BOOM... Hows your day going?

EndersShadow

Well mine goes like this....


My wife and I just had our offer accepted on a house!!!!!!....


I finally get a garage, which for us northern folks is a BIG deal :biggrin:. Baring any issues in the home inspection (or during closing) we move in February 28th.

So anybody want to volunteer to help .

Here are some pics.

Front:



Kitchen area:









Kitchen opens to eat in dining room:





Master:









Bedroom 1 & 2





Garage/Man Cave 2



Backyard (need to fence it in)






Now to the important stuff..... The audio aspect..

Here is a pic of my breaker box, thinking I can run 2 dedicated jacks (one to the Living Room HT stuff, & one to the loft). Wanted confirmation





Here is where my 2 channel stuff will reside. Couple issues with it I need to overcome.

1. Its a loft and is open to a HUGE area of the entryway (see second pic).

Here is what it looks like w/ a video as well









Its got a nice big closet where I forsee a server and networking switch installed, as well as storing all my music gear:


Video:



Next is the main living area. Couple issues here as well.

1. Open concept. Great for living, HORRIBLE for audio. Need lots of sub power to get the thump I need. Thinking Sonotubes. Lots of displacement either way
2. No rear wall for rear surrounds, need to go in-ceiling
3. Not sure if I can put the LSi F/X's where I will need them, will have to see once furniture moved in.
4. Window glare on TV.
5. No ability to add room treatments on side or rear walls at all.








So thoughts on the 2 channel or HT setup appreciated, but overall wanted to share as I am friggin PUMPED!!!!!!!!

steveinaz

VERY NICE, I'm feeling a firepit in that back yard. Congrats man! Epoxy-coated garage floor too!

WagnerRC

Congratulation's . Very nice indeed. Garage is awesome!

hochpt21

Dan, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!

That looks like a beautiful house. Fingers crossed that everything goes well for you with the inspection and closing.

Wow, that is just great.

pitdogg2

steveinaz wrote: »

VERY NICE, I'm feeling a firepit in that back yard. Congrats man! Epoxy-coated garage floor too!

I concur very nice Dan...you won't need a gym membership if you mow that yard with a walking mower...3x a week in the rainy season...that house is very very nice. Good karma your way pal.

trav0810

Congrats Dan. looks like a really nice place. I'd buy remote starts for the cars and claim that garage for myself!

EndersShadow

steveinaz wrote: »

VERY NICE, I'm feeling a firepit in that back yard. Congrats man! Epoxy-coated garage floor too!

Steve, you must have missed it... there is one there already ...


Oh and I failed to mention, one of my best friends is a landscape architect... so this summer... he's got a project and so do I :biggrin:

hochpt21 wrote: »

Dan, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!

That looks like a beautiful house. Fingers crossed that everything goes well for you with the inspection and closing.

Wow, that is just great.

Yeah, we are super pumped. ONLY thing that works in our favor and not, her parents are a mile away. Should be good for babysitting and since they watch Skye during the day, but I just picture being Raymond in my head....

pitdogg2 wrote: »

I concur very nice Dan...you won't need a gym membership if you mow that yard with a walking mower...3x a week in the rainy season...that house is very very nice. Good karma your way pal.

LOL.. yeah thinking I will take my dads old powered walk behind (he's gonna get a riding this upcoming summer). But yes, hopefully it will help with the weight loss.

Also I have some big plans for the backyard which will be DIY (Fence, paver patio around the firepit, landscaping) so that should help.

WagnerRC wrote: »

Congratulation's . Very nice indeed. Garage is awesome!

Yeah, my father in law is jealous. He will probably end up coming over to work on his Harley in my garage.

EndersShadow

trav0810 wrote: »

Congrats Dan. looks like a really nice place. I'd buy remote starts for the cars and claim that garage for myself!

You crazy? 15 years of shoveling snow off my car (and 4 years of mine + my wifes) ??? forget that man... I am buying a snowblower for the driveway cause I am TIRED of snow lol....

recoveryone

Can you say rider mower!!!!! :} and I was just happy it was my Friday and scored on a Touch and a pair of monitor 40 speakers. New house trumps that anyday except on that last mortage payment (10 yrs to go and counting) Congrats on the deal!

