[audio-pals] Re: Update
- From: Thomas McMahan <thomas.mcmahan@xxxxxxx>
- To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 02:48:46 -0500
I think it’s also dryer out there. Although I still like the idea of Josh
commuting between New Mexico and Knoxville all the time *lol*. Just because
he’s Josh.
> On Mar 4, 2015, at 10:37 PM, Julie Dawson <julie.magnolia@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I used to live in New Mexico and the adobe houses are lovely and sturdy
> structures.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Thomas McMahan <mailto:thomas.mcmahan@xxxxxxx>
>> To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 3:03 PM
>> Subject: [audio-pals] Re: Update
>>
>> There are a lot of them in New Mexico if you would like to move to that
>> neighborhood, all it would be a long commute to go visit your current
>> friends and family. But it’s an option.
>>
>>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 6:48 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I believe there is a house similar to an adobe over near where my parents
>>> live.
>>>
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>>> Well you could, but it wouldn’t be a frame as you know it in that area.
>>> How about an adobe? Although I don’t think that’s going to work well in
>>> Tennessee, but hey if you wanna try it *lol*.
>>>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> <mailto:lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>> Too bad the entire thing frame and all couldn’t be built out of brick
>>>> *LOL*.
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>>>> Subject: [audio-pals] Re: Update
>>>> Okay well that gives you an advantage then, but Tennessee definitely
>>>> produces a lot of termites, fortunately though building with brick is much
>>>> more reasonable down there.
>>>> Yep take your time, because you could actually then find what you actually
>>>> want in the process.
>>>>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 4:49 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> <mailto:lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>> I am fairly sure it was vinyl siding, possibly some brick, but I think it
>>>>> was mostly vinyl if not all vinyl. The other house is gone as of noon
>>>>> today. We were given an opportunity to make an offer, but we decided it
>>>>> was not the one right now. If for some reason the offer falls through
>>>>> that they had then we may reconsider, but not interested in having to
>>>>> rush into the decision.
>>>>> From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> <mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> [mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> <mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Thomas McMahan
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>>>>> Subject: [audio-pals] Re: Update
>>>>> Yep, I have a funny feeling about that house. Termites or carpenter
>>>>> ants. What is the wood on the outside? Our’s is cedar shakes, because
>>>>> they do repell termites to a degree. We’ve had two years when they
>>>>> swormed outside, but so far didn’t take to being here.
>>>>> You guys can buy the other place and do that kitchen in red, no problem
>>>>> and apparently save money too.
>>>>>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> <mailto:lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>> Well, the second house did not have a basement, but it did have a 2 foot
>>>>>> crawl space so enough room to get in there and work if need be. Talking
>>>>>> about the one with a low foundation, I told her that we are going to be
>>>>>> the ones living in the house and she is going to go on about her day
>>>>>> selling houses. So, when the floor joints rot out or we get a termite
>>>>>> problem due to water problems under the house then we are going to be
>>>>>> the ones with a rotted out floor and she is going to be just fine
>>>>>> selling her houses. The conversation that I had with her pretty much
>>>>>> just laid it out. When we walked in with my parents on the second
>>>>>> showing the only remark she made was I would buy this house … guess why
>>>>>> she said… wait for it… are you ready… ok. She said she would buy this
>>>>>> house she was insisting on us buying because it had a red kitchen.
>>>>>> However, my dad said that at one time it had seal heat because above
>>>>>> every light switch there is a splot of paint. The areas where they
>>>>>> needed to patch the walls they threw some mud on the wall and painted
>>>>>> it. Um. I think they should have probably sanded down that before
>>>>>> painting it. Then finally, for some reason or another they put baseboard
>>>>>> up all the way around the ceiling. My dad is the one that pointed that
>>>>>> out, he said for another $20 each piece they could have put up the real
>>>>>> stuff. So, all though the sunroom was nice, I need more than a climate
>>>>>> controlled sunroom to live in.
>>>>>> From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>>>> [mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> <mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Thomas McMahan
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>>>>>> Subject: [audio-pals] Re: Update
>>>>>> Foundations are the most common problem you will find. Why, because
>>>>>> they are expensive to replace. Not only the foundation itself, but any
>>>>>> damage that occurs while lifting a house or setting it back down on new
>>>>>> foundation.
>>>>>> The first house that was low, if the land around it is geared to drain
>>>>>> water away, then that is less of a problem for flooding. The solid mud
>>>>>> yards though are a clue that it may not be done so well in that regard.
>>>>>> But yes grass doesn’t grow well in shaded yards, thus rocks gravel and
>>>>>> sand become your friends.
>>>>>> Now as for the second house I will bring in another consideration, n
>>>>>> basement, and no attic, means either your piping and wiring are all
>>>>>> surface, or are going to be very difficult to work on should there be a
>>>>>> problem. I know about this because we live in a house with no basement.
>>>>>> We do have attic, a small one, and that is how they pass warring
>>>>>> through to upstairs, but a lot of stuff is surface mount in here. If
>>>>>> you can deal with that, and know it’s that way some things can be a lot
>>>>>> easier to work on, but if the wiring is all in the wall and you add to
>>>>>> the house, it’s going to be interesting.
>>>>>> House with no basement can equal cold floors in winter time too, might
>>>>>> want to think about baseboard heaters in winter time, or at least some
>>>>>> cheap space heaters. Granted yor temperatures aren’t as cold as where I
>>>>>> live, but I also suspect you and Amanda go barefooted more than i do
>>>>>> since we have animals and I don’t like to ever step in surprises. Now
>>>>>> Pat would go barefooted 24 7 365 days of the year if I would let her.
