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Last night I tossed and turned and did not sleep a wink.The work room should hold a car and enough room to walk around space.
Last night I tossed and turned and did not sleep a wink.
The main shop is long enough for 3 cars. It was built for RV storage so the ceilings are tall enough for the car lift. The side room should be great for storing all the small parts, interior stuff, etc.
One forgets how much stuff one has until one has to MOVE it!
I deal with 20-25 days each Summer at or above 100 here in CA. The humidity is not an issue here but it is even lower in Arizona.Looks like a really nice place. As long as you can live with the 100 plus degree days. Been on market for 150 days, there has to be room for negotiation.
I estimated the interior width at 13' when we looked at the house in February. I didn't have a tape measure with me then.Can it fit two side by side?
1) Best chance for an unobstructed view and that's a nice view of the mountains! No doubt nice sunsets too.I wondered why anyone would choose this spot on the whole 8 acres to build the house. It appears that it is the highest ground and that it slopes down everywhere from this point.
yes, subject to is still a thing and being done more and more often. The property deed and the mortgage loan are not tied together - they are separate.Still confused. You're talking about assuming the seller's loan but said no bank approval is necessary. If one assumes a loan it would be subject to the lender's approval, and I haven't heard of assumable loans for many years (doesn't mean they aren't out there).
Perfect then, you haven't bought it yet?I deal with 20-25 days each Summer at or above 100 here in CA. The humidity is not an issue here but it is even lower in Arizona.
The high elevation is the reason. Overall, the weather looks a lot like here.
The rainfall looks to be about 1/3 what I'm used to. I'm not a fan of the desert landscape for a back yard. I love to look at the mountains, rocks and cactus when driving around or visiting In-Laws there but I'd need to put in some areas of grass in at home. Not just for myself but for the dogs as well.
Right....and that was one of my reasons for looking to assume a VA loan. The amount down was only 2500 (still wasn't chump change in 73) and I had it with the help of my dad loaning me a few hundred. I had just started a new job that paid well so all I had to do was not get fired during the probationary period. Made sure of that because really didn't want to continue working for my dad lolIf a person has a VA loan, another person can assume that loan but the person with the VA loses their VA eligibility till that loan is paid in full.
The area in the back of my shop is 13' wide after building my air conditioned work room and adding a 28" work bench to the wall. 13' isn't bad until you get old and then it sucks.....and I can only imagine how much room a lift would take up in having to walk about it.I have one already along with pistols and a shotgun. I'm curious about the possibility of setting up an area to target shoot.
There is so much to learn. I know nothing of the differences in laws, the building codes, etc. AZ does not observe Daylight Saving Time. I think that I will LOVE that. It always feels terrible in the fall when we change clocks back. It is like a bill coming due that you hate to pay.
I have friends that have histories of buying crappy fixer-upper houses and struggling to restore them. Neither are Carpenters so I've been solicited to bail them out of poorly planned and executed repairs.
I never had the patience to live in a crappy house and restore it over time. An addition is one thing but living with bare plywood floors, exposed ceilings and walls ? Hell no. I could whip it back into shape in a reasonable time but no thanks. I can deal with a fixer-upper in the garage or shop area but not where I actually live.
I looked up the detailed annual weather data for both places and they are quite similar other then less rain. I was surprised. Just off the top of my head I assumed similar weather to havasu, not. Why is it cooler in Kingman?I deal with 20-25 days each Summer at or above 100 here in CA. The humidity is not an issue here but it is even lower in Arizona.
The high elevation is the reason. Overall, the weather looks a lot like here.
The rainfall looks to be about 1/3 what I'm used to. I'm not a fan of the desert landscape for a back yard. I love to look at the mountains, rocks and cactus when driving around or visiting In-Laws there but I'd need to put in some areas of grass in at home. Not just for myself but for the dogs as well.