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[MrH42]

Houses are kind of like jobs though. As you go up in price, the number of buyers shrinks dramatically. Starter homes get endless offers. If you're pushing $600k+, there's a much smaller subset of people who can afford that in the area.

[Johnny_P]

So I think my zombie craftsman lawnmower might actually be dying finally. It put something through the deck last week and has been running like ass. Still don’t know how that happened maybe I ran over a rock. But anyway.

If I were to get an electric / battery mower… I have no garage and no shed. My current mower lives under a very beat up tarp in the corner of the yard. Would I have to huck this thing in and out of the basement? Is a tarp ok?

Is a backyard unconditioned shed an acceptable place to store a battery mower and trimmer? We do get lots of morning dew, grass is typically soaking wet in the mornings.

I also have a big termite and carpenter ant problem in the area. And I’m fighting carpenter ants on the porch. If I do sheds should I look at metal or am I over thinking this? A simple 6x8 wood shed seems to be about $2500-3500. Which is a lot for mower storage for a yard I don’t care about.

[wap]

So I think my zombie craftsman lawnmower might actually be dying finally. It put something through the deck last week and has been running like ass. Still don’t know how that happened maybe I ran over a rock. But anyway.

If I were to get an electric / battery mower… I have no garage and no shed. My current mower lives under a very beat up tarp in the corner of the yard. Would I have to huck this thing in and out of the basement? Is a tarp ok?

Is a backyard unconditioned shed an acceptable place to store a battery mower and trimmer? We do get lots of morning dew, grass is typically soaking wet in the mornings.

I also have a big termite and carpenter ant problem in the area. And I’m fighting carpenter ants on the porch. If I do sheds should I look at metal or am I over thinking this? A simple 6x8 wood shed seems to be about $2500-3500. Which is a lot for mower storage for a yard I don’t care about.

Regarding the bolded, I keep my batteries for my leaf blower and trimmer in my hot as balls garage all spring/summer/fall then bring the batteries into the basement over the winter because I think I remember something in the instructions that Ryobi batteries should not be stored for long periods in a cold climate. The tools themselves stay year round in my shitty old shed or garage.

Can you put a tarp or maybe patio pavers on the ground in that corner and park the mower on that, just to insulate it a bit from morning dew? You can still throw a tarp over it to keep rain, sap, and bird shit off of it.

[coogles]

Praise

[wap]

Praise

Grats man!
So relief. Much wow.

[golftdibrad1]

Praise

[coogles]

Grats man!
So relief. Much wow.

Thanks guys.

It was kind of a weird sequence of events. We went up to Ft Wayne this weekend to celebrate my son's 7th birthday with the fam, and at about 2:50pm on Saturday we got a showing request for 4pm. Not the first time we've had a short-notice showing, but it's definitely not the norm, either. Slightly annoyed.

Thankfully, we had already left for the weekend and had prepped the house for the open house on Sunday, so it was good to go. No feedback through that evening, but Sunday morning we got feedback that "maybe" they were interested, but that it was priced too high given the (relative lack of) updates compared to some other houses they'd seen. It's not the most updated house ever, but I genuinely wasn't seeing anything better for the same money in our area. Then just after the open house the agent reached out asking for the neighborhood covenants, and Sunday evening we had an offer for $580k. No requests for the allowance, no other asks, just a straight $580k offer.

Sold.

Inspection is tomorrow, and we're supposed to close on the 8th. They're relocating from Washington state and I guess under a pretty tight timeline. We're moving out on the 4th, so the timing is essentially perfect. Phew.

[golftdibrad1]

Grats man!
So relief. Much wow.

Thanks guys.

It was kind of a weird sequence of events. We went up to Ft Wayne this weekend to celebrate my son's 7th birthday with the fam, and at about 2:50pm on Saturday we got a showing request for 4pm. Not the first time we've had a short-notice showing, but it's definitely not the norm, either. Slightly annoyed.

Thankfully, we had already left for the weekend and had prepped the house for the open house on Sunday, so it was good to go. No feedback through that evening, but Sunday morning we got feedback that "maybe" they were interested, but that it was priced too high given the (relative lack of) updates compared to some other houses they'd seen. It's not the most updated house ever, but I genuinely wasn't seeing anything better for the same money in our area. Then just after the open house the agent reached out asking for the neighborhood covenants, and Sunday evening we had an offer for $580k. No requests for the allowance, no other asks, just a straight $580k offer.

Sold.

Inspection is tomorrow, and we're supposed to close on the 8th. They're relocating from Washington state and I guess under a pretty tight timeline. We're moving out on the 4th, so the timing is essentially perfect. Phew.

sounds like you'll be coming out of this one smelling of roses.

[wap]

timing! Glad it's working out so well.

[Desertbreh]

Great news! Owning two houses without wanting to is no bueno.