Is this house for real?? I'm serious!
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Comments (4)Erykah- I'm definitely no expert when it comes to landscaping, but here are a few suggestions. Nerium oleander- lots of varieties with blooms in various shades of pink, red, white, etc. Some type of small-ish palm tree, such as Chamaerops humilis (Mediterranean Fan Palm) or Trachycarpus fortunei (Windmill Palm). Many agaves have beautiful bluish coloration, such as Agave americana, Agave colorata or Agave parryi v. truncata. You may also want to check out Yucca Do Nursery (Texas) and High Country Gardens (Santa Fe) for more ideas. Good luck! cd...See MoreMaking a bathtub non-slip...I'm in need of some real help.
Comments (3)Hey Mustang48, I love the user name btw. I used a certain product on my tub a while back and its still working great. You just mop the stuff on and rinse it off 15 minutes later. This stuff really works, you need to try it out. Google "slippery tile" and it is the first link....See MoreI'm never going to find a house! I'm too picky.
Comments (22)Hello, been lurking a bit. Lots of good info here, thanks. FWIW, I agree that if the things you can't change are right and there is room in the price to do the rest ... thats a pretty good place to be. I knew the minute we walked into our current home, it would be ours, more than 20 yrs. ago. We had looked at a few dozen as I recall but the search was over when we got here. Since then we've added several investment props to the pile and since last fall have been looking for a new joint for us. Found an REO that is the only house of hundreds that can tick off every item on our list. Trying to convince the bank that they should stop holding on to it has been frustraiting, aggravating, stressfull etc. but now it is finally fun. They are offering counters in less than 24 hrs. and moving proposed closing dates up. Still not moving as much in price as they'll need to yet but it is vast improvement. Guess submitting the roofing bid and the well test did the trick :-) It kinda feels like I'm the lone bidder. Its got great bones and for us, a great loc. (acerage close to where we need to be). Its way more than we need but the lot, loc. and subdivision are pretty near perfect. Some minor damage from the eviction but I'm pricing that in and will order the full blown insp. once we have a deal. I was at the auction, I know the number ... they might get it but I'm thinkin not. There is a lot of inventory out there....See MoreWhere does one start to locate care givers? I'm half serious.
Comments (7)I live in Ontario and we were alone too. We do have a son but he doesn't live close to us. I never pondered what to do like you but when my husband was in the position that we needed a caregiver everything fell into place. He was sick for a couple of years before we needed anyone but he was mobile. Some things he did for himself and some things he needed help with but we managed OK. He could still be left alone so my life was not disrupted much. Then he had a fall and ended up in the hospital and that's when I was offered many community services. I knew from then on he could not be left alone so I jumped at their offers. Home care offered me 8 hours a week of respite care. Because he had slight dementia the Alzheimer's society offered an additional 6 hours. I could have had more but I would have had to pay for it. The Red Cross offered it's Seniors Ride program which I still access for my own use. Because he was still mobile with a walker I was able to manage his personal care and used the respite care for errands and pursuing my own activities. I sponge bathed him daily and the home care worker gave him a bath when she was there for home care. We managed that way for a year until he ended up in hospital again and that's where he passed away. I know there must be other services available that we didn't need and you are wise to find them now....See Moremtnrdredux_gw
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