Austin is no where near the coast.
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'72 K5 - Greg's @MightAsWellK5 Build
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This is the build description. I will improve this later. (GB)
Austin is no where near the coast.
Unfortunately Greg is probably stuck with an HOA it sounds like.
A couple of friends who are in HOAs have become experts on their rules. They have bad neighbors. So they go to the HOA meetings and point out every single violation of which there are many some of the rules are stupid.
They also submit new rules all the time. Basically making life hell for those who were making their lives hell.
It all depends on your neighborhood really. I won't live in an HOA just for the principle of it. Of course around here most HOA places are out of my price range so no biggie
A couple of friends who are in HOAs have become experts on their rules. They have bad neighbors. So they go to the HOA meetings and point out every single violation of which there are many some of the rules are stupid.
They also submit new rules all the time. Basically making life hell for those who were making their lives hell.
It all depends on your neighborhood really. I won't live in an HOA just for the principle of it. Of course around here most HOA places are out of my price range so no biggie
My welds have improved a lot over the past 10 years, so it is unlikely that I'd need to allocate that much time for grinding. However, using common sense practices (like not doing this kind of work at midnight with an open garage door) it is unlikely that I will attract much attention from adjacent neighbors.
I suspect it's too late to back out even if he wanted too. If there's a problem after a couple years, he can probably sell it for more than he paid for it and find another. Texas is a fairly large state with plenty of housing.
Very true..... the house is in a very desirable neighborhood due to it's proximity to top-rated public schools, and would sell easily if I ever decided to move. This house came on the market and was under contract within just a few days. I'm still in the option period for the purchase so I could blow-up this deal if I wanted to... but 95% of all homes in Austin are in HOAs.... so my only option to avoid one is to move outside of the city to a remote area. That completely defeats the whole purpose of the move, and the experience we want to provide for Charlie (aka: Danger)
Have a little faith guys.... this is going to be super-sweet. You'll see....
-G
I got distracted. A friend of mine had a garage similar he looked at putting in a vaulted ceiling. Got quotes it was insane.
Ended up calling a truss company worked with them and they had 2 peice trusses he used. But had to do all sorts of stuff extra.
In the end he said it wasn't worth it.
Ended up calling a truss company worked with them and they had 2 peice trusses he used. But had to do all sorts of stuff extra.
In the end he said it wasn't worth it.
We passed on quite a few houses in non-HOA area because the neighbors had nothing but trashed yards. That gets oldMy welds have improved a lot over the past 10 years, so it is unlikely that I'd need to allocate that much time for grinding. However, using common sense practices (like not doing this kind of work at midnight with an open garage door) it is unlikely that I will attract much attention from adjacent neighbors.
Very true..... the house is in a very desirable neighborhood due to it's proximity to top-rated public schools, and would sell easily if I ever decided to move. This house came on the market and was under contract within just a few days. I'm still in the option period for the purchase so I could blow-up this deal if I wanted to... but 95% of all homes in Austin are in HOAs.... so my only option to avoid one is to move outside of the city to a remote area. That completely defeats the whole purpose of the move, and the experience we want to provide for Charlie (aka: Danger)
Have a little faith guys.... this is going to be super-sweet. You'll see....
-G
Yeah.... I was texting Fluffy (aka @NorCal69) early on, asking him to guess how tall those ceilings probably were. Based on the amount of visible space above the garage door tracks, we figured it might be 9' tall... we wasn't willing to make a 100% guarantee on that though. Nine feet is a pretty good working height to pack in lots of up-high storage shelving... and I think there is a pull-down door so I could store stuff in the peak area (long term) it's just not very convenient or accessible once it's in there.
-G
I live in a typical HOA area with a three car garage. I can do almost anything I would need to. 26 foot gooseneck with a crawler on it. K30 out front at all times. Big loud dodge.
I am the riff raff and people aren't difficult here. Just flash the pistol on your belt and then y'all will have something to talk about. Everyone loves guns.
I am the riff raff and people aren't difficult here. Just flash the pistol on your belt and then y'all will have something to talk about. Everyone loves guns.
Should be easy. Standard 7' doors with a slight breakover from the uphill driveway into the garage...... I might-could even put some MORE lift on it!
"might could" seems to be a Texas term. I've heard it several times in my recent phone calls with agents, etc.
-G
Back in our old house, my dad built a 4'x4' floor with eyebolts in the corners on a hoist that lowered into the garage, added a pull down set of attic stairs to get up there and he could hoist odd shaped or heavy items up for long term storage out of the way.
Pretty standard is 9 foot ceilings. I have built something to hang over my garage door when it's opened. Works pretty good. The garage isn't very deep though. K30 regular cab barely fits length wise. Cucv fits in the garage with 4" and 37s. I bet you'll be fine.
I saw a house once with a similar looking garage from the outside and when I walked in the guy had cut out the ceiling and drywalled it in and had a two post lift in the middle of it. He did a lot of side work.
To Redneck here for HOA and I like to walk out of my garage and be able to take a piss if needed. No one is going to tell me what color my house can be or what can be on my mailbox. I live around 1 from city limit sign but take about 20 mins to actually get to anything big. If they move the city limit line to my house I am selling it and moving least another 15-20 mins out. I like my space and don't want neighbors up on my house etc!
Along with:
- "Fixin' to"
- "All get-out"
- "Howdy"
- "Hissy fit"
- "He's all hat and no cattle"
- "Sure 'nuff"
- "Coke" - universal for carbonated sugar drinks
- And of course, "y'all"
David
What always got me was "all y'all" being the plural of "y'all" .lol
superbuickguy
1/2 ton status
I had friends that moved to Texas, and between themselves mocked the accent and terms. 3 years later they moved back and got roundly roasted for their Texan accent. It grows on all y'all.
over here in joyzey its... you guys... however in my neck of the south joyzey.. its " You'se Guys "
Where are you'se guys goin?
