August 24, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, barho said: I live in Bucks and immediately reassessed back in 2008 when I bought my house new. They still haven't hit me with a new assessment. Still, my taxes are over $10k They won’t unless you do major work to it.
August 24, 20214 yr 45 minutes ago, bobeph said: You know that hood being built on Tollgate right by the newer circle? One of those dumps was listed for over 700k. What a ukn’ ripoff! Those things are cookie cutters being built right on top of each other. one of the reasons I picked my house is it was built before these homebuilders started squeezing houses in like Blobeph taking a dump in a non-handicapped stall. we have neighbors, but they're much further away than in any of the toll brothers/other more recently built neighborhoods. my house was built early 80s, so it's not super old and was updated, but I like having the elbow room.
August 24, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: one of the reasons I picked my house is it was built before these homebuilders started squeezing houses in like Blobeph taking a dump in a non-handicapped stall. we have neighbors, but they're much further away than in any of the toll brothers/other more recently built neighborhoods. my house was built early 80s, so it's not super old and was updated, but I like having the elbow room. I lived in a townhouse for 11 years so I know cramped. As much as it can be nice for kids to play around the neighborhood with others there was always neighbor drama. That's why we made the move to our own slice of silence. I'll never understand the 3,000+ sq ft homes on 1/4 acre or less lots. My kids are in plenty of sports/activities plus school friends that they're not missing out on the social aspect. I don't have neighborhood kids showing up at the door constantly or wonder what house my kids are at anymore. If they want to hangout with their friends I'll gladly drop them off there or have them over but at least I don't have randoms showing up all day running in and out, etc...
August 24, 20214 yr 17 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: one of the reasons I picked my house is it was built before these homebuilders started squeezing houses in like Blobeph taking a dump in a non-handicapped stall. we have neighbors, but they're much further away than in any of the toll brothers/other more recently built neighborhoods. my house was built early 80s, so it's not super old and was updated, but I like having the elbow room. I hate how they build houses like that now. May as well just buy a townhouse if you want to be that close. Older neighborhoods are the best. Most of the parcels are a good 1/2 acre or more.
August 24, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, rambo said: I lived in a townhouse for 11 years so I know cramped. As much as it can be nice for kids to play around the neighborhood with others there was always neighbor drama. That's why we made the move to our own slice of silence. I'll never understand the 3,000+ sq ft homes on 1/4 acre or less lots. My kids are in plenty of sports/activities plus school friends that they're not missing out on the social aspect. I don't have neighborhood kids showing up at the door constantly or wonder what house my kids are at anymore. If they want to hangout with their friends I'll gladly drop them off there or have them over but at least I don't have randoms showing up all day running in and out, etc... When we were in our townhouse I came downstairs one day and some fat neighbor kid was grabbing a popsicle out of the freezer. I was like, "yo! Teets Mahoy! Little Bo isn’t home. Beat it.”
August 24, 20214 yr 17 minutes ago, rambo said: I lived in a townhouse for 11 years so I know cramped. As much as it can be nice for kids to play around the neighborhood with others there was always neighbor drama. That's why we made the move to our own slice of silence. I'll never understand the 3,000+ sq ft homes on 1/4 acre or less lots. My kids are in plenty of sports/activities plus school friends that they're not missing out on the social aspect. I don't have neighborhood kids showing up at the door constantly or wonder what house my kids are at anymore. If they want to hangout with their friends I'll gladly drop them off there or have them over but at least I don't have randoms showing up all day running in and out, etc... A lot of homes I looked at before I bought the one I am in were like that. Hell, on my street (a small dead end with about 15 houses on it) I am the only one with a yard. I have just under an acre while the rest of the street has tiny little squares in the back. I did almost buy a home with 7 acres, but didn't want to deal with the extra work that would come with it.
August 24, 20214 yr 20 minutes ago, rambo said: I lived in a townhouse for 11 years so I know cramped. As much as it can be nice for kids to play around the neighborhood with others there was always neighbor drama. That's why we made the move to our own slice of silence. I'll never understand the 3,000+ sq ft homes on 1/4 acre or less lots. My kids are in plenty of sports/activities plus school friends that they're not missing out on the social aspect. I don't have neighborhood kids showing up at the door constantly or wonder what house my kids are at anymore. If they want to hangout with their friends I'll gladly drop them off there or have them over but at least I don't have randoms showing up all day running in and out, etc... we have a bit over an acre, though a lot of kids in our neighborhood too. some days our kids are scarce, other days the whole neighborhood seems to be in our basement lol. but either way we're not on top of one another which is the distance I wanted as a part-time misanthrope.
