Updated for clarity:
We are visiting relatives in the are hoping to spend 2-3 hours at this park. Wondering the best parking lot and prettiest trails to take to fill 2-3 hours ?
We are new to these and in the past have felt locked in with a realtor who we didn’t end up liking. Last week found a house we wanted to see and scrambled to get recommendations (from strangers on FB) to see a house fast. Overwhelmed by the volume of suggestions I chose someone based on their community involvement, volunteerism and likability. Between the holiday weekend, family commitments, scheduled open houses (and our acceptance of his assurances that the house wasn’t likely going to move fast), we (TBH there’s enough blame to go around) slow walked the showing and then the making of an offer (we asked him about the HOA, he slow-walked his vague perhaps dismissive reply…and slowly back and forth figured out that we could figure it out during the inspection period). Last night we thought we would be making an offer but didn’t realise we needed to already be prequalified (our ‘bad,’ but it’s been years since we bought a house, and last time we didn’t need a mortgage). This morning he texted us that the house was under contract (for *whatever* reason it seems they hadn’t wanted to coax a competing offer from us🤷♀️). Sooo…the on good news here is that (perhaps *because* of how community-and even politically involved/preoccupied(?) he is-and because he is a *talker*) he neglected to bring or, even later have us sign a ‘touring’ agreement. The bad news is that there’s another house we want to see asap and we haven’t had a chance to figure out who to use (eg anyone we ‘know’ well enough to want to risk burning a bridge with this pleasant-but-perhaps-spread-too-thin family man). I read that it’s possible to negotiate shorter agreements and was thinking of maybe asking him to do that (a week would be ideal). Of course at this point I’d guess he’d be offended…. and he *is* someone we’d care to know in our new (smaller sized) community. Advice?
We recently got several quotes replacing two ACs and ductwork in a two-story house. We weren’t thrilled with anyone- all licensed contractors-(thoroughness, communication, etc), But we finally settled on the last company. Based on what we had been told by the first three, we mistakenly assumed (And failed to ask) that He was going to handle permitting. The job was supposed to happen tomorrow/Monday and he came by on Saturday to make a materials list and answer any questions. Up to that point We had communicated by email and text but nothing had been signed, so I fully expected he was going to have us sign a contract. As he was leaving (without having asked us to sign anything), we inquired about that and he looked like a deer in the headlights. Then my husband asked about a notice of commencement -and more headlights. Then he said ‘oh I guess I forgot to mention that you needed to file for the permit’. He didn’t seem embarrassed or apologetic, and my husband asked if he would send the NOC form with his information filled in, And he said he would do that on Monday (after which time we will have to drive down to the county to apply for the permit in person-And delaying the job by probably two or three days). My husband took a couple days off (because we need to move the outside compressors away from the house, and he will some digging and sloping). But besides the inconvenience and disappointment, We feel uneasy about working with him now, considering that he would have shown up and done this job without a permit, and we would not have anything in writing re scope of work, warranty etc (Other than a pretty thin email- a parts and labor list that was missing stuff he couldn’t get his software to spell out). Anyway, the way we feel now is that since we don’t have a written contract We would like to back out. Obviously, he has already ordered the equipment ,whether they are in his shop or ready for pick up. I guess I am wondering If we are making too big of a deal out of this and what his options would be with his supplier if we backed out now? he is a small business owner.
We bought a home with two septic systems. One is old, slow draining and supposedly needs replacing, but since it is never wet, only gets water from our kitchen sink and washing machine (and we only use biodegradable soap), we need to postpone replacement as long as possible. Besides that, the ‘elephant in the room‘ is that it’s covered in a mix of dwarf sabal palms, saw palmettos, and at least a couple short trunked regular sabal palms. It makes me sad but they need to go asa. My question is about their growth habits ( when I had hopes of transplanting them-At the price of destroying the drain field), I read some strange stories about the way their roots/trunks work (Sometimes taking a long time to visibly die, despite the fact that the transplant was a failure from the start; or taking years to grow after an apparently successful transplant). Any way it’s all a mystery to me, but my question is this: If we cut them all down as close to the base as possible will they stop growing at their roots? Obviously, whatever damage they have done to the drain field is done. But we just need it to stop-and hopefully without digging them up (and doing more damage to the drain field), before we are ready to do the replacement.
I have a lot of constraints/wishes listed in relative order:
lowered to a 22-24 inches for sitting (I am 5 feet tall).
Must be on casters.
The smaller surface area, the better, though, if too small for a laptop, small external monitor and spiral notebook- it needs to be strong enough for a monitor stand.
I am open to reasonably attractive rigs. (Someone on another thread mentioned those hospital type tables. I just wasn’t sure about stability)