garbagepailcat Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I keep wanting to buy spooky houses in the middle of nowhere that look haunted, like this one https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2327-Culleoka-Hwy-Culleoka-TN-38451/81170099_zpid/ But I think I’m going to end up with a ~normal~ house in the ~city limits~ I’m being denied my old house dreams! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I don't think you want all the expense that comes with renovating an old spooky house like that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku4656 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 don't do it, it's a trap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiemarie90 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I want to be able to afford a house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbagepailcat Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 19 minutes ago, scoobdog said: I don't think you want all the expense that comes with renovating an old spooky house like that. Yeah, I know. I can still have haunted mansion dreams though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 minute ago, garbagepailcat said: Yeah, I know. I can still have haunted mansion dreams though. You could buy a house in the city and turn it into a haunted house..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggstop Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Congrats! Good luck. The whole process can be stressful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 14 minutes ago, fuggstop said: Congrats! Good luck. The whole process can be stressful. She hasn't bought the house yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggstop Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Just now, scoobdog said: She hasn't bought the house yet. I said the process moron fuck off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Why are you congratulating her on ... the process? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 i always wanted a big old creepy house but my gawd, they are always money pits. always. that house though...it looks like it should be on AHS. something weird about the roof i guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 It actually looks pretty standard for antebellum / neo-classical architecture. The farther north (and the smaller) the home is, the pronounced the facade tends to be compared to the rest of the home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) 1 minute ago, scoobdog said: *adjust monocle* It actually looks pretty standard for antebellum / neo-classical architecture. The farther north (and the smaller) the home is, the pronounced the facade tends to be compared to the rest of the home. fixed. Edited July 26, 2018 by discolemonade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggstop Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 10 minutes ago, scoobdog said: Why are you congratulating her on ... the process? Her decision and her readiness to buy a home. Many these days NEVER are in such a position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 minute ago, discolemonade said: fixed. Family of architects and builders. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 minute ago, fuggstop said: Her decision and her readiness to buy a home. Many these days NEVER are in such a position. That's an odd thing to congratulate, but cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Just now, scoobdog said: Family of architects and builders. ahhhh. so you're all kinds of mcsmarty pants. i knew it was a style of antebellum. but when i think of that design, i think of pillars and such. like greek revival. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 minute ago, discolemonade said: ahhhh. so you're all kinds of mcsmarty pants. i knew it was a style of antebellum. but when i think of that design, i think of pillars and such. like greek revival. Antebellum is unique because it's a blend of a few neo-classical predecessors. Georgian architecture in Colonial America minimizes or dispenses with entirely the columns, while French Neo-Classical tends to incorporate the colonnades directly into walls. Somewhere in the middle of those two you have the hodge podge architecture that predominates Early American and French Louisiana. Obviously, a historic Louisiana plantation is going to have more columns, particularly because of the need for large front porches and porticos, but even those columns aren't as ornate as the columns you might see in, say, Versailles. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_NAD Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Don't think I'll ever buy a house. Not because I can't afford it, but just because the chores of home ownership infuriate me. I'll probably buy a condo at my most extreme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I rented a kinda spooky old house. There was what i assumed to be a haunted room and I found a big leather spanker paddle in the basement @Kudasai The refrigerator moaned and wailed in the night. Water leaked in the windows and pipes leaked all over the basement The garage was made of spiders If u took one step the floor would creak for 5 seconds And i found some unopened rolls of toilet paper from 1972 I miss it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudasai Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, Poof said: I rented a kinda spooky old house. There was what i assumed to be a haunted room and I found a big leather spanker paddle in the basement @Kudasai The refrigerator moaned and wailed in the night. Water leaked in the windows and pipes leaked all over the basement The garage was made of spiders If u took one step the floor would creak for 5 seconds And i found some unopened rolls of toilet paper from 1972 I miss it I knew I forgot something 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamped Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Have we learned nothing from white people in horror movies?! 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I don't get why people throw those columns on front of a house. You're not a government building, stop trying to pull one over on us. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggstop Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 21 hours ago, E_NAD said: Don't think I'll ever buy a house. Not because I can't afford it, but just because the chores of home ownership infuriate me. I'll probably buy a condo at my most extreme. Right? Fuck having an HOA and having to keep the grass and hedges cut and keep up maintenance on the place as it continually falls apart. You know what i hate the most about grass? The HOTTER it gets, the more it grows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_NAD Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, fuggstop said: Right? Fuck having an HOA and having to keep the grass and hedges cut and keep up maintenance on the place as it continually falls apart. You know what i hate the most about grass? The HOTTER it gets, the more it grows! Upon reconsideration I'm now house shopping. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 23 hours ago, scoobdog said: You could buy a house in the city and turn it into a haunted house..... How do you do that? Do you buy a house and murder someone in it? