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Comments (11)Mark, I've tried the cocopeat and perlite mix, and came up with a dozen moldy, rotting ideas why it's not that great of a mixture to use with bulbs... The cocopeat is too fine in particle size, and defeats the purpose of adding the perlite. In order for an amendment to work, it must have the same size pieces as every other ingredient in the soil mixture. While it's true that coco products take longer to decompose than some others, the size of particles is crucial to whether or not a medium works. Particle pieces must be similar in order for aeration to remain, and for compaction to not take place. I wish you luck... be very mindful of your bulbs in the mix you're using, and check for retained moisture around the root ball....See More4 weeks and 40 showings later....
Comments (31)Well, it ain't over, and these people are turning out to be PITAs. They had until today to remove their home inspection and financing conditions. They didn't want to hire a real home inspector, so they had my agent do some questionnaire thing about any known problems... which we did earlier this week. They wanted to do an walk-through from 1:30 - 2:30 today with their realtor, to do their own 'inspection'. No problem. My realtor made a point of being there during that time. I got home at 2:30 and they were still there but just leaving. There's also a home inspector there. Okay. My realtor calls me in while they hang outside, and goes over a few minor things that need fixing. The screen on the basement window had a little tear I didn't know was there. No biggie. A hinge needed on the door from the garage, per bylaw. No problem. And - apparently there are 3 VERY superficial cracks in the foundation. The kind you get from the foundation settling. You'd probably be able to find at least a few in any house you looked at. They're not causing any structural or leaking problems. They know it, we know it, and the inspector knows it. But, they took the opportunity to try to get us to knock $5K off our price. There is also a couple VERY small chips in the grout in the main bathroom, and they wanted that all re-done. Our realtor told them to blow it out their ass (not in those words). He told their realtor that not another penny was coming off the house, so if they want to walk - do it now and stop wasting our time.. and that we'd go back to our first buyers that they bumped out. He grudgingly crossed those last 2 items off the list. The house is 12 years old - give me a break. We're building a brand new home, and our site superintendent told us to EXPECT a few foundation cracks from settling. They'd come back 48 month later and assess if they were worth fixing or not. Anyway, these people still have to sign the release for the financing and home inspection conditions.. and I haven't got word that they've done that yet, so we'll see. They're also wanting an August 28 closing which means if they're removing their financing conditions that means they've gotten approved to bridge, but they're going to drag out the house sale condition until their August 10 cutoff date JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT. ugh........See More40 showings in 60 days, but no reasonable offer
Comments (28)Sorry I'm just getting back to this--busy week and weekend with house guests. Littlebug is correct on my guess--it's something we can't see, maybe cooking odors or pet odors, that is keeping people from making an offer. While I don't know the cooking style or nationality of the OP, I do know I've gone into many houses here that have strong cooking/spice odors that come from traditional foods of other nations. Sometimes it's the little things. Nothing close to the neighborhood in terms of pending construction, highways, etc. Buried bodies--I don't think so--haha. Again--the grade school for this house is the first/second top requested school for people relocating here. Middle schools and high schools here are all pretty equivalent. When people ask for a particular secondary school, it's usually because they attended that school or have friends with kids in that school. A few issues with renting this house--first, the city requires a rental occupancy permit. It involves time, money and an inspection. The permit limits unrelated adults to 3 people even if there are more than 3 bedrooms. Perhaps the family of a visiting professor or a graduate student and family might be interested. I suspect the rent would be too high for a grad student though. It's also a bit removed from campus. There is a bus stop a few blocks away, but most students prefer to be closer to campus. Those that live this distance from campus expect to pay much less than this house would be worth. I did look at the most recent (04/18/16) market supply report (anticipated sales this year vs. total houses available vs. pending sales) I could find online. In the 350,000 to 374,999 range there is a slight oversupply of houses with a 6.9 months supply. The norm here is about 5.5/6 months. In the 325,000-349,000 range there is a slight undersupply with 4.9 months available. If the OP is able to lower the price just a bit to 350 even, he may catch those in the lower price range and hit the range with the undersupply. Hitting that range might allow him to stick to price a bit more firmly. The local public MLS here does not list pending properties so I check if those numbers have changes....See More40 bags in 40(ish) days declutter challenge. Who's with me!?
Comments (118)Yard man here today and had to find something more for him to do as the leaf blower is in for it's winter servicing. So, we continued with the clean-out. Today, was a lovely antique mahogany buffet that was once in my in--law's DR. We had no room for it in ours, but thought it might make the bottom of the steps in the basement look a lot better. Our basement is semi-finished but from the top of the steps and most of the way down, it looks finished. It is a great piece for storage of things (mainly silver) used far less often, but that I'm not yet ready to part with - thinking about those 4 grandchildren (who may or may not want any of it). Well, in addition to being good for storage, it is good/bad as it's a catch-all place. It's near the door into the basement garage, and things just end up "living" on this piece of furniture. I haven't seen the top in years! Things that need to go to Goodwill, upstairs, in the trash, be returned, put somewhere other than in the basement on this buffet. We started with the top and cleaned it off. Books went upstairs (God knows how I'm going to find space for them in my already over-loaded bookshelves, but I will!), lots of stuff to Goodwill (I won't make a special trip to the paint store to return the paint roller that was the wrong size and is still unopened - someone will get it for a bargain), paper trash - you name it, it was living on this buffet. We got it all cleared off and actually DUSTED! It's really very beautiful! Now, my portable oxygen and the charger for the extra battery, is at one end plus a basket to keep extra oxygen tubing and cannula, and shoulder strap for the carrier. The cordless phone is also there, next to a wall plug I had put in many years ago. At the other end is a small pile of things to return - I'll get enough money back to make it worth my while - only 4 things. A pretty green glass bowl is in the center. If it becomes a catchall, it will go below. A picture by a Vineyard artist that my late husband and I bought at the Cincinnati Antiques Show at least 15 years ago, is now hung - it's been propped there all these years. Yikes! I know my husband is pleased. Then we went through the 3 drawers - some stuff for Goodwill, mostly trash. Now organized and I know what's in them. There are two single cabinets underneath with doors, and one double one with two doors. Went through the two single ones - didn't throw much out, but I now remember what is in them. Center one is the silver - it will stay as it is and become my daughter's problem! We spent 3 hours doing this and I also had my yardman take the HUGE, very heavy bag of clothes from the clean-out in my late husband's closet (both his and my clothes that needed to go), to Goodwill for me. Altogether a productive 4 hours and worth the money I pay him! It will be late March/early April before he does much work outside, so this is my clean-out time with him. Onward and upward!...See MoreUser
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