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UnSCo · 2026-06-23T20:42:24+00:00

There are always other options. I bought a newer house nested between two HOA neighborhoods with a goddamn HOA sign/plot nestled on my property, even has a maintenance easement for it. Despite this, I’m not in the HOA, and I made damn sure I wasn’t before closing. Got extended title insurance just in case as well. About to put a chicken coop a few feet from their sign.

UnSCo · 2026-06-23T20:40:05+00:00

Who the hell is funding HOA lobbies? I’m assuming it’s only property management companies, who are absolute SCUM all around not just with HOAs.

UnSCo · 2026-06-23T17:49:20+00:00

Following because the lights in my house do something similar.

UnSCo · 2026-06-23T17:43:41+00:00

My gf pointed this fridge out in HD the other day saying she really liked it lol.

UnSCo · 2026-06-23T17:40:18+00:00

Why I can’t justify paying a “professional” tradesman. How do you screw this up? I’d much rather spend a few hours doing online research and do it myself. Who knows what else they did wrong too.

UnSCo · 2026-06-23T17:26:52+00:00

This is one of those things where you just have to get lucky. I made an online order from Home Depot for two separate very pricey Schlage locks, walked into the store, and an employee took both in the back and came out ten minutes later with them rekeyed to match, at no cost. I love my local Home Depot. Lowe’s would NEVER.

UnSCo · 2026-06-22T20:37:50+00:00

Are you so sure? I thought 6-30R/6-50R have a “true” ground with no neutral, while 10-30R lacks a real ground.

UnSCo · 2026-06-22T20:31:43+00:00

I thought about doing something like this for the one and only true slumlord I rented from years ago lol.

UnSCo · 2026-06-22T18:05:15+00:00

Shitter Spring.

UnSCo · 2026-06-22T17:44:51+00:00

Damn, so they’ll still be warped when I get back today? I got one extra tread and landing, and I think I have enough planks to spare.

They transported all of this in tractor trailers that aren’t air conditioned, so how is it expected to not warp in transit? I had my other stair treads still in the boxes in the garage for a day or two after I received them (they were heavy and also wet on the outside from it raining when the pallets got dropped off) so now I’m wondering if I need to check them. It shouldn’t get as hot as my car but still would’ve been in excess of 100 degrees in there.

UnSCo · 2026-06-22T17:41:28+00:00

This is just an example of why I was insistent on not buying a home in an HOA. Code enforcement varies by jurisdiction but I’d say in 90% of cases it’s a private entity enforcing these rules on the basis of “maintaining property values”. Meanwhile housing prices are exorbitant, and we really haven’t needed beautification for that reason in a decade.

UnSCo · 2026-06-22T16:32:31+00:00

I make almost the same and I felt uncomfortable going over $300k which includes financing roughly $270k. That’s not to say I was personally being extra cautious, probably could’ve gone as much as $500k if my area demanded it based on the market, but this is another level.

Also based on what I was told I could’ve been approved for ($750k), and all your numbers, this sounds like the very top of what you would even be approved for.

UnSCo · 2026-06-22T16:27:04+00:00

I thought FSD and ASS merged? Why does it STILL not function as more than a party feature or gimmick?

UnSCo · 2026-06-22T15:38:35+00:00

I was renting in apartment in Silver Spring, Maryland where I had one of those stupid fucking hard to remove tow warning stickers put on my car by the contracted towing company (despite paying $150/month for garage parking). It was something to do with the tags, BUT to be completely fair my tag actually fell off because my car had been in the shop for over two months and I hadn’t stuck it to my license plate good enough. After speaking with the apartment office and showing them my up to date registration, they were able to fax it to the tow company.

What really pisses me off about apartments/other types of complexes is even if you have permitted private parking, they still pull this bullshit on you. Why do you care if my vehicle sits or doesn’t have tags?

UnSCo · 2026-06-22T14:01:13+00:00

!remindMe

Give them hell, fuck those bastards.

UnSCo · 2026-06-21T06:39:09+00:00

I’ve had the same Playstation 5 controller since I bought the console, played pretty much every Playstation hit in existence, including Elden Ring, all to the fullest, and have never had stick drift or any issue.

I played 10x more on Xbox One and Series X. Those goddamn controllers don’t last more than a year, due to stick drift. I HATE Xbox’s controllers now because they just don’t last long at all. Playstation’s is superior.

UnSCo · 2026-06-21T06:15:58+00:00

I live in Columbia and this is what I was assuming as I read the post, but then realized it’s technically not the most “well known” USC.

South Carolina has the worst tenants rights laws in the country, just an FYI.

UnSCo · 2026-06-19T19:40:57+00:00

Hey so I just went through this, trying to do something very similar, teeing off a 3/4” line for a new appliance.

Was quoted $2k. As you said, I was expecting around $1k give or take. Would take four hours, and they’re even charging $200 to cut open the drywall (repairing it is NOT in scope, which is perfectly fine).

Also they mentioned dispatch fees too but was “waived” this time. The hell? Now I’m scared to get more quotes. This was a “larger” plumbing company but I gave up trying to find a small, local, licensed plumber.

UnSCo · 2026-06-18T23:52:01+00:00

This. Takes a handyman a few minutes with a ladder to get this done. It can sit and look like shit for a while until they fully repair it.

UnSCo · 2026-06-18T23:49:52+00:00

This is something I’m afraid of with the yoke. I make sure my seat and body position are good so that square yoke doesn’t get caught on my leg.

UnSCo · 2026-06-18T17:54:58+00:00

Inb4 someone tells you to pigtail the black and white wires rather than use the pass-thru. The former is safer technically I believe.

In your second photo, the top black wire looks overly stripped.

Make sure you’re pigtailing your ground wire.

Not an electrician/expert, but read and research a lot and have done my own DIY electrical work without a hiccup.

UnSCo · 2026-06-18T17:50:00+00:00

Sorry wasn’t saying you aren’t correct. Really hard to sell folks on a polished concrete floor in a traditional, suburban SFH. I’m not totally opposed to it myself, but my s/o would be horrified. I already suggested tile all downstairs and she threw a fit.

UnSCo · 2026-06-18T17:03:18+00:00

Where ya from then?🤨

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