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Posted: 12/17/2019 10:43:16 PM EDT

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vent cleaning

deep cleaning

carpet cleaning

Posted: 12/17/2019 10:43:38 PM EDT

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Bend your wife over the kitchen counter, or the realtor. Doesn't really matter

Posted: 12/17/2019 10:44:21 PM EDT

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Get a home inspection and make the seller fix everything on the home inspection. Get a new survey showing all improvements. Get an enhanced title insurance policy that covers everything. Get a termite inspection and insist on a policy. If the current owners have a copy of their title insurance policy ask for it and take it to a title company that will give you a reissuing rate. On home warranties read how long the provider has to provide a return call when you have a problem. Ask them for a vendors list of repair people and then call them and ask if they have a good relationship with the home warranty company. Then you will find out why home warranties are a joke. Don't buy them.

You're welcome.

Posted: 12/17/2019 10:48:06 PM EDT

[#4]

be poor.

Posted: 12/17/2019 10:48:31 PM EDT

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1. Clean everything
2. Change shower curtain
3. Get something other than the floor to sit on
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this but priorities are exactly backwards.

Posted: 12/17/2019 10:49:44 PM EDT

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Check and pump out the septic system.

Posted: 12/17/2019 10:53:48 PM EDT

[#7]

Start saving for property taxes

Posted: 12/17/2019 10:58:06 PM EDT

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I typed a big long reply in the other thread. It was nuked while typing.

Change all locks and reset codes on anything automatic like garage door opener. Who knows which meth head the previous owner gave access.
Paint ceilings and walls. Other people gave bad taste.
Clean all floors. Other people are disgusting.
Replace carpet. Other people are disgusting pigs.
Deep clean all appliances. Other people are gross disgusting pigs.
Walk, jump, run, and screw on all floors and steps. Listen and feel for squeaks and soft spots.
Pump septic. Other people are stupid and flush all the things.
Test all systems and utilities.
Establish all utility accounts in your name.
Go over your home inspection report. Fix all the little things that were not worth holding the sale over.

Posted: 12/17/2019 10:59:38 PM EDT

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Bang your wife or girlfriend if not married in every room in the house.

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Can’t believe it took that long, should have been first post. GD fails me

Posted: 12/17/2019 11:12:42 PM EDT

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Before moving, make three piles of your stuff.

1. Keep
2. Goodwill
3. Garbage dump.

Move the keep pile to the new house
While unpacking that stuff, make three piles.

1. Keep
2. Goodwill
3. Garbage Dump.

Also, don't be a cheap fucker that doesn't buy moving boxes. Scrounging boxes from behind shopping centers and such is for fools.
Go to your local Home Depot and buy moving boxes. They're really cheap. $40 and you'll have all you need. They will then all be the same size and stack nice and easy to move.

Posted: 12/17/2019 11:17:36 PM EDT

[#11]

Make sure the water shutoff at the street isn't rusted and stuck open.

Posted: 12/17/2019 11:21:29 PM EDT

[#12]

bug bomb

Posted: 12/17/2019 11:23:33 PM EDT

[#13]

Borrow the neighbor's Herby Curby

Posted: 12/17/2019 11:32:01 PM EDT

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In a year, the shit that's still in boxes and you haven't unpacked? You can probably get rid of that stuff.

Posted: 12/17/2019 11:32:29 PM EDT

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How about things not to do? I'll go first:

Cut your knuckles wide open installing the dryer hose on the vent at 10 PM and spend the next 6 hours getting stitches at the packed ER.

AND

Cut yourself again putting up garage shelving 6 days later and need more stitches.

I still hear smart comments about it from a friend or family member once a month or so. 25 years since my last stitches and I go twice in the same week...

Posted: 12/18/2019 4:11:22 AM EDT

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Why rip out copper? That shit should last forever

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good info so far.

our place was renovated besides the plumbing. Wife found out it was copper pipe and had it all ripped out and replaced

in other words check for leaks.

Why rip out copper? That shit should last forever

Also, they've been using lead-free solder for decades.

Posted: 12/18/2019 4:20:03 AM EDT

[#17]

The spouse in every room.

Posted: 12/18/2019 4:22:54 AM EDT

[#18]

Epoxy coat the garage floor

Posted: 12/18/2019 6:01:21 AM EDT

[#19]

Get a 2nd or even a 3rd job because it all costs $.

Posted: 12/18/2019 6:03:35 AM EDT

[#20]

Get your postal address changed.

Posted: 12/18/2019 6:07:41 AM EDT

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Pay off the mortgage.

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...in 30 years.

Posted: 12/18/2019 6:11:35 AM EDT

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Install turrets and make sure the bunker is in shape.

Posted: 12/18/2019 6:13:24 AM EDT

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Stress about what the previous owner lied about on the disclosure.

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This guy gets it. Or, got it, so to speak like I did.

Posted: 12/18/2019 6:56:20 AM EDT

[#24]

Don't worry, you'll find something....