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 56 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: How do you do that? Do you buy a house and murder someone in it? yes 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 10 minutes ago, Poof said: yes I must attempt this now 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 shiiiit i wish homes were that cheep. i aint superstitious or anything so it wouldn't bother me if there was haunted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 5:12 PM, jackiemarie90 said: I want to be able to afford a house Nobody can afford a house, that's why there's mortgages. But when you consider that the rent on a decent apt. runs pretty close to a mortgage payment you find that the tough part is just getting the down payment together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 5:02 PM, garbagepailcat said: I keep wanting to buy spooky houses in the middle of nowhere that look haunted, like this one https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2327-Culleoka-Hwy-Culleoka-TN-38451/81170099_zpid/ But I think I’m going to end up with a ~normal~ house in the ~city limits~ I’m being denied my old house dreams! For me, a house in the middle of nowhere is a dream home. Unfortunately, "In Cold Blood" did for that dream what Hitchcock's "Psycho" did for taking showers for many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiemarie90 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 43 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Nobody can afford a house, that's why there's mortgages. But when you consider that the rent on a decent apt. runs pretty close to a mortgage payment you find that the tough part is just getting the down payment together. Not even apartments are affordable here in the bay. http://fortune.com/2018/06/27/bay-area-six-figures-housing-hud/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Yeah, I've heard that. Didn't read the link, but saw some article stating that even those with a 6-figure salary can't afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginguy Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, jackiemarie90 said: Not even apartments are affordable here in the bay. http://fortune.com/2018/06/27/bay-area-six-figures-housing-hud/ That amazes me given the generally squalid conditions in the city, particularly San Fransisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Yeah, I've heard that. Didn't read the link, but saw some article stating that even those with a 6-figure salary can't afford it. ppl love to say that. so does the news but cmon 100,000 cant afford a $3,000/mo apartment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiemarie90 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, Ginguy said: That amazes me given the generally squalid conditions in the city, particularly San Fransisco. Those conditions come from richer businessmen and tech workers pushing out families that have lived in this part of town for decades. A lot of people are losing homes, or saw their rent go up leaving others to stay on the streets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Remember though that 100K really means around 70K take home. Then there's the rest of the COL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 45 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Remember though that 100K really means around 70K take home. Then there's the rest of the COL. yea but still thats 35k. like 3k a month left after rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 my understanding is that the single-family homeowners in the original inner suburban areas of the northwestern cities refuse to let the zoning be changed to allow multiple-family units and that's why the housing market is so unbalanced https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/26/seattle-housing-what-works-next-218058 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbagepailcat Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 The house I looked at today has a stripper pole and a claw foot bathtub. Spook’t 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbagepailcat Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 6:47 PM, discolemonade said: i always wanted a big old creepy house but my gawd, they are always money pits. always. that house though...it looks like it should be on AHS. something weird about the roof i guess. Right!? I think the old white and blue paint and that poorly placed bay window are doing it for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBarney Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 9 hours ago, garbagepailcat said: The house I looked at today has a stripper pole and a claw foot bathtub. Spook’t Yoooo so you found the one right? The haunted house hunt is over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbagepailcat Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 10 hours ago, Nabloom said: Yoooo so you found the one right? The haunted house hunt is over Idk. That one was in Georgia. I found out today that Tennessee will just give me $15,000 for a house if I live in shitty parts of their state, so 🤷🏼♀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBarney Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 13 minutes ago, garbagepailcat said: Idk. That one was in Georgia. I found out today that Tennessee will just give me $15,000 for a house if I live in shitty parts of their state, so 🤷🏼♀️ I was going to say that Culleoka is a bigger shithole than most of the shitholes in TN but I figured u knew that already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbagepailcat Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 I’d rather live in a shit town in a badass house than a shit house in a badass town. I don’t leave my house anyway. My only real requirement is that there is a Taco Bell. Chick-fil-A is a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBarney Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 9 hours ago, garbagepailcat said: I’d rather live in a shit town in a badass house than a shit house in a badass town. I don’t leave my house anyway. My only real requirement is that there is a Taco Bell. Chick-fil-A is a plus. Oh in that case I will recommend (looking at a map of the zip codes eligible for the free $15k) the counties I would otherwise tell you to stay all the away from - Rhea, McMinn, Meigs counties, which are the shitholes to end all shitholes but at least they're close to the two best big cities Knox and Chat, and far away from the two worst Nash and Memphis. So u can stay home all the time but still be close to some occasional cool idk shows or whatever ur into w/out the bullshit traffic Athens Niota Sweetwater area looks like straight Middle Earth in some places, w probably a lot of spooky old meth houses to choose from Idk anything about the ones bordering KY or out west but in my head it generally gets cooler from west to east. My long term plan for like my 40s-retirement is to eventually plop a storage container down on the land of whichever one of my friend's dads dies first and just live in that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nabloom said: My long term plan for like my 40s-retirement is to eventually plop a storage container down on the land of whichever one of my friend's dads dies first and just live in that Can I store some shit there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBarney Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Buddyroe360 said: Can I store some shit there? It's probably gonna be pretty filled up w my mattress on the floor and fish tanks but you can bury w/e in a hole out back or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskox Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 16 hours ago, Nabloom said: It's probably gonna be pretty filled up w my mattress on the floor and fish tanks but you can bury w/e in a hole out back or something In Frankfurt there was a guy who built a living space out of containers in a community garden. Working plumbing and everything, the only requirement was that if you stayed you had to help with any maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_N Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I've been wanting to buy a house and the prices are really good in atlanta, but I'm waiting to get my credit score up another 30 points so I can lock in that sweet 3.5% rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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