I am interested in this home

There are many fuel companies around here that deliver and maintain fuel tanks. I have LP gas for my stove and have had no problems. I am on automatic delivery. The apartment house next door has a good sized tank on my side of the house. It's not a horizontal one - it's about 5 feet tall and probably about that in circumference. That has to service 5 apartments. I can see the top of it from an upstairs window:

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debodun said:
Why would he want to know if I am ready to buy without even seeing it?
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He probably doesn't mean buy this particular house, but rather are you ready to buy in general. It's a a fair question.

Are you indeed ready to buy? To purge your possessions, get your house realtor ready, pack your things and move elsewhere?
 

squatting dog said:
Not sure in the UK, but here, LP tanks are usually filled on site. No way you could continuously disconnect and lug somewhere. Looking at the house photo's, you can clearly see the propane tanks.

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that's fortunate anyway.. In Spain the householder has to haul their own tanks and get them replaced in many places , and at the very least there's a delivery service but only once a week, which isn't nearly enough in winter
 
squatting dog said:
What is a special kind of TP? Most of my house's, including my current one have a septic tank, and I flush whatever brand TP can be had. As Don said, a treatment of liquid Rid-X once in a while and no problems.
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There are TP’s especially made for septic tanks. I’ve been on a sewer system and an outhouse system, never on a septic system.
 
debodun said:
I hear from the realtor I contacted. Here's his reply:

Sorry for the delay in response. I’m on vacation until 8/10. I can maybe get someone to show it to you sooner if that’s OK...just give me a few days. Are you ready to buy? What will you do with our house in the Village?

Why would he want to know if I am ready to buy without even seeing it?
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Deb,

Before you look at the new house I would talk to the realtor about the market value of your existing home.

Also about the availability of mortgage financing in its current condition.

From what you have told us it might be hard to find a bank or mortgage company willing to hold the first mortgage. That could seriously limit the number of qualified buyers and the ultimate selling price unless you are willing to hold a mortgage and deal with all of the risks involved.
 
Yes-at least all four of our houses that we have owned with septic systems,you can. I guess it would depend on your system. I know one person who will only use 1-ply paper because that`s what her late dad-who used to own the house-told her she had to use. But we have never had any problems using 2-ply. My daughter`s friend used to own our current house and says she had terrible problems with the septic-always had to have it pumped-but we`ve been here a year now without a problem. I think the owners in between her and us did something about the problem.
 
debodun said:
That realtor I mentioned refused to take my aunt's house to sell when I was doing her estate. He cited numerous issues that made it "unmarketable". I did finally sell it on my own, so I didn't have to pay a realtor's commission.

About TP, this is interesting. My brand is the 8th on the list from the top:

https://www.homereviewed.com/best-toilet-paper-for-septic-tanks/
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My parents lived in central NYS for decades and had a septic system.. never had any problems with it.
Were advised, though, to not use the ultra-thick/fluffy types of "tp," as well as never flushing Kleenex, paper towels, etc.
 
The first house I owned in the Ozarks in 1994 needed the septic tank pumped out. I called the local sewer pumper and when he got there and dug down and found the lid, he was stunned. The tank still had the wood under the lid from when he formed the top and poured the concrete. He told me that meant the tank had never been pimped out.... In 38 years. :eek: :eek:
 
hollydolly said:
that's fortunate anyway.. In Spain the householder has to haul their own tanks and get them replaced in many places , and at the very least there's a delivery service but only once a week, which isn't nearly enough in winter
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Wow... I guess people there must not have any tanks larger than the 100 lb type. I had to look it up and this is what I found. A 100 lb. tank holds 23.6 gallons of LP and weighs 170 lbs. when full. I would hate to try and carry my 250 Gallon tank somewhere to get it filled.;)

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squatting dog said:
Wow... I guess people there must not have any tanks larger than the 100 lb type. I had to look it up and this is what I found. A 100 lb. tank holds 23.6 gallons of LP and weighs 170 lbs. when full. I would hate to try and carry my 250 Gallon tank somewhere to get it filled.;)

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true, many don't because much of the housing stock there is very small and in apartment style in the cities and towns
 
Heard from the realtor again. Name XXXed out for privacy:

I gave your name and mail address to XXXX XXXX. He is an extended member of our family and a licensed professional affiliated with XXXX XXXXX. He will get you into Brickyard Road and accompany you on the showing. Please keep an eye on your inbox so that he can coordinate the showing and get you in to Brickyard Rd as soon as possible.
 
squatting dog said:
What is a special kind of TP? Most of my house's, including my current one have a septic tank, and I flush whatever brand TP can be had. As Don said, a treatment of liquid Rid-X once in a while and no problems.
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Exactly. We use whatever toilet paper we want and of course you can flush it down the toilet. That’s what it’s for. You can get stuff to put in your septic system to make it work better. We get ours cleaned out about every ten years and there have never been any problems whatsoever. There’s only 2 of us and one is gone 1/2 the time at work.
squatting dog said:
Wow... I guess people there must not have any tanks larger than the 100 lb type. I had to look it up and this is what I found. A 100 lb. tank holds 23.6 gallons of LP and weighs 170 lbs. when full. I would hate to try and carry my 250 Gallon tank somewhere to get it filled.;)

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These are the size of tanks our neighbours have. They get them filled occasionally but I couldn’t tell you how often. We have an electric stove and don’t really use our furnace since we use a wood stove for heat so don’t use propane It’s cheaper and nicer for us.
 
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Keesha said:
These are the size of tanks our neighbours have. They get them filled occasionally but I couldn’t tell you how often. We have an electric stove and don’t really use our furnace since we use a wood stove for heat. It’s cheaper and nicer for us.
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My primary heat source is a wood stove. However, being of a prepper mindset, I've got a ventless LP heater, and also a couple of 220v. electric wall heaters. :)

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LOVE ❤ the wood stove. I had a really difficult time talking my husband into getting one. He figured our insurance would sky rocket. We pay less than $100 more per year. Now he loves it too. We have alternative heat sources too but don’t usually use them unless we get anywhere from -25 to -40. Luckily our house is well insulated and we have all new doors and windows which makes a huge difference. There’s nothing quite like a home warmed with a fireplace or wood stove. Love the smell of the wood burning too.
 
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