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polrbehr
polrbehr Posts: 2,830
Wow, I just realized today marks 26 years that we've owned our home, closing date was 7/26/96. Time sure does go by whether you pay attention or not. So pay attention. ;)

Anyone else in their current place of residence for a long time?
So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
    Yeah, 17th year renting the same shithole apartment.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited July 2022
    Been here in House 4.0 full time for 9 years as of a week or so ago; i.e., after we closed on the sale of House 3.2 in MA (after 22 years of faithful service and two fairly substantial tranches of work) and moved to NH for keeps.

    Well, actually, I was sort of in a work release program from July 2013 to January 2014 when I really, truly, formally retired from RFT employment. I had retained a modest :p little dump pied-Γ -terre in the dismal lovely little hamlet of Ayer, MA and survived 'lived' there during the week, schlepping up to NH on Friday afternoons for the weekend. B)

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    Note that the hifi above (including the "stand") was resouced with 100% dump finds! I actually eventually ditched the Radio Shack MC-500 speakers and replaced them with a pair of Polk Audio Monitor 5 series (5B? Series 2? I dunno... the ones with the slightly nasty tweeters), the Polks (tweeters notwithstanding) being much better than the R/S speakers.
    The Monitor 5s were not dump finds, but rather were kindly given to me by a good hifi buddy in MA.
  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,613
    congrats! Been here since 09 at my humble abode
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 767
    I wish... I'm working on year 2 in my current house, although the house itself is almost 300 years old. Starting over in life sans wife has it's +/-

    At least now I don't have to justify my audio purchases to anyone.πŸ˜†
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,147
    edited July 2022
    Been here since the spring of 86'.

    36 years. almost 20 (or more) with no morgage. ;)

    The amount of work I've done to this house and around this little 1/3 acre is probably the reason I'm still alive. :)

    I forgot...I kept the 1/3 acre behind me like a small parkland for 25 years or so. Now it's fenced off by the recent buyer and he's turned it into a kids' playground.

    BUT...The guy cut down 95% of the woodland back there. >:)

    I've yet to experience a Hurricane without that protection. :#
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,130
    34 years here in my old house which kept me poor and very busy for a good many years.
  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,007
    We have been at our house for about 9 years now. Love it just like the day we bought it.

    Well, except when it's 98 degrees outside and you have to mow over an acre. It's not my favorite place when that happens.

    The cow pasture behind us was allowed to turn into a forest, so the deer and other little critters are spotted way more often. Maybe not as much as Mark's place but I have no complaints.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited July 2022
    Last house 24 years. 5 years in current house after I moved to Tennessee.
    May move back to Texas next year. Son is getting married
    and wife is expecting grandkids soon. I don't think she has
    shared that with my son yet....... he may have a
    different plan!
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,147
    edited July 2022
    treitz3 wrote: Β»
    We have been at our house for about 9 years now. Love it just like the day we bought it.

    Well, except when it's 98 degrees outside and you have to mow over an acre. It's not my favorite place when that happens.

    The cow pasture behind us was allowed to turn into a forest, so the deer and other little critters are spotted way more often. Maybe not as much as Mark's place but I have no complaints.

    Tom

    My yard work has steadily declined as the Temps have stayed 90 for weeks. I went out today for about 40 minutes and sprayed weed killer and sweated just walking around this 1/3 acre. It's Crazy HOT today.

    When I bought this place, there was a large vegitable garden spanning 3 yards behind mine and the other 2 to the left of me. The man quit gardening and the weeds and saplings took over in about 2 years or longer.

    Then the critters became plentiful. :# The Racoons were cool. B) The possums are kinda cool but...creapy looking too.

    But it was the rodents. Big and small that needed thinning and eradicating. That's when I turned it into a beautiful park setting. Rarely saw a rodent since. I aquired a TORO rider and bushhoged the area except where one neighbor wanted to keep a wooded screen to grow up. The screen grew up well and is still there BUT it is thinner since the guy took a lot of it down. He was going to take it all down and that good neighbor told him to stop cutting down trees and thicket and get off his property.

