Most of the time it doesn't come up. It's nice when people go out of the way to offer. I've asked before and no one ever says no, but if it doesn't come up I pretty much always just go find a bathroom when I need one.

If any contractor is doing any kind of extended work they should rent a porta-potty and I've done some kitchen and bath remodels and rented one those times. For solar the job is pretty short, though maybe I should still have done it. (I'm pretty much phasing out solar/manual labor, so past tensing that.)

Let's say someone got 6 offers on their house in about a day's time-frame, how long does he/her have to accept an offer?

The internet says about 48 to 72 hours is good form but what if the seller wants to wait until showings are down on Saturday (when a lot of working people have off)? Is 5 days really bad form?

Looking back, the seller should have just listed it on Thursday.

Sounds like the seller can do whatever they want in that situation, but ya Wednesday Pre-listing, Thursday listing up, offers due Monday.

If I was a prospective buyer I would assume that any dealings would happen post-weekend, even with the early list.

That being said, assuming you have a realtor that should've been something they brought up already or are dealing with politely with prospective buyers and their realtors.

Every written offer should specify when it expires.

He doesn't have to accept any i would think.

Or maybe the highest?

Then give themselves a KITN for listing too cheap, and the realtor who probably gave them the number to start with.

whatever

Why do they need to accept any offer? They can totally ignore all offers if they want.

From what I read, it's bad form to not make a decision on an offer later than 3 days.

Just my opinion, but "bad form" doesn't even make the list of things I consider when selling a house.

I know things have changed some recently with all the people bidding each other up and offering over asking price, that said, it used to be that if you listed the property and received a full price offer you were bound to accept it or you could be on the hook for the commission.

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I believe it is still true, but all real estate law is state based so things may differ depending on where you are. But in practice, brokers would need to sue to collect and really would prefer not to. It's easier just to try to get it sold or to move on to the next sale.

This had to have been more work than framing the door correctly.

If you handed someone a hammer who had zero experience and told them to frame a door, this looks like what the end result would be

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Here's the other piece of handiwork.



Contractors removed that board in front of where the joists were a while ago, for some reason, and left it. The side walls of the deck bear no load at all.

So the entire weight of the deck is on the front wall transferring it's weight onto the piece of poor condition wood that is only halfway on the joists, and the temporary framing they built below. The middle part of the deck has already sagged a bit, so now they have to jack up the roof to take the pressure off and get everything back even.

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Home ownership sucks until I checked the price of comparables in my area for no real reason.

The electric company had to replace a power pole that was on, I believe, a neighbor's property and the best way to get to it was through our property and up the hillside.

The hillside was covered by bushes as well as grass. In the process of replacing the pole, they ripped out the bushes and the grass.

Do they have to put the hillside back to the condition it was?

Not if its in the easement for utilities.

whatever

I don't mind if they don't replace the bushes, but I do mind about the grass.

when you bought your house, the seller would have to disclose there was an easement on your property. though just to be sure, you can contact the utility company and ask if they have an easement on your property and that you never received a copy when you purchased the house.

after you own the house, if the company wanted an easement for the pole, you would have had to sign a document (and they would probably compensate you somehow)

if they don't have an easement, you can compel them to have them replace in kind what was previously there, either by suing them or threatening to sue them. if they're giant pains about it, give them notice of trespass and have a police report filed that you're trespassing them. then they can't go on your land to maintain their utility, which means they would need to find a different access, which seems like it would be more of an issue.

edit: also, be sure they were on your land. a survey could be required

If they do have an easement, do you think complaining about how the bare spot will impact my yard where they don't have an easement would work to get them to replace stuff?

We had a couple of days of hard rains recently and I am surprised we didn't end up with a mudslide. A couple of more rainstorms and my hillside will be my backyard.

I must say I was impressed with the care they took in getting the machinery back there. As they came through the yard, they were laying down sheets of something so the weight of the tracks were evenly distributed and did not cause ruts.

still waiting for my patio to be built... summers almost over and my rear facing curtains are beginning to self destruct at the speed of light because the sun has been blasting them for about 10 years... I need that patio built.

Just finished demolishing an old concrete foundation in my backyard. Had a shitty leaky enclosed patio/sunroom demolished a year ago and finally got around to the foundation. 35 linear feet of 18" thick concrete 6" wide with a couple layers of rebar. Real pain in the ass DIY but renting a demo hammer from home depot cost about $150 compared to $1000 I was quoted. Will be tossing chunks of concrete in the bottom of the trash bin for a few weeks though- luckily they come twice a week.

$1000 sounds cheap for someone to demo that concrete and haul away the debris.

was thinking the same thing...especially around here where the trash comes every other week, not twice in the same week.

Anyone know of a good brand of electric razors for someone with relatively sensitive skin? I currently have a Philips Norelco that I’ve been using for years. But the battery is pretty much dead and the blades are dull.

This sounds like one of those jobs where I would gladly pay someone to not deal with the headache it seemed like it would be