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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited January 2014
    Congrats on the house!!!!

    And good idea on picking your own inspector. Due diligence about the realtor, lender, appraiser and inspector are always a top priority. Read every report, line for line and if something does not make sense, question it. Once again CONGRATS!!!
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited January 2014
    Great looking house! Congratulations to you and your wife.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,430
    edited January 2014
    Congrats, Dan. Exciting stuff, getting into a new house. Hope all goes smoothly!
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited January 2014
    I kind of miss the smell of 30 ethnicities cooking at the same time when i lived in my last apartment complex. It smelled a little like sweaty **** mixed with a double helping of more sweaty ****. Homie feeling....

    Congrats on the new castle! The best thing you can do now is go out and buy yourself a really nice PEN. Because, the amount of times you have to sign and initial papers, you'll want your fingers to be comfy doing it. On a serious note, be a man and get a kegerator!!!!!!! :-P
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2014
    oldrocker wrote: »
    Congrats on the house!!!!

    And good idea on picking your own inspector. Due diligence about the realtor, lender, appraiser and inspector are always a top priority. Read every report, line for line and if something does not make sense, question it. Once again CONGRATS!!!

    I will be present along with my father in law during the inspection and plan to take picture. Also the company doing our inspection has a sample report online and they take pictures of any issues as well.

    Ive seen too many Holmes on Homes to NOT ask questions. I do plan to ask how many more lines I can add to the existing box for dedicated power for audio stuff.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2014
    mrbiron wrote: »
    I kind of miss the smell of 30 ethnicities cooking at the same time when i lived in my last apartment complex. It smelled a little like sweaty **** mixed with a double helping of more sweaty ****. Homie feeling....

    Congrats on the new castle! The best thing you can do now is go out and buy yourself a really nice PEN. Because, the amount of times you have to sign and initial papers, you'll want your fingers to be comfy doing it. On a serious note, be a man and get a kegerator!!!!!!! :-P

    Do you one better. Wife is on the loan only.. I don't got to sign squat... Later on after my credit clears we will refinance and add me at that point.

    Just means I better not piss her off lol...
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2014
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Congrats dude... that is a nice looking place. Now the wife and I won't need a hotel when she wants to visit Purdue.:lol:

    I though you were gonna move back cause cali sucks :wink:
    zane77 wrote: »
    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.

    Be moving to brownsburg which is basically still Indy.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • monepolk
    monepolk Posts: 1,146
    edited January 2014
    Congrats!! I'm really liking that garage.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,676
    edited January 2014
    Congratulations Dan very cozy beautiful home. Sure ya cant wait to be settled in with all your family. Tell the inlaws to call ahead of time - you can slip out into your man cave :smile: Congratulations again & hope everything goes smooth..
    Randy
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,786
    edited January 2014
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Do you one better. Wife is on the loan only.. I don't got to sign squat... Later on after my credit clears we will refinance and add me at that point.

    Just means I better not piss her off lol...

    They can add you to the deed at closing without being on the loan.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2014
    ken brydson wrote: »
    They can add you to the deed at closing without being on the loan.

    Yeah we were going to see about that. My aunt and uncle did the same thing.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,786
    edited January 2014
    Quit claim deed is all that is needed (at least in WA that is)
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited January 2014
    Nice house congratulations looks nice, say goodbye to scraping the windshield, trying to open frozen door locks, or going out in sub zero temps. I bet the next major purchase will be the snowblower and the riding lawn mower.
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited January 2014
    Nice house, Dan. Congrats!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited January 2014
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    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?

    If you have your own inspector, and you've checked them out, then that should give you a good second opinion on the home. If a home inspector shows up with just a flashlight and note pad, send them away. You want the inspector who shows up with gas sniffers, thermal imagers, electrical testers, maybe even a blower door to pressurize the house and see how much air leakage you have.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited January 2014
    Congrats on your new home. Looks like a great place to live and raise a family. Good luck on inspection and closing.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2014
    Yup. I plan to ask about the breaker box to see how many more lines I can run for dedicated lines to my setup in the future.

    Here are my audio plans:

    Living room:
    • Front's: LSi 15's spaced ~ 5 feet apart toed in
    • Center: LSiC wallmounted
    • Surrounds: LSi F/x (mounted on halfwall near formal dining room entrance and on sidewall near window)
    • Rear Surrounds: (Not sure what speaker model) In-Ceiling in walkway from formal dining room to kitchen
    Future upgrades include adding Heights (LSi 7's) when I upgrade to a AVR with that ability.

    Run 2 dedicated outlets to where the entertainment center will be. One will have my Carver M1.0t on it as well as my Carver AV-705x. I plan to use some sort of surge/noise protected outlet here (suggestions welcome). The other will have my APC H15 connected to it and run all my non-amp equipment (AVR, TV, Cable, etc).

    Room Treatments are NOT so much an option given that the first reflection points are on one side a window, on another on a halfwall. I may be able to add behind the speakers once they are setup if the WAF allows for it.