August 24, 20214 yr 23 minutes ago, Boogyman said: A lot of homes I looked at before I bought the one I am in were like that. Hell, on my street (a small dead end with about 15 houses on it) I am the only one with a yard. I have just under an acre while the rest of the street has tiny little squares in the back. I did almost buy a home with 7 acres, but didn't want to deal with the extra work that would come with it. 7 acres, with 6 of the acres being wooded would be nice. Then you only have to really worry about one acre. Mowing 7 acres would suck though.
August 24, 20214 yr 43 minutes ago, bobeph said: 7 acres, with 6 of the acres being wooded would be nice. Then you only have to really worry about one acre. Mowing 7 acres would suck though. About 5 acres were wooded. And 2 adjacent wooded properties were also for sale that I would have bought if I went with that home, that would have brought it to about 11.5 total. There was a fishing pond and everything on the property. But besides the maintenance, the schools in the town sucked which made it a firm no in any case. It was a cool property though.
August 26, 20214 yr My NC cousin put in two solar fields and a cell phone tower on his property. Pays for all the upkeep on his several million dollar mansion. He said the tax breaks from installing the solar panels just about paid for the outlay. The man is so smart, made friends with all the farmer neighbors and lets them graze livestock on parts of his property, which gives him more tax breaks.
August 26, 20214 yr Author Just now, Toastrel said: My NC cousin put in two solar fields and a cell phone tower on his property. Pays for all the upkeep on his several million dollar mansion. He said the tax breaks from installing the solar panels just about paid for the outlay. The man is so smart, made friends with all the farmer neighbors and lets them graze livestock on parts of his property, which gives him more tax breaks. What year did he put them in? The tax breaks were a lot better back in the day
August 26, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, paco said: What year did he put them in? The tax breaks were a lot better back in the day 5 or 6 years ago. He said it would be idiotic for him not to do it, with the tax incentives.
August 26, 20214 yr Author 14 minutes ago, Toastrel said: 5 or 6 years ago. He said it would be idiotic for him not to do it, with the tax incentives. It was about 30% then. I agree. The only reason I haven't done it at our current residences (KSQ and Brigantine) is the HOA. Always irritated me that we couldn't in get an exception in KSQ since our property backs up to the woods. I get curb appeal, but if you put it on our back roof literally no one will see it.
August 26, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, paco said: It was about 30% then. I agree. The only reason I haven't done it at our current residences (KSQ and Brigantine) is the HOA. Always irritated me that we couldn't in get an exception in KSQ since our property backs up to the woods. I get curb appeal, but if you put it on our back roof literally no one will see it. He has the panels fenced in and has sheep with donkeys to protect them grazing around the panels, instead of the lawn crew possibly damaging them.
February 7, 20223 yr Author Moved into our new home in mid-October and after the holidays we started shopping around. The company we think we are most likely going with are using Hanwha Q Cells Q.PEAK DUO BLK ML-G10 400w panels. Their quote is for 27 but I'll probably bug em to bump it up to 28 or 30. One thing I didn't know about before I started this was SRECs. With the quote I got we'll generate roughly $450 annually which was an unexpected perk. Another thing I didn't anticipate..... schmoopie is now interested in going all electric for our cars. Especially since she learned about the Mustang mach-e. While I know she always get what she wants, f it, @vikas83 Tell me about your Tesla.
February 7, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, paco said: Moved into our new home in mid-October and after the holidays we started shopping around. The company we think we are most likely going with are using Hanwha Q Cells Q.PEAK DUO BLK ML-G10 400w panels. Their quote is for 27 but I'll probably bug em to bump it up to 28 or 30. One thing I didn't know about before I started this was SRECs. With the quote I got we'll generate roughly $450 annually which was an unexpected perk. Another thing I didn't anticipate..... schmoopie is now interested in going all electric for our cars. Especially since she learned about the Mustang mach-e. While I know she always get what she wants, f it, @vikas83 Tell me about your Tesla. Got rid of the Tesla a couple years back -- was the Wife's car. I drive a Taycan now. Highly recommend.
