Home ownership
Maybe I missed a thread similar to this, but that's ok. I have been in my home for 10 years now, and there are some thi
You might be able to argue it's yours due to (damn,i can't remember) because of the length of time.
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I think it's called adverse possession.
This particular piece of property lies between our driveways, is low-lying, and becomes flooded in less than heavy rain as it drains water from my property and beyond to a lake lying behind our two properties. It has little to no potential for anything else AFAIK.
I would not be at all surprised if that isn't what the neighbor behind me had in mind when he "staked" out his alleged property line as he had tried to buy some of my property adjacent to his years ago. However, he found another area on his property for what he claimed he wanted additional property for, so who knows? Now that he's passed on, I'm probably the weird old guy in the neighborhood!
eta: and I'm the weird old guy with the slow pony.
Guy across the street from me can't stand for dirt to touch his house at all so he has huge Gravel pits encircling like a moat.
I might be A weird old guy around here but I will never be THE weird old guy.
bow to my stern and immediatly west leaf blowing neighbor compuslevly prunes his outdoor back acre shorn tighter toward ground than fine brazilian waxing
imagine daily butter sponsors ponder either standing pat or bettering both homes and gardens, perhaps in an august edition, being keen on identifying tall firs, japanese maple, rhodies and azalea planted in bark mulch beds defined by surrounding ponds of sweeping lush green lawn somehow grown in perpetual shade
(a hi-res secret: he annually reseeds bald spots with ample helping chemicals and heavily waters around five hundred square feet of the relayed back yard sod every season for vewing by his eyes only perched on the back cigar porch)
meanwhile entire house surrounded by hardscape allowing him reason to perpetually hocky three same pine needles back and forth drowning out sounds from his wife
Do you do any gardening? I would frame that out on 3 sides maybe 2.5' high and make it a compost pile
I am consdering some kind of brush pile. I don't think I'll ever put in the effort for compost though. Directly on the other side of my fence from that strip I have a little brush pile going for the possums, raccoons, birds, or whatever want to use it for sleeping or hiding.
How about a couple of bathroom progress pics? Tile guy should finish tomorrow and the whole thing done at the end of the week, maybe beginning few days of next week.
It's 4/20 - perfect day to inaugurate The Inter Saepes Smoke Spot
lookin good mark
Yeah, looks nice mark.
Yep. Looks great.
it's going to feel so good to have everything new.
are you putting a door in the shower opening or leave it open?
Leaving it open for now. I really didn't want any glass involved. I hate the idea of having to squeegee the glass every time I shower. We'll see how much water splatters and where and how much I hate that, haha.
totally get it
and squeegeeing glass takes two seconds once you find a groove
Plus you get to say, "squeegee" to yourself, which is always fun.
Have you tried not giving a ****? I've squeed my last gee. Robot squeegee would work.
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Indeed
I'm going to say that not installing glass and letting the splashes go wherever they may is peak not giving a ****. How bout dat?
Edit: maybe not peak, but up there
I have glass shower doors, and after trying squeegees (agree a massive PITA) I've moved to Tilex Daily Shower spray. Actually works.
We got some coating on the inside of our shower glass and it makes the squeegee process painless. Still get the occasional water spots but they wipe off super easy. Well worth the couple hundred extra bucks.
Tile guys are grouting and will be finished today, so I should have a (mostly) finished product by the end of the week!
Bombs awaaaaaay!!!
promise this is not a spoof
the blue cap fume free easy off oven cleaner works wonders on shower glass and tile grout after spray and soaking for a couple hours
inconspicously test first but i've never found a problem
Spoiler
Tile guys are done but asked me not to walk on it til tomorrow. Guess they're used to dummies who don't know better than to walk on wet grout, lol. But here's a sneak peek from the door:
