congrats, mang

Congratulations, Dom. Looks like a cool place.

Thank you much

A few strings of lights on the table lamp and you'd have a workable Christmas tree. But you can't do that for fear of damaging an object so magnificent -- I'm sure MOMA would give you somewhere around the low seven figures for it.

my GF said the same thing about Christmas lights lol

asbestos was banned in 1978 but backstock of building materials was still sold into the 80's.
do your own research, but if you like the look of the ceilings and don't plan on disturbing them, they should be fine even if they have asbestos. asbestos is dangerous when it's friable (i.e. disturbed and becomes airborne) and inhaled. obviously the choice of how to handle your own particular situation is completely up to you.

yeah, we're getting it all checked out.

I don't think that house looks too retro. One of my friends was sending me pictures of her place in LV. The stove is less than 30 years old and looks oddly out of place in the kitchen.

It's a very nice-looking house. I especially like the breezeway, but it's probably because my place has red concrete floors as well.

love the red concrete

Congratulations Dom; I think you scored big. Love the kitchen especially, and yanking out the rugs and burning them is an excellent improvement for other areas of the house.

3 things that will come back to haunt you at resale time. and we all sell at some point. and you have to reveal them if you know about it.

1. mold
2. radon
3. asbestos

even if it has been remedied buyers will be leery.

add lead paint to the list

yes any house before the mid 70's had lead paint. it is considered okay in most places to paint over it. still some are requiring it to be removed by certified contractors.
not to far in the future you wont get insurance if any of those things are found in the house. and that means no mortgage. times are changing.

Fear mongers! Mold in dry Las Vegas!? Radon is just a silly gas...just open the windows a crack. Asbestos* can be fixed in place just like painting over the supposed lead paint fixes that problem.

*I was a certified asbestos inspector for awhile -- the hoopla over asbestos is very overblown. Dom and Better half are in more danger from tripping over the hose and cracking their skulls on the sidewalk than for all this tripe you guys are feeding them.

Back off, Jack!

Then there is the humour which depends on the impossible. Innumerable stories could be quoted. One concerns a baby in a pram just inside a window on the ground floor. A burglar approaches and starts scratching at the window and making signs with the idea of suggesting to the baby that it should lift its hand and open the latch. The baby takes no notice for a time but at last it says, “Don't be a damned fool, I can't walk yet. “
-A. P. Herbert

............and stop posting like you all are sober! It's enough to sicken everyone into a permanent funk.

I'm ****ing sober. I've been sober for years. The best I can manage is a slight buzz these days because I begin to feel tipsy quickly. Such is life.

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cdc quote

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking. If you smoke and live in a home with high radon levels, you increase your risk of developing lung cancer. Having your home tested is the only effective way to determine whether you and your family are at risk of high radon exposure.

Radon is a radioactive gas that forms naturally when uranium, thorium, or radium, which are radioactive metals break down in rocks, soil and groundwater. People can be exposed to radon primarily from breathing radon in air that comes through cracks and gaps in buildings and homes. Because radon comes naturally from the earth, people are always exposed to it.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Surgeon General’s office estimate radon is responsible for more than 20,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the U.S. When you breathe in radon, radioactive particles from radon gas can get trapped in your lungs. Over time, these radioactive particles increase the risk of lung cancer. It may take years before health problems appear.

Yes, Ray. Homes with high radon levels need some sort of radon mitigation system installed, I believe.

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I see those all the time.. several times, the radon conduction pipe inlet is in the sump pit cover.. the ground water is handled by the pump obvs, and the radon gas percolates up( I guess) and travels up the vent

the sump pit lid has to be hermetically sealed with silicone around the perimeter and penetration points

i had a house with high levels in glacier national park. it had the radon pump which lowered to it the safe level. but still had radon present enough to worry about. i used it a few times then sold it. not worth the worry or risk.
plus my main house was only half hour drive away.

Crack a window when it's 110 degrees outside? To each their own.

Are you telling the truth? I can never tell with you lol

Probably the truth. Not the sort of thing someone says to impress anyone: "Hey there. I'm a certified asbestos inspector."

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he definitely is certified.