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Old 11-03-2021, 01:51 PM   #761 (permalink)
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One of my clients suggested putting an in-ground pool in a greenhouse in snow country, but unless you just want to dive, welding the doors and cutting off the top would be more useful.

You would want to get rid of the burrs and sharp edges, right?

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This property basically did that. Not exactly snow country, but we get a few dozen days of freezing and a dusting of snow.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4...98506274_zpid/





This was my interest though
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I really like that trussed hangar door.
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What poolhouse greenhouse is complete without a hangar?!
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I like the idea of air drying after a swim.
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It would dry quickly from an open cockpit!

Without the greenhouse, water would need to sublimate off of your corpse, so yes, this would be an improvement.
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The 640-square-foot house has new pictures; they aren't pretty.

There is new exterior paint, but it is still cash-only, so it seems like that money would be better spent on whatever it needs to qualify for a conventional loan.

Of course, how much paint do you need for a 640-square-foot house?

Half of what Mom's house needed the 2 times I painted?

One-third since she has a 2-car garage?

Homes.com has larger images than Zillow:

The outside looks fine, but it has new paint. How often do you see plastic over the windows and doors?

That is a tiny shed! If I replace that with a 32x20 shed it would be as big as the house!

I hate to suggest cutting down trees, but it doesn't seem like you can do much without murdering trees.

If only there was a convenient place to dispose of tree corpses!

Where am I supposed to find wood for this stove?!

It seems like everyone's solution to a remodel is to demolish the cabinets and replace them, but not even I like these, but I don't like the paneling, or the tile backsplash. This seems like a bad place to put 1/4" drywall over the paneling, but if you put 1/4" plywood over the cabinets it would work out.

What if you just refinish the doors and drawers?

Everything looks ancient. If the sink isn't shallow I might just replace the faucet.

Is a mini fridge supposed to go next to the sink?!

I always want more storage, but removing one cabinet and whatever is above it in order to fit a standard refrigerator would make sense.

That stove is as old as my sister?! Can I just replace the knobs?

Paint them? I am sure that would last!

Of course, you could prime and paint the stove, but what do you do with the marks around the knobs?

I don't know what else is wrong with this house, but it needs a new floor in the bathroom!

Too bad we don't know what else is wrong with this room:

Is this the best angle of this room?

Was there ever a stove here? We rented a house in Mesa that was designed for some kind of a stove--in the Phoenix area. It just had a square vent coming into the house and Dad periodically needed to tape a new garbage bag over it, which periodically filled with rain.

I think those require a good seal.

What is that square of missing paneling next to the door? It is more than twice the size of that outlet face, so I don't think that is it!


I abruptly received a new supervisor yesterday. Hopefully he doesn't change my reports and refuse to tell me what he didn't like or have me completely redo a packet 6 times for a client that I don't have anymore.

The new agency has four clients so far for me, with a higher rate, so eventually I should be able to look at normal houses around a quarter million.

That house in Taylor sold--after over 100 days.

When I tried to find it I found this... thing: $79,900 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 480 square feet 5512 Turkey Run Rd, Pinedale, AZ 85934

Eighty thousand dollars seems like a ton of It is on a larger lot, but it is a much lower price-per-square-foot than the 640-square-foot house. Is this large for a tiny house? It is weird how the first picture is of the side, but the front looks terrible. I don't know what is going on next to the front door and the 2 windows are weird. I figured there was a reason one window was so high and I was right.

It has a loft and I am unsure that it has as much headroom as mine does at its highest point!

It has a much larger lot than the other house, though, larger even than Mom's, and it says Owner May Carry, so that might have better terms than the construction loan that I would get for either of these.
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Trees shouldn't live near houses. Better to murder them now, rather than them murder the house and then be murdered.

Planting new trees takes like 30 seconds, so anyone feeling bad about cutting some down can spend a few minutes making dozens more.
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How many of these need to go?


The tiny house in Pinedale is appealing to me somehow, but as a guest house for when I build something much bigger.

Does anyone have any idea how much that would cost?!
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I wouldn't have any tree that overhangs the roof.

A couple trees in front of my house have a couple branches that will reach out over, and I just trim those limbs back.

Heck, 1 ice storm and my back fence was smashed by an oak tree that wasn't even on my property.

I like trees, just not immediately near structures I'd rather not have smashed or covered in leaves and needles.

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