EndersShadow

recoveryone wrote: »

Can you say rider mower!!!!! :} and I was just happy it was my Friday and scored on a Touch and a pair of monitor 40 speakers. New house trumps that anyday except on that last mortage payment (10 yrs to go and counting) Congrats on the deal!

No riding mower gonna happen. Good way to burn calories and get some sun on my white..... :biggrin:

Hehehe... wife is budgeting all the costs to buy the house....

Meanwhile as a audiophile, I am budgeting all the new equipment I need for the house....

hochpt21

This should go in the other thread, but you know your an audiophile if...

Your first thought in every room when looking to buy a house is, "How will the A/V work in this room?"

I know that was what I was thinking when we bought a house last year.

hochpt21

EndersShadow wrote: »

Yeah, we are super pumped. ONLY thing that works in our favor and not, her parents are a mile away. Should be good for babysitting and since they watch Skye during the day, but I just picture being Raymond in my head....

LOL, we lived less than a mile from my in-laws for three years. I was a little leary as well, but it worked out nicely.

recoveryone

EndersShadow wrote: »

No riding mower gonna happen. Good way to burn calories and get some sun on my white..... :biggrin:

Hehehe... wife is budgeting all the costs to buy the house....

Meanwhile as a audiophile, I am budgeting all the new equipment I need for the house....

You say that now LOL give it a few years and when you walk in Sears you will find yourself glancing over at them LOL

SCompRacer

Congrats Dan! Nice digs!

codyc1ark

Congrats dan, although there may be nothing left once I come up (or over) and throw a raging house warming party. Ever see old school? :twisted:

Speaking of riders, I could make your dad a steal of a deal in a 42" ZT...

Anyway, nice work, call me tomorrow after work, big changes are happening my end as well. Kinda opposite what you have going on.

And I highly recommend that you start a hand workout regiment NOW for closing day!

polk500

Enders congrats on the new home looks like a beauty;

As for the inspection from the pictures I don't think there will be any problems at all looks like the previous owner took good care of it.

Huge yard as well better budget for a ride on mower.

Cheers
Roger

EndersShadow

polk500 wrote: »

Huge yard as well better budget for a ride on mower.

recoveryone wrote: »

You say that now LOL give it a few years and when you walk in Sears you will find yourself glancing over at them LOL

True, but in a few years I will have worked off the extra weight and can buy one

SCompRacer wrote: »

Congrats Dan! Nice digs!

Thanks Rich... maybe we need a IAS meet (Indianapolis Audio Society) meet at my house ..... you up for traveling hehehe

codyc1ark wrote: »

Congrats dan, although there may be nothing left once I come up (or over) and throw a raging house warming party. Ever see old school? :twisted:

Speaking of riders, I could make your dad a steal of a deal in a 42" ZT...

Anyway, nice work, call me tomorrow after work, big changes are happening my end as well. Kinda opposite what you have going on.

And I highly recommend that you start a hand workout regiment NOW for closing day!

Will do brother. Hopefully all is well. Thankfully I got over a month to move (closing Feb 28th, apartment lease up April 5th) so I can do it in spurts. So that should help alleviate things, but I think we will still try to do it all in a couple days (thank god I saved 9 days of vacation this year)....

polk500 wrote: »

Enders congrats on the new home looks like a beauty;

As for the inspection from the pictures I don't think there will be any problems at all looks like the previous owner took good care of it.

We dont anticipate it either. Home just had the carpets replaced and a new roof. Baring anything else I think we should be fine.

fossy

Very nice ... congrats is in order ..... first house party is when ???? LOOK at all that space ..... you gonna have to buy ALOT of
STUFF to fill er up !!!!!!

Oldfatdogs

Nice place Dan,enjoy your new to you home.

