Misfitmorgan's Journal - That Summer Dust

[babsbag]

The heck with the house...I want a bank barn. Don't think I have ever seen one of those in CA. But CA doesn't know how to build barns so that doesn't surprise me one bit.

Good luck...

 

[farmerjan]

Amazing how " LONG " it took the CU to get you a preapproval.....That sure tells you something...I would be changing every account I had and everyone I am thinking about ever having, to the CU on general principles... ours here pays interest on the checking if we use the debit card a minimum # of times and spend a minimum amount. It is 2 tiered, but for the better rate it is 15 times per month with a total of $250 spent. Equates to approx. 2.3% interest per year, on avg daily balance....And no monthly checking fees so even a couple of dollars a month is nice. I usually average $5.00 month over the course of a year due to the balance changes for when we sell cattle or such. Some months the balance is pretty decent, some barely keep a few dollars between paychecks. But it is the principle of the thing, they pay us not us always paying them. Credit card rates are half of what most companies are, lots of little perks.

Don't wait to make the offer, have an idea of what you can do, and since the realtor sold it a couple of years ago, they might know of any quirks and be able to guide you through any rough patches.

 

[Bruce]

So the bank just called and let me know i have my pre-approval for that new place up to the full asking price.

Gee, that took what 3 days??? Add that to the letter to the chain of command at Chemical Bank. Tell them that their inept employees cost them money (the time spent by their salaried people) and lost them money, your closing costs. If the CU can do it in 3 days, the CB shouldn't need 2 months to NOT get it done.

If you buy this house right off, the selling realtor MIGHT lower their commission since they didn't have to do much work? Not the same as showing it and showing it and showing it for months on end until someone finally buys. Or maybe they won't, Some are easy some are hard, 6% either way

I was going to guess there was no floor above in the barn as shown. A post and beam barn would have mortises in the beams to hold the floor beams. There aren't any. My barn is like that, PLENTY of height for a floor above but no physical indication there ever was one. High roof built to support snow load I guess. BTW, you are missing a brace on that center post in the second picture

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well, it sounds like ya are setting on "Ready" finally, now for the "Action".....seems the water is smoothing out after facing the rapids....hope it goes smoothly and quickly for ya....

 

[Baymule]

I have a good feeling about this. You have all of us pulling for you!

I have to ask-why do barns up there have board sided outsides with such large spaces between them? It's COLD up there and the barn walls would be blowing a gale through there! I see that a lot in barn pictures up north. As cold as it gets, I'd think the cracks would at least get covered by a batten board.

 

[misfitmorgan]

@Bruce the high roofs and giant open space was actually for loose hay, as you might imagine loose hay takes up way more room then baled but most people didnt have machines to bale when there barns were built so it was just a giant hay stack.

@Baymule
Some people do cover the cracks with batten board but honestly the barns stay warm and cut 90% of the wind even with those cracks lol.

We will not be getting the property on Mill St.

 

[Mike CHS]

Is the Mill Street property the first one or the one with the barn? It's getting hard to follow.

 

[Bruce]

No evidence of a hay trolley in my barn either. So they must have been pitching it off the wagons in the drive bay into the mow.

I would think there would be a lot of snow blowing in the sides of that barn. I get snow blowing in where the doors aren't tight.

 

[Mike CHS]

The Amish barns around here are like that but we don't get snow. They use fresh milled (wet) lumber and it shrinks quite a bit as it dries. Some go back and put battens on but most don't bother.

 

[misfitmorgan]

@Mike CHS Mill St had the bank barn.

@Bruce many of the trolley's were taken out of most barns and the hay forks were definitely taken out cause no one want a 75lb+ pointy stabby thing falling from the sky. The alternative to the claw and trolley system was the loose hay elevator.

There is the tractor, hay wagon, and loose hay elevator that was used to pick up hay from the field and sometimes ot put it into the loft if it was a low loft.

Some snow blows into the barn but not enough to make a different, not like mountains of snow.