What was it like to buy your house?

[Lagonda]

Re: What was it like to buy your house?

The tree surgeon is coming Friday to take 4 trees down. Expensive, but I got a neighbor that wants some down too, so the tree surgeon said he'd cut us both a deal. .

When we moved into current house there was a large tree taking up most of the front yard and hanging over the roof. Mrs Lagonda noticed that there was a work crew two streets away trimming tree branches back from the power lines. A quick deal was done that involved a carton of beer and the offending tree quickly vanished.

[blackcat4866]

Re: What was it like to buy your house?

You got quite a bargain. =^..^=

[fixthecopier]

Re: What was it like to buy your house?

I kept having people quoting me $100 and up for tree removal. I am from the country and wood is a commodity to us. So I contacted a guy who sells firewood and got 6 trees dropped for free. He took the wood, and I burned the branches.

[prntrfxr]

Re: What was it like to buy your house?

I kept having people quoting me $100 and up for tree removal. I am from the country and wood is a commodity to us. So I contacted a guy who sells firewood and got 6 trees dropped for free. He took the wood, and I burned the branches.

In Georgia it must be a big business. Over here you have to make sure that the guys who cut the trees are insured and bonded (nothing like having someone take a tree down in your yard and it destroys your neighbor's house or car in the process). Just to begin it is $1000, then $200 per tree. Our deal should make it cheaper.

We tried to get the permit for the shed. Well, all the paperwork I saw on the house said there was county sewage. According to the tax department records, however it has a septic tank. That was a surprise. We need permission from the environmental department before we can get the permit, because the shed (which will not have a foundation but be on cement blocks) can't be built on top of it. When we got to the environmental department (other building on other side of town), we were told there had never been any record of where the septic tank is on file and an inspection was required. We were charged $110 on the spot for the inspection, which will occur today. When they give their approval we can pay $55 for the permit to build a workshop for my dad. You'd think we were building a house!