Browncoat Bar and Grill- a home away from .. by MsA

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Browncoat Bar and Grill- a home away from ..

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POSTED BY: MSA
UPDATED: Friday, April 8, 2011 10:13
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:49 AM

Oh yeah.. I've been to that house's twin. The property was AMAZING and part of the house was lovely.. the rest of it looked like a demented child had been caretaking. Would have costs a fortune to fix and they were asking way too much in light of that.
Your best bet, in light of the market, is to ask your realtor to pull listings that have been on the market more than 9 months. Desperate owner=good price negotiation

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:24 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:

Your best bet, in light of the market, is to ask your realtor to pull listings that have been on the market more than 9 months. Desperate owner=good price negotiation

Or owner = too stubborn to lower price even after 9 mos b/c they were told by someone that someone else in the area got $X for their house even though it's not comparable. Or they've got a mortgage that's bigger than the resale value. Or..
Yeah.

We've got slim pickings right now. Not exactly a target-rich environment. Five today, meh at best for all of them. Bleah. Blah. Blarrgh!

Boychild's sprouting a 'stache. Noooooooooooo....!

It's still removable with milk and a cat, but damn.

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Friday, March 18, 2011 10:19 AM

Friday afternoon bump.

I am tired from all the not-liking-it house seeing.

Bleah.

Barkeep! Something to get the taste of "meh" out of my mouth!

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Monday, March 21, 2011 6:54 AM

Okay it's Monday and I'm the only one in here since Friday?!!

(Puts out samovar full of hot goodness, the giant French-press with a fresh batch, and tries to remember how to turn on the buffet table.)

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Monday, March 21, 2011 7:32 AM

hey Rose! I'm guessing good weather is keeping folk busy outdoors; I know that's where I've been.

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Monday, March 21, 2011 7:34 AM

What is this "good weather" of which you speak?

(Okay we've had some bare ground visible the last few days, but I've been busy house hunting.)

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Monday, March 21, 2011 9:06 AM

Oooo...come here to Tenn! Lots of houses...It's actually been unseasonably warm (70+) the past several days so I've been frantically working in my epic vegetable garden-to-be and in the chicken coop; in another month I can move my chicks in there and later this year...fresh eggs & veggies.
Good luck on the house hunt...you and yours are always welcome near me and mine!

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Monday, March 21, 2011 10:36 AM

Unless you've got a particle accelerator back in the shed that's not likely. Generous offer of neighborliness, mind!

My mom's pointing out all the lovely things they have in bloom and the fact that she hasn't owned a shovel in over 15 years. Brat.

Have fun with the chookies. I like Buff Orpingtons but they go broody, and Speckled Sussex lay pink eggs. Auraucana/Ameraucanas lay blue-green.

Ducks are fun, except for their mating habits. If you got rid of the drakes it would probably be all right. Again with the green egg thing.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 10:31 AM

House hunting sucks.. it just sucks.
We have several good properties, but the IRS in it's infinite wisdom keeps sending us letters saying they are too busy to clear our issue, but they appreciate our patience and they might get to it soon
( been 6 months now)

Also, reasonably confident that Doctroid can build his own

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 11:13 AM

Particle accelerator, or house?

Head fulla brains, that one.

This house hunting thing is definitely of teh suckage this time around. I have yet to get that happy feeling about any of the places I've seen.

The last time we bought a house I was skipping. (Gorgeous Fall day and we were walking the trails through the woods.)

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:32 AM

I know what you mean... We're about to do the next round and my fear is , since we found ( and lost ...thank you IRS sucky people) dream house that made me skip and do cartwheels... will I be able to not compare other houses to dream house and be dissatisfied??

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:52 AM

Letting go is hard.

There's one I saw online that I would LOVE, but it's about 70K more than we can afford.
It will be long gone by the time I'm earning money again, and Boychild will be off to college then anyway so the school district (icing on the cake) will be irrelevant. (Did I mention the inground pool and studio space over the four car garage/workshop/barn?) Letting go now, really..

So we move on to the rest of "whatever's left" and get on with the process. I'll survive so long as it's habitable and we're not climbing over each other and handing the neighbors toilet paper across the setbacks.

Could be worse, we could be renting a crappy apartment.

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:10 AM

(Sets out a large pitcher of mimosas to start off Thursday right.)

(Notices empty bar.)

(Wanders off muttering about sn*w and quadratic functions.)

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:35 AM

*Peeks up from behind bar*
Yup, it's just me, why I've been here all along!

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:04 AM

...ooo! Mimosas! I have found a 'plan' for my dream house; now awaiting tornado to scrub current one away.

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:19 AM

oooh good luck on that
The house we missed out on ( again curse you IRS and your slow plodding ways)
was 3 bedroom, 3 bath had two stories and was adorable. Also had large jetted tub in master bath, fireplace downstairs and in master bedroom, had laundry room complete with double sinks and shelves, a huge great room, well landscaped yard( fenced) and was within walking distance ( seriously could have watched Johnny walk to school) to the best elementary we have to offer...and all for the ridiculously low price of $127,900... ARGH and damn and curses to the IRS

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:44 PM

Any house with a large jetted tub would be my dream house......

Oooh - mimosas!

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Monday, March 28, 2011 9:50 AM

yeah...sadly not available any more
Here's hoping we will find something else

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, March 28, 2011 11:39 AM

Offer accepted.
Inspection tomorrow.

Please let the roof not need replacing immediately. This is an estate sale.

Beer. Beer good. Beer now gooder.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 6:38 AM

Fingers crossed!!!

