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He said I should use a power washer, but I’m not goin out and buying one just to use one time lol. Scrubbing seems to be working, albeit slowly! Tbh with how long this is taking something simple might be better. Bricks, fake shutters, and planters are cute but they also take way longer to do

A bit of elbow grease works just fine. It IS a job though certainly. I’m more than fine with something simple. If inspiration strikes once the base coat it on, we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

Lmk anytime! Happy to be doing something useful outside of work :)

Whenever you’re free will be fine. One of the perks of being the sole proprietor of a business is setting my own schedule, I can work around whatever other plans you may have.

I should be able to drop by on Tuesday! How much paint do you think we need lol? I can pick it up on my way over

I’m not entirely sure. This sort of project isn’t in my usual lineup. Searching online has answers all over the place. I suppose we’d better over prepare rather than run out of paint halfway through though…

Lmk anytime! Happy to be doing something useful outside of work :)

Whenever you’re free will be fine. One of the perks of being the sole proprietor of a business is setting my own schedule, I can work around whatever other plans you may have.

Pretty sure I saw worse when looking at places with my dad lmao. A few years ago I saw a listing for one of those old windows over a bedroom door with a twin mattress laid on top as a “shared living space arrangement” for $300 and people were actually signing up interested in renting it. If you solve the legal part & list it cheap enough, you’ll get takers. Even without the working kitchenette lol

That is… terrible. Frankly if it were mine to sell, I’d consider selling it for the unpaid taxes due and whatever it costs to move or repair it. I’m not joking when I say I thought my cousin had left it abandoned in the mountains somewhere. The inside is nice, but it looks dreadful on the exterior, and it’s over twenty years old besides. But surely someone mechanically inclined would want it as their project RV. Or someone particularly thrifty COULD live in it as is I suppose.

Yeah… a lot of the places were pretty bad. Ugh I’m not 100% sure the place we wound up with is entirely legal either but whatevs. It’s cheap enough for us & not filled with mold or bugs so yay. Good luck with the RV tho, if you think it’d help with the nosy neighbors I could help cover it in paint so it at least doesn’t look as awful. Obv wouldn't fix any actual problems with the exterior but it’d be something lol

Cleaning and painting would make it look quite a bit better, but I don't know that I'm really feeling charitable enough toward my cousin at the moment for us to do free work on his RV. But I suppose it WOULD help me keep out of trouble with the HOA.

Just lmk, you helped me out a ton helping my dad get a job. Doing a bit of painting is the least I can do lol

Let me give Philip one more day to answer his phone, and if I still haven't heard from him, we'll take matters into our own hands as it were. I appreciate your assistance Shelly. You'll have certainly earned that end of summer bonus check this year.

Pretty sure I saw worse when looking at places with my dad lmao. A few years ago I saw a listing for one of those old windows over a bedroom door with a twin mattress laid on top as a “shared living space arrangement” for $300 and people were actually signing up interested in renting it. If you solve the legal part & list it cheap enough, you’ll get takers. Even without the working kitchenette lol

That is… terrible. Frankly if it were mine to sell, I’d consider selling it for the unpaid taxes due and whatever it costs to move or repair it. I’m not joking when I say I thought my cousin had left it abandoned in the mountains somewhere. The inside is nice, but it looks dreadful on the exterior, and it’s over twenty years old besides. But surely someone mechanically inclined would want it as their project RV. Or someone particularly thrifty COULD live in it as is I suppose.

Yeah… a lot of the places were pretty bad. Ugh I’m not 100% sure the place we wound up with is entirely legal either but whatevs. It’s cheap enough for us & not filled with mold or bugs so yay. Good luck with the RV tho, if you think it’d help with the nosy neighbors I could help cover it in paint so it at least doesn’t look as awful. Obv wouldn't fix any actual problems with the exterior but it’d be something lol

Cleaning and painting would make it look quite a bit better, but I don't know that I'm really feeling charitable enough toward my cousin at the moment for us to do free work on his RV. But I suppose it WOULD help me keep out of trouble with the HOA.

Well I wouldn’t mind a cup of tea, but I don’t know that “on edge” is really the way to describe it. Baffled, at this point as much as anything. I was rightfully angry at first though.

Why's it got you in such a tizzy, anyway? Was it just that it blocked your car at a bad time?

Well, that certainly didn’t help matters. I suppose I’m just irritable at the assumption that I’ll take care of… whatever this is, without even asking. And in fact avoiding even speaking to me about it. My neighborhood has a home owner’s association, do you know how much a HOA loathes a non-running vehicle? The fines are going to be horrendous. I’m already on thin ice with the garden, and now I have a junky RV sitting in full view of my nosiest neighbors.