    At least there's some protection from the left side but it's behind the third property down the street.

    This Park setting was bigger but encroched on me through the years. Maybe 15' on the back and left side. That's all.

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    :s

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    Post edited by Tony M on
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,581
    26 years here. I will will this place to my daughter when I'm dead and gone

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  • maxward
    maxward Posts: 1,573
  • Dabutcher
    Dabutcher Posts: 2,595
    Been here 22 years. Only house my two kids have ever known. Been paid off for 8 or 9? Sweet deal not having any monthly payments . Only property taxes twice a year and helping two kids with their college expenses. Love yours. D
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,007
    Wow, I'm still in the baby making stage compared to you guys. 7 yrs at this house but 15 yrs in this neighborhood.
  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,715
    edited July 2022
    26 years this November.
    Good neighbors, have wildlife come around (racoons, ducks, hawks, rabbits, ....moles πŸ˜’), schools nearby, all good.πŸ‘l
    Sal Palooza
  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,039
    It'll be 27 years on 7/30 for us. Keeping up the almost 9 acres is truly a part time job, but I enjoy it. Got the place paid off after 11 years, just popped the school tax check in the mail today. Kinda gripes me to pay that at my age. The system needs to be reworked.
    Yep, my name really is Bob.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    Waiting for my last city tax bill. Then never again.
    They are so disorganized they are a month late sending
    It. Same as last year. Sad if you can't even do that well.
    The woods in back are chock full of critters. I could live
    without the snakes. Been quiet this year, but 2 years ago
    they were everywhere. Had to work on sealing up the shed.
    Nothing like opening it up and seeing a snake condo going
    on.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,147
    edited July 2022
    26 years this November.
    Good neighbors, have wildlife come around (racoons, ducks, hawks, rabbits, ....moles πŸ˜’), schools nearby, all good.πŸ‘l

    Having good neighbors is such a blessing. Who can live next to an a-hole.? I couldn't. I've had it made here. One silent neighbor I had next door on the driveway side was the silent type. He was a Muslim and had strict rules for his girlfriend and her Daughter. Well, the guy kidnapped her Daughter AND sister and took them away. He was on the most wanted list for a week. They cornered him in Asheville NC. and he shot himself. The little girl and her mother's sister were unharmed during the kidnapping. The woman never returned to live next door anymore because of that guy's actions.

    The next and last neighborly bad actor was a visitor to our new neighbor. We woke up to a Mercedes sports car of the very high-end type. Later that afternoon, our back neighbor calls us to tell us a raid is going to take place next door to us. Swat showed up, threw a concussion bomb through the front window, and then brought out a couple and put them on the ground and handcuffed them and then they all went away. A tow truck came and got the stollen carjacked sports car. What an afternoon that was! Swat parked their big truck in our yard. :D

    F-moles. >:)

    They tore up yards around here big-time 3 or 4 years ago. I researched and started using Grub-EX. The BEST known mole-connected preventer and BEST Grub killer. But it only kills Grub larva forming for the next year. It won't kill active adults. I don't think there is a home-owner-accessible adult grub killer on the market. :'( I think it was Michigan University that did the study of grub-killing products.
    Grub-EX had the best results big-time. Some supposed grub killers barely killed any.

    Get rid of grubs, the moles don't hang around.

    There's been a little activity this summer from moles, but a tunnel in the front yard (started at the street ) was only a foot or two. The tunnel in the backyard was the same thing.

    I've got 2 neighbors to start using Grub-EX yearly now also. :)

    This is the result this year from using Grub-EX last Spring. ( May/June, when June bugs appear on your screens);

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    The yard looks even better than this since we just had 3-1/2" of rain the last 2 weeks. I also spread Milorganite pellets before the rain came.