For me as well. Taking the last 2 tests I have to take to be a fully licensed teacher in NV( annoying really as NV has reciprocal agreement with UT and I already was a fully licensed teacher in UT) Must pass with 70%

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 5:23 AM

Okay, house (mostly) passed inspection.

The roof over the addition will need replacing almost immediately. The Radon testing should be finished by tomorrow. The septic dye test needs to happen. After that it should be (fairly) smooth sailing to closing. I hope. (Prolly shouldn'ta said that aloud, eh?)

There is a truly staggering amount of parking space at this place. Whole lotta basement too.
I'm mostly focused on horizontal space in the kitchen and having a bathtub for the first time in almost five years.

And getting the orange carpet out and the walls painted. (You don't understand. You couldn't possibly understand until you see it for yourself. Which will not be happening until we've closed. Then I might make the pictures happen.)

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:37 AM

YAY on passed inspection and fingers crossed all goes well:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, April 1, 2011 6:12 AM

OK we need to liven this up a bit

* puts out a buffet of quiches, hot crab dip, spring rolls, bao, yakisoba, makings for sammiches, and a variety of pasteries.."

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, April 1, 2011 2:29 PM

NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOOMMMMOMOMONOMNOMNOMNOM......

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Saturday, April 2, 2011 12:41 PM

Successfully stared down the sellers.

The roof's getting fixed tomorrow and we'll pay them back at closing.

Now it just has to pass the septic dye test and then it's off to the lawyers for the final throes.

(Puts out a vat of Chubby Hubby and dons a snorkel)

"Anyone care to join me?"

Sgloop!

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Monday, April 4, 2011 7:13 AM

WHOOOOO!!!!! YAY

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, April 4, 2011 7:54 AM

Yay is good.

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Monday, April 4, 2011 8:10 AM

So is having a house

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, April 4, 2011 8:11 AM

You can has house?!

Oh, wait.. sorry. I got really excited for you for a minute there, then realized you meant me..

To top it off, before he left for the winter my father told his tenant (a friend of mine who I set up with his place) that she needed to be out at the end of April. She's got four cats and an elderly dog and is having trouble finding a house to rent.
We have a tenant lined up if the sale goes through, but they're on a month to month basis.
I asked her if she'd be interested, and she said maybe. She does, luckily, have another prospect on the line.. so I won't feel bad if she turns me down or the deal falls through, and I won't feel too badly if she decides it's a good offer.
I'm not poaching his tenant, since he's already essentially kicked her out. I feel responsible for her having to put up with him for this long, and for her having to find another place at all somehow.
OTOH, not technically my problem and there's a bird in the hand.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 11:13 AM

It's always nice to replace yourself tenant wise. We will try to do that when we move.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 11:33 AM

Oh no, we are not replacing ourselves.

I got a friend of mine into my father's other property (upstairs from him) about two years ago. She's had to put up with him as a landlord,and no written agreement, and no repairs, and...
And now this winter out of the blue he decided to tell her she needed to be out sometime around April.
So I feel badly about all this.

And I thought that if she was interested it would be nicer to have a tenant we know (and know to be reliable) vs. a complete stranger. Especially since it's across the street from an elementary school. And since he's already told her she has to leave it's not like I'm trying to lure her away.

The tenant there now just moved in recently and is on a month-to-month lease. (Although the sellers are dragging their heels about producing said lease so we can see what our upcoming obligations are. Makes me wonder.)

Anyway, I haz teh craplung and needs a many toddies plz.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 7:12 AM

HUGS Rosie... I think I need Jamesons//lots and lots of it( theoretically...still nto drinking as baby is still not reliably sleeping through nights)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 8:05 AM

Baby needs Jameson's.

(JK)

So far today we've almost lost the house to "we never said that, didn't you get our last email?",
(Glare)
then got a "nevermind".

One more thing, just one more thing, and I'm going to personally drop-kick the seller's agent into next Thursday.

Now they have to jump the next hurdle: OUR lawyer. And she's good, so they're not going to get away with any more bullshite.

I will be so glad when this is all over. In some ways being back to square one as of 8am was almost a relief. Doctroid, however, is happier this way I think.. so we'll run with it.

Jameson's. In coffee. With creme fraiche. And shaved dark chocolate.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 10:16 AM

Oh don't you just love negotiating...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 10:24 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
Oh don't you just love negotiating...

Not really, no.

Now the imminent shutdown means there might not be a mortgage agreement when we need it, and there's no telling how long the temper tantrum will hold things up.

Plus: no.. no, this is heading into a troll territory rant and I will not do that.

So:
Laissez les Bons Temps Roulez, mes amis!!

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Thursday, April 7, 2011 6:26 AM

Hey..invite all parties to a , well , party. Get everyone liquored up and get signatures all round...obviously you must include the county clerk who will record the sale etc.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011 6:45 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
Hey..invite all parties to a , well , party. Get everyone liquored up and get signatures all round...obviously you must include the county clerk who will record the sale etc.

I am NOT inviting half of DC over just to get a house sold. Unless it's theirs. And I get to keep the proceeds from all of them. (ahem)

At least the snow's mostly melted from my yard again! Progress!

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Friday, April 8, 2011 6:43 AM

We could go with my plan ( poison the lot of them and start over )
Sorry feeling somewhat disgruntled... if this shutdown happens the IRS will take even more time to clear us and even more wonderful houses will pass us buy as we languish in our cramped , old, dishwasher-less, drafty rental. ARGH!!!!!!!!

EDIT- NEW THREAD

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, April 8, 2011 10:13 AM

Never challenge "worse". It could always be worse.

We'll probably end up scheduling our housewarming parties on the same weekend.

Laphroaig.

Large quantities.

For everyone.

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