Leila, I don’t have the title. The only thing I have that I didn’t have before is a problem. Although having the title might be worse. I don’t know who would be responsible for the unpaid taxes if I did. Or how much they’d cost.

Ah yes. Paper. I seem to recall that there's a form one can fill out in that situation, if they explain things. Not certain it would work for this exact situation but it could be worth a try. It's worked for a similar matter.

I think there’s something to be done for abandoned vehicles specifically, but you need to make documented attempts to contact the owner. I simply am unfamiliar.

Well, you have tried to call him, yes? There's that for that.

I have. Multiple times. And I probably won't do anything until I do speak to him. It isn't only a matter of what's legal to do. I am... something of the family peace keeper, and there would surely be hard feelings. If not from Phillip then surely from some other cousin or another that wanted a free camper.

Well I wouldn’t mind a cup of tea, but I don’t know that “on edge” is really the way to describe it. Baffled, at this point as much as anything. I was rightfully angry at first though.

Why's it got you in such a tizzy, anyway? Was it just that it blocked your car at a bad time?

Well, that certainly didn’t help matters. I suppose I’m just irritable at the assumption that I’ll take care of… whatever this is, without even asking. And in fact avoiding even speaking to me about it. My neighborhood has a home owner’s association, do you know how much a HOA loathes a non-running vehicle? The fines are going to be horrendous. I’m already on thin ice with the garden, and now I have a junky RV sitting in full view of my nosiest neighbors.

Leila, I don’t have the title. The only thing I have that I didn’t have before is a problem. Although having the title might be worse. I don’t know who would be responsible for the unpaid taxes if I did. Or how much they’d cost.

Ah yes. Paper. I seem to recall that there's a form one can fill out in that situation, if they explain things. Not certain it would work for this exact situation but it could be worth a try. It's worked for a similar matter.

I think there’s something to be done for abandoned vehicles specifically, but you need to make documented attempts to contact the owner. I simply am unfamiliar.

Pretty sure I saw worse when looking at places with my dad lmao. A few years ago I saw a listing for one of those old windows over a bedroom door with a twin mattress laid on top as a “shared living space arrangement” for $300 and people were actually signing up interested in renting it. If you solve the legal part & list it cheap enough, you’ll get takers. Even without the working kitchenette lol

That is… terrible. Frankly if it were mine to sell, I’d consider selling it for the unpaid taxes due and whatever it costs to move or repair it. I’m not joking when I say I thought my cousin had left it abandoned in the mountains somewhere. The inside is nice, but it looks dreadful on the exterior, and it’s over twenty years old besides. But surely someone mechanically inclined would want it as their project RV. Or someone particularly thrifty COULD live in it as is I suppose.

Well I wouldn’t mind a cup of tea, but I don’t know that “on edge” is really the way to describe it. Baffled, at this point as much as anything. I was rightfully angry at first though.

Why's it got you in such a tizzy, anyway? Was it just that it blocked your car at a bad time?

Well, that certainly didn’t help matters. I suppose I’m just irritable at the assumption that I’ll take care of… whatever this is, without even asking. And in fact avoiding even speaking to me about it. My neighborhood has a home owner’s association, do you know how much a HOA loathes a non-running vehicle? The fines are going to be horrendous. I’m already on thin ice with the garden, and now I have a junky RV sitting in full view of my nosiest neighbors.

Leila, I don’t have the title. The only thing I have that I didn’t have before is a problem. Although having the title might be worse. I don’t know who would be responsible for the unpaid taxes if I did. Or how much they’d cost.

Well I wouldn’t mind a cup of tea, but I don’t know that “on edge” is really the way to describe it. Baffled, at this point as much as anything. I was rightfully angry at first though.

Why's it got you in such a tizzy, anyway? Was it just that it blocked your car at a bad time?

Well, that certainly didn’t help matters. I suppose I’m just irritable at the assumption that I’ll take care of… whatever this is, without even asking. And in fact avoiding even speaking to me about it. My neighborhood has a home owner’s association, do you know how much a HOA loathes a non-running vehicle? The fines are going to be horrendous. I’m already on thin ice with the garden, and now I have a junky RV sitting in full view of my nosiest neighbors.

Well I wouldn’t mind a cup of tea, but I don’t know that “on edge” is really the way to describe it. Baffled, at this point as much as anything. I was rightfully angry at first though.