    Post edited by Tony M on
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,147
    Clipdat wrote: Β»
    Yeah, 17th year renting the same shithole apartment.

    You're not alone.

    My Father-in-law rented until he passed at 92.

    Seriously, he didn't want to face maintenance costs.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,147
    edited July 2022
    Here is the yard now. I just mowed it the other day. I do cut it at a high heigth now that summer is in full heating. :D Rain sure helps it grow fast.!

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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    Ours is mostly dormant.
    ... and the not dormant part is weeds. :)

  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    Been at my same Townhouse since 1998.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,147
    edited July 2022
    Been at my same Townhouse since 1998.

    Townhomes were and still are kind-of solid investments if your going to stay in one place for years.

    My father-in-law rented from a Townhome owner for 20 years or more in Toledo Ohio. It was when the Owner sold it and the new owner/s were going to raise the rent A LOT, did he move to another rental. One owned by his wife's Daughter and boyfriend. Oh, the new one was a ranch style freshly remodled. A lot more suited for an 80+ year old.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,334
    My wife and I bought our townhome in 2005, mainly because it was only 2 years old with one owner, it has plenty of room, and it was what we could afford at the time.

    The good - low taxes, insurance, and no yard work. The bad - next door neighbors and high HOA fees. We have mostly been lucky with our next door neighbors, the only one that was an issue was a part-time stripper with 2 dogs and a cat, and some, apparently, ticked off "customers". One tried to set her Tundra on fire (that is not a euphemism, btw) and another spray painted an F-You on her tailgate (again, not a euphemism). She drove around with the tailgate down until she got it repainted.

    The other bad thing is the stairs. I'll be 70 soon and my wife has a bad back. We may have to sell one day and find a ranch to rent for our remaining years.
  • BinKY188_5
    BinKY188_5 Posts: 133
    We've been in our house in the country for 24 years. Started with 1.5 acres and managed to buy the 8.5 acres next to us just last year so now we have 10 acres and a lot of wildlife.
  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,039
    We had a grub problem a few years ago. I won't use any chemicals near the house due to us being on a well. Purchased some beneficial nematodes. Kept the affected area wet for a few days, have not seen any grub action since then.

    Speaking of neighbors( we really don't have any here)...when we lived "in town" our neighbors were fairly close. The ones on our driveway side seemed to be decent people and I thought we got along with them. One day the guy asks me what I would think of a fence put up between us along the drive way. I replied I would rather not feel boxed in but it's your property. A few weeks go by and I forget all about it, we left town on a day trip to visit parents. When we return there's a fence put up...we were gone only about 5 hours. I saw the guy the next day and asked when he would be putting up a fence on the other side of their yard between them and those neighbors. He replied he doesn't plan on that because "they don't bother us"........never spoke to them again.
    Yep, my name really is Bob.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,147
    edited July 2022
    Weird. Maybe the man and wife were jealous of you. ;) That's what I'm thinking.

    I've been having different neighbor's over the years who don't even say hi when I'm 20 ft. away working in my yard. It's happened so much I don't even care anymore. I try to just ignore they exist in return but I still say hey once in a while. It's like they are doing something illegal and don't want anybody new to socialize with.

    Maybe that's how younger people are raised now.

    At least I don't get complaints from them after playing some loud music out in the cottage.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,039
    Try texting them, people just don't talk any more :(
    Yep, my name really is Bob.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,147
    edited July 2022
    Yea, you're so right.

    My Stepdaughter came and stayed for 2 days. Her face and hands were 95% concentrated on that flat little tablet phone. I think she was talking, excuse me, communicating to people on that thing instead of us for most of her time here.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,715
    One tried to set her Tundra on fire

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    (that is not a euphemism, btw)

    Wait....WHAT !
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    Well Jimbo, thanks for ruining a potentially good fantasy....😨😰

    Sal Palooza
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    Ooooh! My Tundra is on fire for you, baby!

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