    MASSIVE SUB: VR3 if you see this, email me the spec's for that TC Sounds 12" LSM-R build you were planning. I think I will be using 1 if not 2 (later on) LSM-R's in ~6 cubic foot vented enclosure (sonotube) powered by a 1k watt amp. Hoping to get ~110 db down to about 20hz and dip into the teens.

    Loft:
    Loft closet will house a Server and all my networking gear (switch, router, etc). I may try to buy a mid Atlantic computer equipment rack for it. My 2 channel layout will live here.

    Layout:

    Computer desk somewhere in the room, more than likely . RTA 11TL's along the long wall closer to the water heater and furnace. TV (~40") in between them. All my gear including vintage game systems connected to the Sunfire TGP. It just make sense to me that since all these game use non-HDMI connections (Original Xbox, SNES, Sega) and are stereo only that I just leave them up in my man-cave area. No plans to run a 5.1 setup, strictly 2 (or 2.1 w sub) channel for them.

    Plans/Thoughts:

    Install 2 floating counter-tops connected to the wall studs to house all my gear on (include cutouts for wire routing) between the RTA 11TL's . I will run 1 or 2 dedicated lines for the equipment.

    Room treatments all around, possibly bass traps if needed, but placement may not be the best given the closet in one corner.

    Any suggestions/comments about things as I progress would be appreciated.

    Hopefully the house has no issues and our purchase and moving in comes to fruition
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited January 2014
    One of the fun parts of a new house is after you move in, peek out the windows as the neighbors venture outside with that "where's that sound coming from" look on their face :)
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2014
    oldrocker wrote: »
    One of the fun parts of a new house is after you move in, peek out the windows as the neighbors venture outside with that "where's that sound coming from" look on their face :)

    Hehehe... thankfully there is a LOT of space between us and them so I should be able to rock out harder. But I already am thinking Zone 2 patio speakers :wink:

    P.S. did you get my email?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited January 2014
    Yes Sir I got it. I sent a tad bit more info on that subject we discussed.

    Yipper, that deck off the back DOES have lots a room and endless possibilities.
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Hehehe... thankfully there is a LOT of space between us and them so I should be able to rock out harder. But I already am thinking Zone 2 patio speakers :wink:

    P.S. did you get my email?
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited January 2014
    Congrats on yer new diggs...very nice place...as The Most Interesting Man In The World would say 'I don't always listen to Black Sabbath...but when I do...so do the neighbors'.....
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  • TNHNDYMAN
    TNHNDYMAN Posts: 2,145
    edited January 2014
    Really happy for you and your family Dan. Looking forward to hearing more about your progress soon.
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited January 2014
    Congratulations, EndersShadow!

    Best wishes for successfully implementing your ambitious plan to make your new home an audiophile's paradise!

    Don't you just love Indiana!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2014
    Moose68Bash wrote: »
    Don't you just love Indiana!

    Only when its not snowing and the humidity is 1 million percent... so the months of June, July, Sept & October.....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited January 2014
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Only when its not snowing and the humidity is 1 million percent... so the months of June, July, Sept & October.....

    You think snow is bad (and all of winter for that matter) in Indiana, you should try New Hampshire for a couple of years!

    Wherever you go, there are pluses and minuses. The trick is to realize that happiness is an inside out proposition, not an outside in proposition.

    Best to you. I sometimes long to return to that moonlight on the Wabash!
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    Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.

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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited January 2014
    Dude! Congrats, that place looks amazing! Keep us posted on closing, and good luck with inspections, paperwork, etc.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited January 2014
    Congrats on your new home! I hope that your family grows and prospers in this beautiful house. It looks like a nice comfortable home. Good luck!
    Carl

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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited February 2014
    So update time fellas:

    Inspection done and over, found a couple small nitpick items. We had a few of them fixed by the seller. No issues.

    House appraised for over selling price, so we have some equity going in which is always nice.

    Today we got word our loan made it through underwriting. All thats left is the title company, and according to our Realtor the sellers did some pre-title work before putting the house on the market. So we may even close earlier than expected.

    We also got a quote from a family friend to repaint the red walls in the Living room a dark grey, as well as totally paint Skye's room to how it is here. That's moving forward.

    We will be replacing the gas hot water heater (ourselves) straight out the gate as it was fidgeting a bit while we were there inspecting the house, but it works so we didn't ask for it to be replaced.

    HVAC (gas furnace and electric AC unit) are original so they are at or beyond their expected life span, so we are planning on replacing the entire system next year around this time and going with a more efficient system so we can start saving cash sooner on energy bills (after we make up the difference in the units).

    Otherwise we are golden.

    Looking forward to posting pics of my new system setup. I have some pretty cool ideas for the loft that if it works out will dampen ALL noise from the hot water heater and furnace.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,786
    edited February 2014
    Congrats!
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2014
    Congratulations. House looks great but it also looks like you have some nice footage on that lot!

    Enjoy!

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