Guys and the bathtub

[mysterygal]

lol thankfully that hasn't happened yet! They get the general idea that I don't want to primer anything! We did have a tenant though, who DID NOT ask our permission and painted one of the rooms a very dark blue...took FOREVER to cover up!:ragethey were there though before we bought the place)

 

[Viola]

I would probably be middle-of-the-pack as renters go; i.e. kinda clean, timely payer, but with cats and a dog. Cats ARE probably the worst. Though there's no excuse for letting that damage anything, if you're prompt it cleans right up and doesn't smell.

I don't know that I'd call two cats and a dog much of a zoo, though. Clearly I need some rabbits, a turtle, and a potbellied pig!

I am a 100% shower person. But a showerhead over a bath is fine. Doesn't need a seperate stall.

 

[jamespowers]

I don't know that I'd call two cats and a dog much of a zoo, though. Clearly I need some rabbits, a turtle, and a potbellied pig!

Not a pot bellied pig! :eusa_doh: I could live with the rabbit and turtle. I once had ten rabbits myself but not in an apartment.

Regards,

J

 

[jamespowers]

lol thankfully that hasn't happened yet! They get the general idea that I don't want to primer anything! We did have a tenant though, who DID NOT ask our permission and painted one of the rooms a very dark blue...took FOREVER to cover up!:ragethey were there though before we bought the place)

Dark Blue!? I really wonder what goes through people's minds. At least they didn't paint it deep red. Try to cover that up. :rage:

Regards,

J

 

[mysterygal]

I guess I did word that wrong....having a dog and cat(s) is not a zoo, it's just sometimes people have it so it looks like they're living in a zoo!
James: dark red, eh? not good! I really don't think I want to know what goes on in some people's heads!

 

[jamespowers]

James: dark red, eh? not good! I really don't think I want to know what goes on in some people's heads!

Yeah, you are probably right. I wouldn't want to know what was in that Charles Manson look-a-like's head.

Regards to all,

J

 

[mysterygal]

Yeah, you are probably right. I wouldn't want to know what was in that Charles Manson look-a-like's head.

Regards to all,

J

lol lol lol

 

[Viola]

I guess I did word that wrong....having a dog and cat(s) is not a zoo, it's just sometimes people have it so it looks like they're living in a zoo!

Ah. Gotcha. I know some guys my age (22) who appear to be going for the Monkey House effect without any livestock to excuse it at all. Pizza Hut boxes are NOT conversation pieces.lol

 

[Zach R.]

Hey, I've always wanted to paint my bedroom red! It can look nice if done correctly.

You people and your bland whites and off-whites.

 

[Fleur De Guerre]

Dark Blue!? I really wonder what goes through people's minds. At least they didn't paint it deep red. Try to cover that up. :rage:

Regards,

J

If you think that's bad, the place I just moved out of, which was actually painted rather well, though darker than I would like, was evidently an horrendous mess of colour before the previous tenants repainted. The bedroom which measured literally 7' x 8' had been painted crimson, and the radiators/woodwork in sort of egg-plant purple/maroon. I can't even begin to imagine how dark and pokey it must have looked. Awful. And the front room was painted a sort of mustard yellow.

Thank god the people before me took care to repaint, you could only tell by the odd daub on the radiator and just behind the venetain blinds what it was like before.

 

[Fleur De Guerre]

And also: I lived for 2 years without a shower and I missed it like hell. Running a bath takes forever to get ready in the monring and it's such a waste of water. We fitted one in our new place (which cost a bomb) but was totally worth it. Never again!

 

[Story]

Braxton,
If the tub (particularly around the drain) is in good shape, consider using something like this -

http://www.clawfootsupply.com/product463

It looks suspiciously indentical to the original 1930's vintage set that was in my last rental place.

 

[jamespowers]

If you think that's bad, the place I just moved out of, which was actually painted rather well, though darker than I would like, was evidently an horrendous mess of colour before the previous tenants repainted. The bedroom which measured literally 7' x 8' had been painted crimson, and the radiators/woodwork in sort of egg-plant purple/maroon. I can't even begin to imagine how dark and pokey it must have looked. Awful. And the front room was painted a sort of mustard yellow.

Thank god the people before me took care to repaint, you could only tell by the odd daub on the radiator and just behind the venetain blinds what it was like before.

Ok, you bested me with that. Red and purple?! I think we need a new classification of illegally incompetent to paint a room and/or house.
The neighbor across the street from one of the houses painted the house DARK Brown. It looks like a barn or cabin amongst the houses. I should take a picture and post it. Then there was the ice cream sherbet house up the street. They even came to their senses after about a month of it making even them sick. lol
Other choices were lime green with sun yellow trim.

Regards,

J

 

[mysterygal]

hey, dark brown is a whole lot better than what we've got going on over here a block over..someone painted thier house purple with a black door. Maybe an artistic talent not yet appreciated ?

 

[Sefton]

The Japanese have the best of both...

I go to Japan every year (winter season) and my wife and I visit her parents. The bath is a room with tile walls up to about 5 feet. The floors are similarly tiled. In the center of the floor is a drain and off to the side is the tub. It is more vertical than horizontal in shape so that when you sit inside you have your knees up a bit (it's actually quite comfortable like this).
First you shower. There is a shower hose attachment to the side of the tub. The tub has a roll back top to keep the water inside clean and hot. Once you've got yourself cleaned and rinsed all of the soap off its time to roll open the cover on the tub and soak in the hot water. I do mean hot water! The tub has a little computer type panel that precisely controls the temperature. It also has a neat electronic voice (female) that says when the bath water is ready. I wish I were wealthy so that I could own my home and have a real Japanese style bath installed...it's the best!

 

[jamespowers]

hey, dark brown is a whole lot better than what we've got going on over here a block over..someone painted thier house purple with a black door. Maybe an artistic talent not yet appreciated ?

More than likely it is a person who hates their neighbors. There was a purple one up the street with pink trim. Definitely needs to be declared legally incompetent to paint a house. :eusa_doh:

Regards,

J

 

[Viola]

Then there was the ice cream sherbet house up the street. They even came to their senses after about a month of it making even them sick. lol
Other choices were lime green with sun yellow trim.

Regards,

J

Dang and I thought the neighbor house which was the reverse, sun yellow with lime trim, was bad. Its downright subtle now!

My house (okay, not mine, but I dwell there) is black and white Tudor. I kind of think its cute, but its as if 16th century England was dotting country houses across Pennsylvania.[huh]

 

[jamespowers]

Dang and I thought the neighbor house which was the reverse, sun yellow with lime trim, was bad. Its downright subtle now!

My house (okay, not mine, but I dwell there) is black and white Tudor. I kind of think its cute, but its as if 16th century England was dotting country houses across Pennsylvania.[huh]

More white than black I hope. There is a house in the neighborhood that is all balck. Event eh fences in front of it are black. It is of an Oriental style though so it sort of fits. The house isn't oriental but the garden and fence in front of it are. It looks kind of silly to me but......[huh] I wonder how it feels in this latest spate of heat we have been having.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Viola]

Oh yes, white stucco, some black half-timbering, slate roof. The front door is green with brass hardware. Rather pleasant looking in a not-indigenous way.

All black sounds...imposing. [Vader] "I find your lack of faith...disturbing." [/Vader]

 

[jamespowers]

All black sounds...imposing. [Vader] "I find your lack of faith...disturbing." [/Vader]

I am waiting for them to start showing movies on the outside walls of the place.

Regards,

J