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Carolina is the nation’s best value in public higher education for the 18th time

https://www.unc.edu/posts/2019/07/25/ca ... alue-2019/

Vaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiyyyyyeeeewwwww!!!

the internet it too cruel, my first video would be 2000 people telling me I did it wrong.

its no wonder all these kids today are depressed.

To hell with them. We need this. Plus, you and your projects remind me of my father, and that brings me more joy than you know.

Put your pants back on

DooKSucks wrote:To hell with them. We need this. Plus, you and your projects remind me of my father, and that brings me more joy than you know.

well I'll never stop projects, its my sanity check

but there are more than enough of guys like me out on Youtube already. Thank god for 'em, - thanks to them I haven't paid a professional to do anything for me in years.

Till it breaks

my wife and I have discussed selling our home and getting a new one

we've kicked around the idea before, but I don't want to wait until retirement.

I'm meeting with the bank today to get my financing lined up in the hopes that we can put ourselves in a position where we find a house we like, or have one built and just pull the trigger on it.

Our plan is to stay in our area - and move no more than 15 miles from where we are now.

I don't know, when it comes down to signing our name we may get cold feet and decide to stay put.

I have had a house built before. It's tedious to me. And there was a different cost overrun daily it seemed. Maybe I just had a shitty contractor, though.

I built one once. Wasn't bad.

I don't know what I'm doing in that regard so I'll need to get educated.

I am not going to buy a cookie cutter sub division home so they need to understand that right away

get rid of all your shit now

start doing the repairs you've walked by and gotten used to seeing whether it be cracks, stains, cabinetry off track trim loose

but especially start getting rid of shit

if you aint seen it worn it or used it in the last year it needs to go--take one tub of memorhabilia and get rid of everything else

lol

yea we are - we start this weekend with my workshop. Everything goes out and we will label stuff I don't want to carry to the new house - we're going to have one helluva yard sale in October.

I built a house, once, never again. It's amazing I didn't murder someone in the process.

sardis wrote:I built a house, once, never again. It's amazing I didn't murder someone in the process.

Exactly.

My best friend of 20 years is building a house now. He's in the damn construction industry (works for / helps run his father's commercial glass company), has a contractor he knows and trusts, and is still going crazy.

It sucks you guys have had bad experiences building your homes. I had no problems with mine besides minor every day stuff. Guess you gotta be an expert in new home construction to make it a pleasant experience

its probably going to end before it starts

I have a house plan in mind and I can live with the price they have for it

but then they are going to tell me that doesn't include hardwood floors, tile bathrooms and a backsplash for kitchen and when all is said and done, they price will be $40K more than I walked in wanting.

I think renovating our own home may be the best option in the end - which still has its own host of problems, I've already talked to one contractor that was an idiot.

it started off badly when he failed to tell me he had his foot amputated 2 weeks before

Wanna buy mine? I think it's within your 15 mile limit.

Wait until the next recession, contractors will be falling over themselves to low bid you just to have something to do. My brother had his house built in 2009, got it done for probably half of what it would've cost in 2007 or 2011. Timing is everything...