It's a small world after all

"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot) 03/14/2016 at 07:30 • Filed to: Houselopnik

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I wanted to share this because I thought it was too cool not to share. Yesterday, during church, I found out that the people sitting in front of us owned our house before the previous owner. Which makes them the third owner, and us the fifth owners. And they were the ones who changed the house into its current form. Small world, right?

Shown here with large amounts of mud, because living at the lowest part of the hill is exciting.

Talking to the wife of the third owners, I found out they converted the 2+ car garage into the massive living room because, and I quote, “[they] could never park their cars in there, there was too much stuff in it”. Well I knew the room was a old garage to begin with, but I never knew why it was converted. Also, the wood they used was pickle barrel wood.

Though I do find it humorous that the only surface that doesn’t have wood is the floor.

They also redid the entire basement, which the fourth owners sorta let go, :/.

And I just realized I left the hoses out all winter. Oh well, they were all damaged to begin with.

And they were the ones who built this part of the outside deck. Maybe this summer I can borrow a power washer and give it a good cleaning.

I’m pretty passionate about my house, it’s the first one I owned, in a place I only dreamed about living at, so naturally I’m a giddy school girl when I find out more about it. Hopefully they’ll bring pics of the house next Sunday, as I’ll be bringing more questions with me, :).

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 07:40

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My GF and I were discussing garages this weekend and she pointed out that most people park in their driveways because, “Their garages are full of shit”. We agree that the purpose of a garage is parking cars, not storing junk.

zeontestpilot > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 03/14/2016 at 07:52

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I half agree, mainly because garage walls are begging for shelves to store stuff.

I wish I did have a garage here though. Or a large shed. I have a bunch of mechanical stuff under tarps that I’d love to keep in a dry place.

TheRealBicycleBuck > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 08:02

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Right there with you. Problem for me is a lack of shop and storage space. All my tools, the bikes, the projects, the exercise equipment - all the stuff you need to keep around but don’t want dirtying the inside of the house needs to be kept somewhere. The garage is the best compromise when you don’t have a separate building for such things.

zeontestpilot > TheRealBicycleBuck 03/14/2016 at 08:12

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That’s why I’m glad we got the extra room downstairs we call the crypt. It’s a cold room with no heat or a/c, so we use it like a garage/shed and store stuff in it that is ok to keep in the house. Power tools, regular tools, toys, old kids clothes, etc. anything like might make a mess (or anything with a small engine) we keep outside in our ridiculously small shed.

Id just love a large shed to store the golf cart and lawn mowers in.

JR1 > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 08:47

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I have said it before and I will say it again. That is a nice deck

zeontestpilot > JR1 03/14/2016 at 08:58

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It is a fantastic deck. It’s curious because my house is perfect for entertaining people....we just don’t know that many people, lol. They went all out in making it though. It would be cool to have a roof above the area below, so we can still use it in the rain, :).

JR1 > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 09:02

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I guess you will have to add the roof!

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 09:06

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But doing this is a slippery slope. The moment you let your garage become storage in any way, it expands beyond the original region that was set aside for storage.

Mind you, I feel garages should also have shop regions (if you don’t have a shed/barn somewhere) where you work on things and keep tools.

If the walls are telling you to store stuff, you should build storage closets/rooms. Or sheds. You still keep cars in garages. I've just seen too many people turn their garages into storage so they cannot park their cars...

zeontestpilot > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 03/14/2016 at 09:13

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I won’t argue you on that one. But it’s also a matter of creativity. My parents have a 2 car garage, they have shelving on one wall, and shelves hanging from the ceiling. They could fit 2 cars in there.... uncomfortably though. It was wiser to just put one car in there, because then you had walking space. The shelves only stood out a foot or so. It was a tight garage to begin with.

pip bip - choose Corrour > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 09:15

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indeed a small world.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 09:23

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My parents got really creative doing the same kinds of things with storage until the spots in their garage were exactly the shape of the cars, then one stopped moving and they started piling on/around it. So now their oversized two car garage can barely fit one car very tightly with only enough space remaining to open some of the doors...

