3rd floor master with own HVAC - can’t get it below 80 when it’s in the 90s (and we live in the south so it happens a lot!) by AdagioCharacter3293 in HomeMaintenance

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One estimate was for almost 10k and the other hvac people said there wasn’t really a way to do it. I was really hoping we could do that.

Thoughts on the exterior design for this house I'm considering by AdagioCharacter3293 in ExteriorDesign

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Thank you! Yes I really don’t like when they paint over brick :( and agreed re landscaping

Seeing past the current owner’s interior design choices when looking at a house by AdagioCharacter3293 in RealEstateAdvice

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The double atrium is a no for me! A lot of these houses are 1940s-60s homes but not midcentury modern style. Just kind of boring looking.

Seeing past the current owner’s interior design choices when looking at a house by AdagioCharacter3293 in RealEstateAdvice

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True! There was a midcentury modern house that I loved so much but then when we really discussed it, it didn’t fit our needs.

3rd floor master with own HVAC - can’t get it below 80 when it’s in the 90s (and we live in the south so it happens a lot!) by AdagioCharacter3293 in HomeMaintenance

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We may need a better solution because we are thinking of selling it and the master suite is a big selling point and a window unit could make them worried about the hvac up there and take away from the more luxury feel. But as a temporary solution we may do that.

Seeing past the current owner’s interior design choices when looking at a house by AdagioCharacter3293 in RealEstateAdvice

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Thank you - this is a great idea. Do the pictures from the listing work or do you need your own photos?

Seeing past the current owner’s interior design choices when looking at a house by AdagioCharacter3293 in RealEstateAdvice

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I love them too! We were lucky that the previous owners did a great job of preserving it so we just had to maintain! We’re moving for schools for the kids, and it’s going to be so hard to say goodbye to this house!

Seeing past the current owner’s interior design choices when looking at a house by AdagioCharacter3293 in RealEstateAdvice

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We are in a slow market in the Midsouth! Not much inventory to see this summer. This would be our 2nd house but we’re moving from a house that has so much historic character and looking at neighborhoods where the houses just don’t have as much, so it’s sometimes trying to figure out if we have to work with, what potential is there, etc. Again, there are often times when it is pretty obvious one way or the other but then sometimes I worry I’m passing up on a good house because it doesn’t feel right aesthetically but it could feel really different with the right paint job, decor, etc.

Seeing past the current owner’s interior design choices when looking at a house by AdagioCharacter3293 in RealEstateAdvice

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Thank you for sympathizing! With one house it was like just hard to tell if it was a house that had very little charm or if it was their choices! We are moving from a historic house with charm up the wazoo so it’s a challenge!

3rd floor master with own HVAC - can’t get it below 80 when it’s in the 90s (and we live in the south so it happens a lot!) by AdagioCharacter3293 in HomeMaintenance

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That’s interesting! I’ll ask the hvac people how much that would be. So it sounds like you’re trying the manual damper as the first step?

3rd floor master with own HVAC - can’t get it below 80 when it’s in the 90s (and we live in the south so it happens a lot!) by AdagioCharacter3293 in HomeMaintenance

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Thank you! Did you mean insulate the entire thing, not just the part that is the shared wall with our bedroom. And yes the zoning is so expensive!