It literally never ends

Posted: 12/18/2019 7:15:49 AM EDT

[#25]

1- find a reason to be pissed at your new neighbors

2-start thread in GD, complete with MS paint about it, any references to an HOA all the better

3-by all means do not actually talk to neighbor to resolve the issue

4-post link to news article after it blows up and gains local media attention

Enjoy your new home!

Posted: 12/18/2019 3:15:41 PM EDT

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Make sure the water shutoff at the street isn't rusted and stuck open.

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Have a water key. It's a T-shaped tool with an end that shuts off the water. Keep it in the same place AT. ALL. TIMES. DO NOT depend on hand tools to shut off your water at the street! When your house is flooding, you must scramble to shut off the water; you want tools that do the job right.

You will also get lots of gratitude when your neighbors need one and don't have one.

Posted: 12/18/2019 3:58:29 PM EDT

[#27]

Make a plan to pay extra on your mortgage and pay it off earlier.

Posted: 12/18/2019 4:13:25 PM EDT

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Buy spare parts for the AC / furnace / water heater. Caps, contactors, ingnitors, flame sensors, temp switches, filters, anode rods. Clean the dryer vent. Check the condensate drains, backups. Plug in a lamp to every outlet to check function, tightness. Flip every switch to listen for crackling.

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This, except you should get a real outlet tester and a multi meter and test all the outlets.

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Have or do all the drain lines in the house along with the sink traps. Find and test all the water shut offs, make sure to lable and tell the wife and kids about them. Check out the main water shut off, clean out the box and test the valve. Then store the tool somewhere it's easy to find and get to in an emergency. Same thing with any gas lines.

If you have hardwood floors or know you'll want to change flooring or do anything that involves drywall do it before you move anything into the house.

I personally thinks it's a good idea to live in the house for a bit before you start planning for any remodeling. The way you think you'll use and live in the house may be different that the way you actually will. Once you have a list plan it out in a logical way so you'll save money and time not having to redo or cut into something you've already finished.

Posted: 12/18/2019 4:16:37 PM EDT

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First, the trenches need to be dug, zigzag so one shell can't get everyone, then the barbed wire. Claymores. Trip flares. Some heads on pikes. Punji traps. Oh, and the wife really wanted a garden gnome, so one of those too.

Posted: 12/18/2019 4:22:05 PM EDT

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Buy spare parts for the AC / furnace / water heater. Caps, contactors, ingnitors, flame sensors, temp switches, filters, anode rods. Clean the dryer vent. Check the condensate drains, backups. Plug in a lamp to every outlet to check function, tightness. Flip every switch to listen for crackling.

Just the basics...

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some good ones here. clogged dryer vents can cause fires.

Also check smoke and co detectors (inspectors can be trusted). if they're old or not working, call the manufacturer and you may be able to get them for free.

check your power company, they often offer free stuff too - ours sent us like 50 free lightbulbs.

Posted: 12/18/2019 4:31:25 PM EDT

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Do everything that you have the money in hand for now before you move in all your shit. Painting,epoxy the garage,carpet,and detail the inside real nice. Once your shit is in there it doubles the man hours of these jobs.

Posted: 12/18/2019 5:22:54 PM EDT

[#32]

Change the water heater. Put in the flooring you really want. Paint.

Make a list and start checking things off.

Posted: 12/18/2019 5:24:24 PM EDT

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Why rip out copper? That shit should last forever

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No, it actually does not, if there is shitty water.

Posted: 12/18/2019 5:25:19 PM EDT

[#34]

Change the locks and toilet seats. Slow close lids like a boss.

Posted: 12/19/2019 7:39:01 PM EDT

[#35]

You can't properly move in without yard decorations.

Posted: 12/19/2019 8:01:01 PM EDT

[#36]

Get an independent inspector to come in.

Posted: 12/19/2019 8:04:50 PM EDT

[#37]

I bought a gun on the way home.

Posted: 12/19/2019 8:08:53 PM EDT

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New toilet seats.

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Holy shite, this. If you've had soft close seats for the last couple of years there's nothing like wifey slamming down a toilet seat at 3 a.m. to convince you the alphabets are coming through the front door.

Posted: 12/19/2019 8:16:55 PM EDT

[#39]

Make certain that the prior shitbag owners actually took all their shit with them, and didn't leave a small truckload of it behind.

Test all outlets with an outlet tester.

Install recessed lighting in every room that those cheap ass fucking domes are, or at least a ceiling fan. A decent fan is like $150.

Test and label every circuit breaker, and every valve if there's a water manifold.

Posted: 12/19/2019 8:41:17 PM EDT

[#40]

UV light and scrub everything

New toilets
Clean the drains

See if the prior owners had animals and if it has carpets pull them as there is bound to be animal piss that has been covered over, but I would be looking for this prior to the purchase to negotiate costs.

More insulation and spray foam in all of the little areas in any attic area.

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