need some good karma

[sandm]

well, moved to sin city a year ago. bought a house in a custom neighborhood and gutted to the drywall replacing EVERYTHING down to the last lightswitch. house had mountain views out the back and strip views from the front/living room- was an amazing property. bought a boat again last fall and went downhill from there. HOA sent 3 warning notices for having truck tire hanging off the driveway and 2 months into an application process couldn't get a 6x8 shed approved for yard tools so we knew they would never approve a standalone garage on the side yard(35ft wide x 80ft deep).
so we sold. made a few $$ and are now on the hunt again.

been looking for 2 months.
only have a few requirements:
boat parking outside or garage big enough
back yard east or north facing so we can use it during the day and not the size of a dog run(typical here in vegas)
and lastly NO POOL. don't care about the rest of the house as we can live in anything and fix things we don't like.

first offer made. 86 year old lady. husband and disabled son both passed. she sat on offer for 2 days and when pressed to counter broke down in tears and yanked the house off the market.
second house went to make offer. realtor took offer 2 days prior and never changed mls to show pending.
third house accepted offer. older dude- wife passed and downsizing. we went to take earnest money to title company. instructions were to wire(never heard of that) and we took check. seller cancelled transaction since we didn't follow directions(mind you title company gave us the ok for check vs wire- they stated wire was odd). turns out they took a higher offer a day after we negotiated and all parties agreed to terms- they used the lack of wire to cancel the transaction. we think they wrote that in knowing there was another offer coming.

lots of big production builders here but none(we checked with them all) will modify a 3 car for us and anything under 500k are on 6000sqft lots not wide enough for rv parking on the side.

and here we sit hoping someone will take our money eventually..... this process is going to cause me to drink..... even more than I do.

[RC_Hinojosa]

Sending good karma your way bruh [emoji1690]

Our house is listed right now (15 DOM) but no solid bites yet so we are dragging our feet on new construction.

Without going fully custom, Toll Brothers is the only builder around here (with HOA approval) that will do a 9ft tall garage so we are at their mercy.





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[sandm]

toll has a nice plan we like and 3 car but they won't budge to extend the garage to the 27ft depth we need even if we buy the largest lot premium.

[larry_arizona]

I feel ya, HOA’s are a double edge sword.

They suck when you have them and they suck when you don’t have them,


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[Broke Pilot]

Sorry brother, sending all the good vibes we can. Sorry we still haven’t been able to hook up, I haven’t had a lot of Vegas trips lately for some reason. This is heart breaking to hear though, one day I will move back to Vegas. So tired of SE Texas.

Are there no good storage facilities out there you could stick the boat that way you don’t have to live with it? I’m sure they’re expensive out there, but at the end of the day it’s nice to be able to put stuff out of sight! Lol

[zabooda]

I have a sister in Henderson and they have a 3 car garage and a detached 2 car garage. They plan to put their roadster on a lift and need to raise the ceiling of the detached garage which means modifying the trusses. You don't see any residential structure that stands out. HOAs don't seem to care much about what goes on inside the structures.

[Ed_Geary]

sandm....your not gonna put up your own chain link fence are you?

[sandm]

chain link is not common here. now in wisconsin it was everywhere.
block walls and wrought iron are the theme here. and I'm not putting up either.

[zabooda]

chain link is not common here. now in wisconsin it was everywhere.
block walls and wrought iron are the theme here. and I'm not putting up either.

Yep. Everything has to match. Nothing is cheap in Vegas except the booze. A must stop on our way to Sun City. Putting up a shed? It better be stucco and tile roof.

[Ed_Geary]

sandm.....wasn't it you that once had a little incident with a top rail of a fence? Been a long time. Someone had a bar snap back and caused them some missing teeth.

[sandm]

dang. you do have a good memory. that was me. 4 implants later....... I completely missed that reference in your other post.
haven't worked on chain link since :)

[kaneboats]

Oh, crap, remember that too. Got yer face busted up and now you're pretty again. Hey, man, I'm wishing you sweet good karma and all good real estate vibes from down here. My wife is a realtor and has had the worst year in a while but now picking up big time. Bite that fence and make it your bitxh! Hope to get out to see you soon ole bud!

[RC_Hinojosa]

Sending you some more good vibes....

The stars aligned and we signed our purchase agreement yesterday.

FYI: Build a $500K+ home and TB will give you a cheap pleather binder for the construction process. [emoji2357][emoji2369]

Best of luck, our realtor said things should be heating back up after Easter holiday.

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[sandm]

congrats rc. toll builds a nice house. of all the "production" builders here in vegas they are building one of the nicest products.
for comparison we spec'ed out a 2400sqft 3/2.5 with a 3 car garage. 6500sqft lot(and that's a premium) starts at $460 before you enter the design center. they wouldn't add garage extensions or we'd be with them.

[RC_Hinojosa]

Yeah, I've come to learn that the floorplans and design selections not only vary from region to region but also community specific.

On the Quinton floorplan, where we are building, I could have increased the depth of the garage, widen the garage or even add an additional bay adjacent to the main.

I just lucked out that it was already deep enough for the boat so only need to modify the header.

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[sandm]

never done until signing the final papers but offered this weekend on a for sale by owner. older couple moving to san diego for family. he is original owner built the house and was the general contractor. place is built like a tank. tons of added water/electrical/gas lines for upgrading down the road. little dated as it's 20 years old but nothing I can't fix.

1/4 acre culdesac lot with a backyard patio that faces northeast so no afternoon sun, elevated lot with no neighbors behind that has a view of the mountains that the other half loves but most importantly 900sqft 3 car garage that will easily swallow the cars and boat AND rv parking on the side for the truck we don't use. has a 4th garage door from the side of the garage to the rv parking. kinda unique.

here's to hoping a solid appraisal and clean close. mid june close date.

[kaneboats]

Congrats on the find! Fingers crossed for you.

[zabooda]

Congrats. Excellent find.

[dakota4ce]

Karma exists, no one is born as a blank sheet. The proof is severe illness of children. So they work off their sins made in past incarnations. Everyone is responsible only for himself. No one works off the sins of their parents. They will have to do it themselves.

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[sandm]

maybe drake's post worked. closed a while ago and boat fits in the garage finally :)
it's 27ft deep all the way across the 3 bays so pretty stoked....

[Jason0102]

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