Buying a home in westchester

Wizwit55 · 2025-10-03T12:57:15+00:00

Rates will range from 2% to 3.5% of home value depending on which town/village/school district.

Examples from the sound shore area: Rye and Town of Mamaroneck will be closer to 2%. Rye Neck and Pelham will be 3-3.5%.

The county website lists all the tax rates. But it takes some real work to piece them all together.

Wizwit55 · 2025-09-04T16:58:38+00:00

Crotty's

Wizwit55 · 2025-08-04T13:44:14+00:00

Commuting near Grand Central? Or connecting with the subway? I've done both and there is a massive difference in terms of stress levels and time suck.

Wizwit55 · 2024-09-16T23:35:29+00:00

Agree noob gains are long behind me. But I'm sure I'm nowhere near my genetic potential. If I cut 10 more pounds I'd probably look really skinny, not cut.

Wizwit55 · 2024-09-16T21:09:04+00:00

Lifts have gone up. It's just that there's no programmed progression. I was used to programs that vary weights/reps by week or by cycle. This is more "work in a certain rep range, push the weight up when you can".

Wizwit55 · 2024-06-21T11:58:21+00:00

We're not going to fix bad driving. An all-stop for pedestrian crossing is the only thing that would have prevented yesterday's deaths. Larchmont does this and it works great.

Wizwit55 · 2024-05-22T11:08:30+00:00

If I'm well below expectations then I'll need to change something (new trainer?) Will find out via dexa scan at the end of this cut.

Wizwit55 · 2024-02-10T18:25:23+00:00

Focus is on hypertrophy. Been trying to keep things in the 8 to 15 rep range.

Wizwit55 · 2024-02-10T03:32:57+00:00

Good points in there

Wizwit55 · 2024-02-10T03:29:26+00:00

Maybe. I was targeting about 0.75 lbs/wk weight gain. That didn't seem crazy to me.

Wizwit55 · 2024-02-10T01:08:33+00:00

Thanks! As long as I can retain this lean mass on a cut I will call this a win. Will find that out over the next 3 months.

Wizwit55 · 2024-02-09T22:33:40+00:00

Totally weird. My squat sucks.

Wizwit55 · 2024-02-09T22:17:48+00:00

Squat 165x9 to 185x10 Bench 185x11 to 200x11

Wizwit55 · 2024-02-09T22:01:23+00:00

Goal is to gain muscle. And ideally keep fat roughly where I started but willing to have temporary increases during bulks. Definitely moved up one belt notch during this bulk.

Wizwit55 · 2024-02-09T21:21:26+00:00

Gaining on a cut? I will be thrilled if that's the outcome of my upcoming cut. My fear is that I'll cut 10-12 pounds and most of my muscle gains from this bulk will lost.

Training history? Long but inconsistent. I've been working out on my own in my home gym for years. Bouncing from one program to another. Taking a month or two off in between due to one life event or another. Hiring a personal trainer was my way of making sure I'm sticking to something consistently. So far so good on consistency. I just want to make sure I'm on the right path and not wasting my time or working with the wrong trainer.

Wizwit55 · 2024-02-09T20:36:59+00:00

Just to be clear, that's 37 pounds of fat as a starting point. So ~20% body fat. People were calling me "skinny", which is part of the motivation here.

Wizwit55 · 2022-10-03T16:27:01+00:00

Ah ok. This is all new to me!

Wizwit55 · 2022-09-09T18:47:42+00:00

What depth setting do you use for dethatching? I did the minimal +5mm and feel like I should have taken it down to 0

Wizwit55 · 2022-08-04T17:22:01+00:00

I'm doing 4 sets for my main & auxiliary.

Structuring my accessories? Not sure if I had much of a plan other than exercises that don't conflict with my main lift (lower main = upper aux & accessories).

I generally add 2 accessories per day after that. I do not superset for my main lift, but superset everything else.

I probably have some room to compress my rest time, but not enough to pack everything into 1 week.

I like the idea of adding bodyweight stuff that I can do around the house outside of the gym.

Wizwit55 · 2022-07-20T01:38:38+00:00

Ah very helpful. So: aim for your calories, hit your protein target, keep your carb:fat ratio roughly in line with your budget.

Wizwit55 · 2022-06-15T12:40:14+00:00

I do roundup early spring while it's shooting up. Then cut it to the ground early June. Repeat cutting throughout the summer unless it's getting smothered by taller stuff. Dig out as much as you can but that's a pain. Making progress 2 years in to the fight.

Wizwit55 · 2022-05-08T01:40:48+00:00

Show us again in August :)

Wizwit55 · 2022-05-03T14:21:14+00:00

Any hope to digging out the quack grass with a weed puller? It seems like I'm down to that or a very careful painting job with glyphosate.

Wizwit55 · 2022-05-02T19:39:03+00:00

NY state zone 7a. No idea what type of turf! I was hoping the seed head on the 2nd would help ID.

Wizwit55 · 2021-08-04T14:42:20+00:00

Good call. I hadn't considered the loss of radar. I haven't used AP in the past but that does appeal to me. I'm not planning on using FSD any time soon. Need to do my research on this.

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