February 7, 20223 yr Author Just now, vikas83 said: Got rid of the Tesla a couple years back -- was the Wife's car. Have a Taycan now. Highly recommend. I got kids not a midlife crisis f'r. That won't help.
February 7, 20223 yr 37 minutes ago, paco said: Moved into our new home in mid-October and after the holidays we started shopping around. The company we think we are most likely going with are using Hanwha Q Cells Q.PEAK DUO BLK ML-G10 400w panels. Their quote is for 27 but I'll probably bug em to bump it up to 28 or 30. One thing I didn't know about before I started this was SRECs. With the quote I got we'll generate roughly $450 annually which was an unexpected perk. Another thing I didn't anticipate..... schmoopie is now interested in going all electric for our cars. Especially since she learned about the Mustang mach-e. While I know she always get what she wants, f it, @vikas83 Tell me about your Tesla. Good rating by car and driver https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/mustang-mach-e
February 7, 20223 yr 34 minutes ago, paco said: I got kids not a midlife crisis f'r. That won't help. The biggest issue with the Tesla is trying to get it fixed. They have no dealerships, so service can take forever. Also, they really didn't build up a spare parts inventory, so the prices can be ridiculous. Our only issue was the door handles stopped working, but I know people who got in fender benders and it took months to get the parts.
February 7, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, vikas83 said: The biggest issue with the Tesla is trying to get it fixed. They have no dealerships, so service can take forever. Also, they really didn't build up a spare parts inventory, so the prices can be ridiculous. Our only issue was the door handles stopped working, but I know people who got in fender benders and it took months to get the parts. There are an inordinate amount of Tesla's down by me in south Jersey. I've been trying to figure out why, I mean they are everywhere here. I considered getting one before I stopped commuting.
February 7, 20223 yr Just now, Boogyman said: There are an inordinate amount of Tesla's down by me in south Jersey. I've been trying to figure out why, I mean they are everywhere here. I considered getting one before I stopped commuting. The Model 3 was the first affordable electric car with good range. Tesla basically lost money on every one it sold, but they were first to market. They are everywhere in LA. A major mistake, IMO, was not making the Model S more distinguishable in its look. Basically the car that is over 3x as much looks almost the same.
February 7, 20223 yr Author 5 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said: Good rating by car and driver https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/mustang-mach-e You're not helping! 5 hours ago, vikas83 said: The Model 3 was the first affordable electric car with good range. Tesla basically lost money on every one it sold, but they were first to market. They are everywhere in LA. A major mistake, IMO, was not making the Model S more distinguishable in its look. Basically the car that is over 3x as much looks almost the same. I was looking at the 3. Is it like a luxury brand level car, or like a really, really nice Camry.
February 7, 20223 yr 45 minutes ago, vikas83 said: The Model 3 was the first affordable electric car with good range. Tesla basically lost money on every one it sold, but they were first to market. They are everywhere in LA. A major mistake, IMO, was not making the Model S more distinguishable in its look. Basically the car that is over 3x as much looks almost the same. Yeah I agree on that. I just find the sheer amount of them here odd. I honestly thought there may be a reason for it, maybe it's easier to find a place to get them repaired (as I know that's an issue) or something, but I never could find a real reason for it.
February 7, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, paco said: You're not helping! I was looking at the 3. Is it like a luxury brand level car, or like a really, really nice camary. I used to compare my wife's Model S to a moderately nicer Camry. The Model 3's I have been in are basically a Camry, but with upgraded tech. Tesla crushes it on the tech in the car, but the actual quality of the car itself is basically a Japanese import. It's not like a BMW or Mercedes.
February 7, 20223 yr Author 6 minutes ago, vikas83 said: I used to compare my wife's Model S to a moderately nicer Camry. The Model 3's I have been in are basically a Camry, but with upgraded tech. Tesla crushes it on the tech in the car, but the actual quality of the car itself is basically a Japanese import. It's not like a BMW or Mercedes. I was hoping the opposite because that would have been my argument.
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