Dan

dkg999

Very nice! Let me give you some advice, based on my 20+ years of being recruited by friends to do home inspections, or to fix the problems not found by the home inspector. The home inspector that your mortgage company requires, or that is licensed/certified to report to your mortgage company, is not your friend. They survive by giving good reports that allow homes to be bought by good people that the mortgage company wants to profit on. Hire your own inspector, working for you as a buyer, to do a good inspection. I inspected a 5 yr old home not too long ago that a friends son was purchasing, and the purchase price was over $500,000. The home inspector that was sourced from a list provided by the bank found some relatively minor things. After 3 hours of time I came away with three pages of things that were wrong, including my sniffer finding a gas leak, and a large part of the upstairs having electrical issues. The estimated cost to fix what I found was close to $50,000. Not all of it was critical, however they were all potential problems. I'm not licensed or certified, just have a lot of experience fixing f'd up crap on structures. Always make sure who you use for inspections is in your pocket.

4xoddic

Best wishes on your new home!

Remember: LIFT WITH YOUR LEGS, NOT YOUR BACK!

tonyb

Cool man, congrats.

I see a lot of lawn...which means when it gets dark some strange animals will be crapping on it. LOL

You think audio is a rabbit hole....you ain't seen nothin' yet pal. Nice joint, enjoy.

Mikey081057

Congrats!!!

EndersShadow

dkg999 wrote: »

Very nice! Let me give you some advice, based on my 20+ years of being recruited by friends to do home inspections, or to fix the problems not found by the home inspector. The home inspector that your mortgage company requires, or that is licensed/certified to report to your mortgage company, is not your friend. They survive by giving good reports that allow homes to be bought by good people that the mortgage company wants to profit on. Hire your own inspector, working for you as a buyer, to do a good inspection. I inspected a 5 yr old home not too long ago that a friends son was purchasing, and the purchase price was over $500,000. The home inspector that was sourced from a list provided by the bank found some relatively minor things. After 3 hours of time I came away with three pages of things that were wrong, including my sniffer finding a gas leak, and a large part of the upstairs having electrical issues. The estimated cost to fix what I found was close to $50,000. Not all of it was critical, however they were all potential problems. I'm not licensed or certified, just have a lot of experience fixing f'd up crap on structures. Always make sure who you use for inspections is in your pocket.

Good point. This is a FHA loan so they have their guy, but we are hiring our own from a company whose inspectors are AHSI certified and have a good reputation. No one provided any list or recommendations to us, I went out, talked to some trusted sources and was pointed to this company, who I then checked on BBB, and some other sites.

So far they look good "on paper".... we will see when the inspection happens Monday what they find.


Are you suggesting an additional inspection on top of that?

PSOVLSK

Congrats, Dan.

Looks like an awesome place. I wouldn't be mowing that yard with a push mower in the middle of a Texas summer. I'm wanting a riding mower and my yard is probably half the size of yours...maybe not even that big.

Good advice from dkg. Wish I would done that when I bought mine. I have a couple of minor issues that I wish the inspector would have caught.

And since you asked, my day isn't going too bad, just not as good as yours:)

cfrizz

Congratulations!!!

Conradicles

Congrats!!!!!

ZLTFUL

Grats Dan!

ken brydson

Congrats! As a Realtor I see your excitement on a regular basis. Hope it works out for you. Just a correction, do not confuse an "inspector" with an "appraiser". Although not required an inspection is highly recommended. YOU hire the inspector and they are working for YOU. The results of their report can be used to negotiate repairs, reduction in purchase price or seller credit for repairs or your get out of jail free card to get out of the deal with a refund of your earnest money. The appraiser represents your lender (even though you pay for it). Their purpose for the most part is to determine that the value of the home is there to support the mortgage that you are obtaining. They will also call out any health or safety issues that the seller would need to address before your lender will issue the new mortgage. Some appraisers "think" that they are inspectors but IMO they really don't have the qualifications. I've seen some really crappy inspectors. Hopefully your agent has some they have used and can recommend without hesitation.

Again, best of luck! An exciting time for sure!!!

nooshinjohn

Congrats dude... that is a nice looking place. Now the wife and I won't need a hotel when she wants to visit Purdue.

zane77

Congrats on the new place, are you still in the same area? I'll have to look you up the next time in Indy visiting family. That's where I'm from and all of my family lives on the south side.