.
Once the packing begins in earnest, I suspect it too will live in the driveway.
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Sorry about the crash, though! That's a major bummer on several levels.
There was a time when I liked the idea of building from scratch, too. Now, I still like building from scratch, but the "idea" of it is much more realistic, which means that it doesn't include any of the notions you listed. LOL
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I totally lucked out about three years ago after a friend and employee died. His family was having some issues with his estate (there was an ex-wife involved), so they asked me to store his car while they sorted things out. We brought the car to my house, then I gave the person who drove it there a ride back to get his truck.
Even though I had *JUST* arrived at the house with him behind me and told him where to park it, when I went to back out of the driveway, I just did my standard backing pattern and wasn't really paying attention to what was around me. I literally missed his car by about an inch as I slipped past it. I think my heart skipped a couple beats as the car came into my peripheral vision and I realized what I just about did. Thankfully, I didn't react adversely to it (e.g., jerk the wheel) otherwise I'm sure the cars would have collided. LOL
My thought on building a dream house is to build another house first. Then you know more of the things that can go wrong. You won't make the same mistakes twice - you'll make new and different mistakes!
My 5 got sideswiped within days of having the permanent plates put on it. You can't tell it was ever hit but it was $1,800 worth of damage.
Wife is taking the car in for an estimate this afternoon and then we'll go from there. I'm guessing $2k-$3k.
In other news, preliminary damage report is $1600 for the car and $2000 for the house - definitely submitting a claim, as much as it pains me.
It is going to be hard to make it that far. At least some point next year I can go out looking with my son, when he gets ready to replace his lease.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
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If you take your time to read the informational signs, it's a two day visit for most people.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
The food court was disappointing--there is a trend towards more artisinal food in museums, but the best I could do here was some hot wings and onion rings. I suspect it is subcontracted out. Not a huge deal since admission and parking are free, you could just drive somewhere for lunch.
It will be nice once they have the fourth wing up and running and do away with the bus rides to see additional exhibits. I would definitely make another visit.
That's one of the places I take them, as well as the downtown area of Cincinnati (or a Bengals/Reds game).
Very happy with it and it has been flawless. Not sure what I'd do if the wife decides to trade in a few years...would consider selling the Golf and keeping the A3 for myself. But, who knows what the future will hold on this...am hoping she'll keep it for the long haul.
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2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
I haven't been there for about 2 years. My son visited early this year for something to do while waiting for his job to start. He made the same comment about food as you did.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,