>>>>>> She may have been pushing the first house simply because it’s a higher
>>>>>> price? The bigger the ticket the more she gets too. Gotta consider
>>>>>> that interest. But I also think that’s why so many deals fall through
>>>>>> too.
>>>>>> We’ve paid for our home now, it was a 15 year loan, so non conventional.
>>>>>> We have a lot of little jobs to do on it, then once done maybe we’ll
>>>>>> seriously consider moving to a different place. Years ago Patti said
>>>>>> she would prefer a ranch style house. But the one that was affordable
>>>>>> to us was incredibly small and had serious foundation problems, and a
>>>>>> friend of mine said the furnaced needed to be replace yesterday. Well
>>>>>> we replaced the one in here too, but we did that because we wanted
>>>>>> central air conditioning. This place was more than 3000 cheaper and has
>>>>>> a lot larger rooms and more rooms of course since there’s an upstairs,
>>>>>> so a lot more bang for the buck.
>>>>>> But yes some time down the line we may consider moving, there would be
>>>>>> advantages to a ranch style house. As long as there’s a way to pass
>>>>>> wiring along, whether basement attic or crawl space. That is what
>>>>>> concerns me about the second place you’re looking at
>>>>>> Keep looking if you have to, you can always do that. It’s a place
>>>>>> you’re going to be living in, you are going to have to be satisfied with
>>>>>> it. Our first place is a fixer upper, it still needs a good bit of
>>>>>> fixing up too, but I am planning on getting more of that done this year
>>>>>> hopefully. We definitely have a list of projects to do.
>>>>>>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:20 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> <mailto:lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Well, I put it at the bottom of the introduction to Neesie, but her in
>>>>>>> the last week we have been inches away from placing an offer on two
>>>>>>> different houses. The first one my dad kind of steered us away from it
>>>>>>> because the foundation was almost on the ground this house sat so low
>>>>>>> to the ground. Most houses have at least a 2 ft. clearance around here
>>>>>>> and this one my dad could not have even gotten under the house on his
>>>>>>> stomach. So, that put the vents that are under the house close to the
>>>>>>> ground as well, when it rains the likelihood of it going into the vents
>>>>>>> is high and we do not want water under the house. It seemed like a
>>>>>>> beautiful home though otherwise. The part I liked most about it was the
>>>>>>> log cabin style sun room that was on the back of the house. In addition
>>>>>>> to the low foundation it also had so many trees in the yard that it
>>>>>>> prevented any grass from growing where the ground was clear in the
>>>>>>> backyard. So, both times we went outside we brought mud back in with
>>>>>>> us. I still to this day would love to have been able to in good
>>>>>>> conscience put an offer on the house. However, the headaches that are
>>>>>>> likely to occur with this home are not worth it. I know this will be a
>>>>>>> shocker to hear, but my real estate agent and I exchanged words over
>>>>>>> this house *LOL*. She was being pretty insistent on us buying this
>>>>>>> house, she said we are makinga mistake. She kept saying we are making a
>>>>>>> mistake. I told her well then I guess we are making a mistake. She said
>>>>>>> I have shown you all 20 houses and this one you all loved. I felt like
>>>>>>> telling her that this is a clear example of why love at first sight is
>>>>>>> not lasting *LOL*. However, I did not. What I did tell her since she
>>>>>>> wanted to throw up the fact that she has shown us 20 houses was yes she
>>>>>>> has shown us 20 houses, but I cannot figure out why out of 20 houses
>>>>>>> she has shown us we have only been excited about and ready to put an
>>>>>>> offer on 1. I told her out of all the houses in Knoxville I cannot
>>>>>>> imagine that the house she is insisting that we buy is the only one
>>>>>>> that we will like in Knoxville. The next time we saw her she was more
>>>>>>> on the ball than she had been being. In fact always in the pat she has
>>>>>>> said about any questions we have I will find out for you when I get
>>>>>>> back to the office. However, last night she made calls and got answers
>>>>>>> for us before we left. She was a lot more sociable last night as well.
>>>>>>> I think she knows that she was very close to losing out on some money
>>>>>>> and even mor concerned about the bad advertisement it could cause for
>>>>>>> her. I ended the phone call with her by telling her that I understand
>>>>>>> that she is getting tired, but she knows our criteria and we are going
>>>>>>> to continue looking. The house last night was almost 20,000 less than
>>>>>>> the house that she was pushing on us. We loved a lot about the house.
>>>>>>> However, Amanda and I did not feel like this one was the one. One of
>>>>>>> the major things that concerned me was the fact there was no attic and
>>>>>>> there was no basement. The layout was nice though. It had a huge deck
>>>>>>> and French doors that opened up onto it from the master. It also had
>>>>>>> French doors that opened up from the dining room onto the deck.
>>>>>>> However, there was cracks all throughout the house and our real estate
>>>>>>> agent told me today before we decided to place an offer on the house
>>>>>>> that she noticed a crack on the foundation in a few different places.
>>>>>>> My dad said that could be remedied, but I do not know how much of a
>>>>>>> headache that is going to be. So, foundational problems kocked it out
>>>>>>> of the considerations. It wassitting on flat land right across the
>>>>>>> street from the elementary school so that was really nice. If the offer
>>>>>>> that has been placed on it falls through then we may go back and
>>>>>>> consider it later once we have some time to think about it. So, that is
>>>>>>> where we are in the house buying journey. It seems as though everyone
>>>>>>> wants a rancher because we have had several that we have set up to go
>>>>>>> and look at only to have the agent call us back and tell us that it has
>>>>>>> sold or pending sell.
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