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Derek69SS · Founding Member

House Hunting Part II

Enganeer · Mega Poster

We had electric heating in our house when we bought it. Electric heat is 100% efficient but your electric bill will be very very high . We sprung for high effiencey natrural gas furnace and AC and it paid for itself very quickly.

Dave Seitz · Mega Poster

If Jen ever gets stuck on nights and needs to sleep during the day you will be one miserable SOB. Just keep that in mind before you buy and electric heat can get real expensive fast. A Geothermal system with the existing electric would be a longterm payoff option that you could consider.
I also have a set of scales that would work where ever you live. :D

-- Edited by Dave Seitz on Friday 19th of August 2011 03:32:56 PM

Lost in the 60s · President

It does look like like a nice place but the location is not something I would consider. The crushing operation alone WILL be noisy and the dust from constant trucks will be terrible. This is what I do all day long and it's noisy and dirty. The freeway will be noisy too, especially at night when things quiet down. We live 2 miles north of I 94 and when the wind is out of the south, it sounds like it's right next door. I90 is a main corridor and the amount of trucks traveling at night is tremendous.

Be sure to visit while the crusher is operating to get an idea of the noise. Hang around for an hour and count the trucks and observe the dust.

Derek69SS · Founding Member

I don't know yet much about the concrete dump... not even sure if it's still in-use. I'm trying to find out more info. Nothing's been decided yet, but it doesn't hurt to look. :)

Lost in the 60s · President

Derek69SS wrote:
I don't know yet much about the concrete dump... not even sure if it's still in-use. I'm trying to find out more info. Nothing's been decided yet, but it doesn't hurt to look. :)
Absolutely, check into it more and look at it. Just be there during the day and not an evening or weekend when all is quiet.

dashboard · 2K+ Club

Derrick,

I had an office in a new building with a closed ventilation system about 500 yards from a concrete recycling operation set up by Navy Seabees. They spent the summer removing a 8000ft concrete runway and making it into gravel size rocks.

As Mitch said, it’s bad, nasty bad; the hard drive in my computer would last 4-6 weeks.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

dashboard wrote:
Derrick,

I had an office in a new building with a closed ventilation system about 500 yards from a concrete recycling operation set up by Navy Seabees. They spent the summer removing a 8000ft concrete runway and making it into gravel size rocks.

As Mitch said, it’s bad, nasty bad; the hard drive in my computer would last 4-6 weeks.

Thats a good point. Not to mention the HVAC system would end up needing filters constantly more then whats regularly recommended replacement. Plus I would be conscous of the air quality around if there is enough dust present.

Derek69SS · Founding Member

Did a little digging...finding more concerns as well. Still going to look, but I don't think we want the problems of this one. There's a reason it's so cheap...

The concrete site is run by the county. It is still an active crushing site, but there's no crushing equipment on-site right now. Seems they use it as a dump for a while, then bring in the crusher and clear it all out and start over... I'm assuming they have a few of these sites scattered around the county. Also, there's a pond in the back yard, and a stream nearby. Much of the property looks a little "low"... I don't know how high the water has ever been, but that's really not something I want to have to worry about.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

With everything you have posted so far. I would be more inclined to pass and keep looking. Unless of course you discover a secret vault full of gold coins and stacks of cash. Or maybe a concrete blocked room with a hidden 53 Corvette inside.