Then again, one is a hoarder that is only kept marginally under control by the other.

Brickman > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 09:49

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The room smells like pickles? It’s pickle barrel wood :P

zeontestpilot > Brickman 03/14/2016 at 09:56

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It’s really funny how they went all out with the wood.

And parts of it continue throughout the rest of the house too, lol.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 03/14/2016 at 10:00

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It’s all a matter of priorities.

I could care less about parking my wife’s Explorer in the garage. It might be a bit more convenient during inclement weather, but there are other things to consider.

Even with a relatively new home, garages these days aren’t built big enough to allow room for two modern-sized vehicles if you want to open the doors, especially with small children. My truck suffered numerous door dings because the kids had a hard time controlling the Explorer’s doors, even though both vehicles were parked as close to the edges of the driveway as possible.

The only solution was to either open the doors for the kids or stagger them so the Explorer’s back door couldn’t hit the truck. Well, if I could have convinced my wife to buy a minivan instead, that would have solved it too.

Even my in-laws have issues with this. My mother-in-law always parks in the garage. Their garage is so narrow that everyone has to get out of the car in the driveway before she drives into the garage. Hers is the only vehicle in the two-car garage, so she has no trouble getting out. But if she doesn’t park as far right as possible, she doesn’t have enough clearance to back out of the garage and still get past my father-in-law’s truck which is parked as far left as possible in the driveway. I always thought it defeated the purpose of having a garage in the first place.

EL_ULY > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 10:17

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so much nature around your place dude. Perfect for ORAT!

zeontestpilot > EL_ULY 03/14/2016 at 10:22

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Lol, it’s nice being in the country, :). Though I could do without the leaves, lol.

zeontestpilot > EL_ULY 03/14/2016 at 10:23

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I still have that monster truck from fathers dad last year, that would be perfect, :).

EL_ULY > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 10:33

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that is too many leaves!

zeontestpilot > EL_ULY 03/14/2016 at 10:39

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Haha, tell me about it! And if you run the mower over them, they get into bite size pieces, which then decompose and create mushrooms. It's like I can't find a easy way out! Lol.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 10:41

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I’ve never had a problem leaving my hose out all winter and I also will admit it wasn’t coiled well...

EL_ULY > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 10:41

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wtfbbq that picture! That is insane amount of leaves. I’ll never complain about my pine needle issue ever again

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 10:50

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Husqvarna 580BTS you needz one!

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/im-going-shopp…

zeontestpilot > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/14/2016 at 10:51

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Previous owners left like 4 hoses behind, all in barely useable condition. So I wasn't concerned I guess? Actually, this winter I didn't cover the spicket either. Well, I didn't freeze, so that's good, :).

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 10:55

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I just shut off the water line leading to the faucet and don’t mess with it further.

zeontestpilot > EL_ULY 03/14/2016 at 11:00

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Yeah....we got pine needles too, lol. Though pines needles burn nicely when lit, they do go out too quickly. I burn the leaves because there is no pick up here, at least to my knowledge.

Though i discovered ‘where’ I burn them is important too. Below is the end of my driveway. Apparently I ‘razed the earth’, lol.

EL_ULY > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 11:11

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Dayum, I can see that.

zeontestpilot > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 03/14/2016 at 11:19

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Ha, that looks pricey! I may need a gas one. I'm borrowing gramps electric one, which is limited by where the outlets are.

zeontestpilot > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/14/2016 at 11:22

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I have not found the shut off for the outside water. It should be in the laundry room ceiling, it isn't. We only have one spicket.

zeontestpilot > EL_ULY 03/14/2016 at 11:35

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Ha, it’s ridiculously hot too. When you pile them up, you have to get close to rotate them so they all burn. It's actually quite fascinating to watch. I have never truly appreciated and feared fire until I moved out here. Lol.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > zeontestpilot 03/14/2016 at 12:55

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Weird, ours is in the basement right under the outside spicket