Buying A House: C or D?

ok but is there a thread to revive when you link to that thread?

I’m just trying to drive more traffic to I Love Cars (see what I did there).

Buying A House With No Dryer Update.

Sellers countered. We signed. I will soon own no dryer.

Oh and the washing machine is outside, which I kind of love because you can't do that shit in crappy climates.

Congrats!

We produced zero offspring and thus I am not gonna feel too bad about getting a dryer if I want one. Carbon pittance compared to having kids tbrr.

xpost thanks! I think! We land in SB on Sunday :)

What about pony

Pony will be living 13 minutes away from new house.

Our plan is to go live with him should the questionable foundation fail.

Pony is flying to California on Air Horse One btw

Pony is flying to California on Air Horse One btw

lol, congratulations!

i wanted to ride it, your pony, but covid had other ideas :(
i hope they have carrots and apples on air horse one

Air Horse One !!!! lol ... so good

Best wishes to pony for a great flight.

I get to fly with him! Honestly as excited about flying with a pony as I am about bad foundation house.

that house looks better than the others you looked at tbh.

Since I am in the same boat, did you ask for price reduction due to foundation?

I get to fly with him! Honestly as excited about flying with a pony as I am about bad foundation house.

Uh, wow! We're going to need some photos from the plane . . . .

We actually had to go over asking, even with the foundation and other inspection concerns. Still feel like we did OK in a tough market. The fact that we've spent 10 years in a 100+ year old house made us less put off by some of the old house needs.

yes, most things are going over asking. iirc the asking price seemed set for a bidding war, so you probably did fine.

re: this conversation about sustainability and eco-consciousness in appliances, you all realize that there's quite literally nothing that you can do as an individual household to make an impact on catastrophic climate destabilization, right? and that all of the "green products" being sold are simply perpetuating the very force that brought us to this point in the first place, capitalism?

like, i just don't understand how people can think that they're actually doing something by not using a dryer. you smell like mildew and sanctimony. grow up.

and as for my former trap house: stuff like the lovely banister leading to the second floor was left intact. little things. Otherwise, complete rehab.

I wish I still had the Google street view of the house from before we bought it— it looked like absolute shit.

also tho:

dry your clothes in the Santa Ana winds as you drink Kirschwasser from a shell

― The Beige of Dadz (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, October 20, 2020 9:03 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

made me cackle

In britain it's quite normal to not have a dryer and laundromat are rare (every flat I rented back home had a washing machine but no dryer, in canada no apartment I've rented has had in-suite laundry). Unless you have a damp apartment that needs remediation you can dry things by hanging and you dont smell like mildew, and I lived somewhere where it rained most days. I'd rather have an in-suite washer and no dryer than both washer and dryer in the building like I do now.

I've lived with both, without both, and with just a washer, and truly believe that living with both is a luxury, and also one that I'm totally fine with allowing myself. I lived in a 140 sq. foot truck with another person for three years— at a certain point, I need to allow myself some nice things.

as i said, I'm not anti-dryer, it's not standard here and you'd generally need to pay out to have one, if you have the luxury of spare appliance space in the first place, otherwise you'd probably need to remodel your kitchen. (I've never heard good things about combination washer-dryers).
I don't believe that not buying an expensive item because I don't need it or have space for it makes me sanctimonious. I genuinely don't give a shit if anyone else has a dryer or not.

btw the jeans and top I'm wearing both have the "no tumble dry" label on. I'd mainly be drying sheets and socks if I stuck to the care labels.

Kinder, I wasn't targeting people who don't have use or space for them.

It's more the 'I'm sAvInG tHe PlAnET' types that get to me.

what good is saving the planet if i don’t get to be sanctimonious about it ffs

and vice versa tbrr

In britain it's quite normal to not have a dryer and laundromat are rare

wait what? laundromats are rare in Britain? This is like so contrary to my vision of Britain based on movies and tv! ... Seriously, I thought y'all had as many laundromats as pubs.

no!! in cities maybe but I've always been far enough away to need to drive! except my last place which was near an excellent one which was also a coffee shop.

Eastenders is to blame, it's full of people using the laundrette all the time

... and that one movie with Daniel Day-Lewis

I saved the planet by not driving until I was in my 30s so I kind of feel like I have a free pass to leave the disco lights on all day

I could live without a dryer. I currently live with a tiny sink, limited counterspace, and no dishwasher, and that is the poops.

in the UK it’s a citizenship requirement to have a shitty washing machine under the kitchen counter iirc

does any home have unlimited counterspace though? like have you lived anywhere where there was "too much" counterspace?

xp def had that at our london airbnb. then somebody left a coin in their pocket, and i did washer repair on vacation.

In britain it's quite normal to not have a dryer and laundromat are rare

wait what? laundromats are rare in Britain? This is like so contrary to my vision of Britain based on movies and tv! ... Seriously, I thought y'all had as many laundromats as pubs.

― sarahell, Friday, October 23, 2020 9:57 AM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

maybe quite rare is an overstatement but there's certainly much more of them in North American cities ime

re: this conversation about sustainability and eco-consciousness in appliances, you all realize that there's quite literally nothing that you can do as an individual household to make an impact on catastrophic climate destabilization, right?

let's all follow this logic to its conclusion and see what happens.

you're arguing with the idea that people should line dry (or whatever) and then retire undefeated from the world of climate activism. by all means fight things at a structural level. but it's possible to do more than one thing.

using your dryer less is probably not even in the top 50 things for most people in the US in terms of carbon output. but it's very easy to do for many people and it's absolutely *insane* that it doesn't happen more often in the US.

and just on a tactical level, i think advocating for personal changes (or at least understanding your personal footprint, which includes services, capitalism, etc.) is effective because it's a good way for people to learn where the majority of CO2 is coming from globally, which will hopefully lead them to advocate for dismantling things. (it won't but it's better than nothing.) working on yourself doesn't require you to forget about capitalism and shell oil.

I wish I still had the Google street view of the house from before we bought it— it looked like absolute shit.

Caek, I have no problem with people doing whatever they want to feel like they're doing their part. Just over sanctimonious (and frankly, often very classiest) BS

Sanctimonious I’ll grant you by this is a thread for people buying a house. A lot of us are buying in the most unaffordable markets on earth. Classist is a stretch.

I like line drying because the physical act of hanging up damp clothes to dry is surprisingly zen-like and calming to me. Also, with the dry air from the Santa Anas my clothes dry faster than they do in the dryer.

we bought the old dairy farm house. i am scared.

Wait is this the retaining wall house???

no, this is the foundation house

Lol I got a foundation guy, I can send him your way. Whereabouts is the house?

Congrats, sufjan! GL with the foundation--how bad could it be?

thanks, io. xp is the foundation guy named Todd? House is off 192 in Mission Canyon. It's not up high on the mountain or anything. Just old and probably has clay underneath. Prepare David Thewlis.

Foundation guy is Colin. Foundation guy #2, that is. Congrats!