bbro wrote:

Interesting!  I do it sometimes, but oddly I don't think I've ever said "I cut my hair" until recently.....cause I cut my own hair 

Thinking about this more... I say "I got a haircut" to mean a general trim, but I will say "I cut my hair" to indicate a more dramatic style/length change. (Mostly, though, I actually say, "Ugh, I need a haircut" and then don't do it.)
 

monster wrote:

Clodfobble wrote:

 I will say "I cut my hair" to indicate a more dramatic style/length change
 

yeah, that is how I mostly hear that one. 

My learner was confused by someone saying they were making rice.

sorry for the thread drift, bbbbro.....

I've definitely said I'm making rice - lol.  No worries, threads drift back and forth

friends don't let friends join HOAs

DON'T JOIN THE HOA
 

or can you?

@BigV - As I've mentioned before, avoiding an HOA isn't that easy here.  Be happy if you can just say "No HOAs" and still have lots of choices.  

@monster - that's what I'm concerned about.  I had a 60ish min commute before and I hated my life.  I also hated my life for other reasons, but still.  Unfortunately, the other one is still around 30m, but I think that's still better.  It's 1 hr a day instead of 2.  I also worry about the dogs.  It's not like there's someone else that can feed them or let them out.  And I'd eventually like to go back to a gym at some point, so I'd have less time to find to do that.

monster wrote:

I also hate HOAs with a passion, but it sounds like ultimately, they'll take up less time in your life than avoiding them.  Got any idea if you feel you want a house for life, or just 5 or 10 years or....?

I mean, I'm over 40, so I'm hoping for a while.  Ideally, I'd like to pay off the mortgage before buying another house, but I realize it's not always an option.  While in NC, I've lived in only 2 places in 14 years.  Since they've always been rental, they've always felt temporary.  I just want to not feel temporary and hoard boxes - lol.


Hoping to see another house in addition to the one I'm looking forward to with the HOA.  It's a non-HOA, but it's built in 1966 with a septic tank and a well.  There's also a room that looks like it was a porch and was converted to inside.  I haven't had luck with those so far.  It has a "finished" basement, too, but the pictures aren't filling me with confidence right now.  I see a lot of work that has to be done to update it.  I'm still going to go see it, but it's iffy.  I'm not handy and I'm not interested in taking on any reno projects.

....good luck in your latest viewings....

griff wrote:

or can you?

YES!  you can

So, I (obviously) didn't get the house from earlier.  I made an offer and they said they wanted me as a backup in case the one they accepted fell through.

I saw two more houses today.  Both older, in a good community with a very lenient HOA (like, seriously, driving around it doesn't look like an HOA neighborhood).  One house has a bathroom/laundry room which I hate, but a huge garage/workshop that is rare to see.  The bedrooms are small, too.  
The second has bigger bedrooms, but no garage.  There is a shed that would make an adequate workshop for what I would be doing.  The problem I see is that a neighbor has outdoor cats which would mean that I would never be able to take my dogs for a walk.   

I'm seeing a house tomorrow that's currently being rented, but would request the closing date after the lease is up.  Epic back yard with awesome firepit, cool colors inside, and a shed that looks like a separate apartment from the outside.  And no HOA.  They're only allowing showings for about 3 hours 15m each, so the demand is likely to be high.

I find myself wondering if I should just compromise to just get a house.  I have the added complication of dealing with my parents' estate.  I'm going to take a break for, like, two weeks because I won't be in town.  I'm just getting tired of looking and thinking of all the mistakes I'm probably making

monster wrote:

Sorry to sound naive but why wouldn't you be able to walk the dogs?  I have outdoor cats and they just bugger the fuck off when dogs are coming past

Because my dogs are still very excitable with the world around them 0n leashes and get excited (as in try to chase) cats when they see them with my arm attached.  Then, they're over stimulated for the rest of the walk.  And every time we go by a place that they saw the cat, they lunge and try to sniff for them for the next few days.  It would be a nightmare.

This guy up in MA has been house hunting this winter, he said...
"​House hunting is dedicating your weekends to an enormously stressful new hobby."

news story on local radio here...

Noted that cash offers of 100 to 200 thousand dollars over asking price in the local market are the winning offers for houses here.

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Walking the dogs cats either slink off of stand their ground threatening to tear 'em up. So it's a distraction but the real danger is squirrels, they'll raise hell to get bowser's attention then challenge him to to a game of tag. That's when he rips your arm off. Even the best trained dogs fall for that.

This Goth house with one bedroom for $225k in Baltimore had half a dozen people sign up for a tour the first day.
The agent did convince the seller to ditch the 29 mannequins.