lilsnappa

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Honestly if I drove by this house, I would say it would be 1.3 million (especially because of the land). 875k is pretty cheap but I’m not up-to-date on Baton Rouge real estate.

It would be, were it actually in Baton Rouge. Here's a house listed for $1,175,000 that's smaller, on a smaller lot, and is less attractive. But it's in mid city: LINK

Now, will they get that? Almost certainly not. But at the end of the day, the three rules of real estate are location, location, and location. And as much as people like to shite on the city of Baton Rouge, more people want to live there than in the immediate suburbs.

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It feels weird calling the corner of Highland & Siegen/Burbank the suburbs to me. Like 9 months ago everybody considered it Baton Rouge.

I get that it's not Mid-City or really close to LSU's campus, but from that location you have access to most of Baton Rouge has to offer without needing to get on I-10. And you have quick access to I10 if you're headed East often. Also, less than 2 miles from CCL.

The cook top is vented. There’s an automatic vent that raises from behind the burners and is vented out under the slab. The double island is a bit strange and took some adjusting to. Previous owners renovated this home from a 90’s closed in kitchen “L” shape original plan. I will say the functionality of the kitchen is great and the flow for entertaining is excellent.

We've had alot of the same feedback about not having a pool. Honestly, we've wanted one as well and had plans drawn up to install a small cocktail pool - but life /jobs happen and we chose to move. The biggest issue with a pool for this property is that the back yard is completely covered by 150+ year old oak tree. You would have to damage the root system for a proper inground pool. So it's a trade off - have the shade and aesthetic views of the mature live oak or the pool.

As for flooding - if this house floods, all of BR will be under water first. It’s on the high side of Highland road and was built up even higher than the natural levee.

I have a black belt and was a full-time PM doing process improvement projects for a couple years - depending what industry you're in, it can be worth it. I got the cert early in my career (15+ years ago) and still today it gives me some credibility in certain situations.

In manufacturing and some operations functions, what you learn can provide value - but it's much more difficult to apply the approach in a transactional (white collar) type of working environment.

If someone else is going pay for you to get a certification, I'd do it.

2011 with 186k. Got the last year they had the 5.7L without the FFV.

Just had to replace the starter - other than maintenance, not a single problem.

Given the choice, would you use Prodiamine or Specticle for the fall pre emergent application?

Moved in to a new home over the summer so I’m starting over. Have plenty VBW, dollarweed and every other weed common in South Louisiana.

Mostly St Aug but some zoysia and Bermuda in random spots.

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where are you?

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St Charles Parish, in the swamp. I didn’t notice any this morning, but by this evening the house was covered - I’ve never seen anything like it before.

Yes - it can leak if it’s not tightened properly. It’s cheap, but functional.

Having lived in Charlotte for a few years and being from South Louisiana, I don't think anything rural around Charlotte would work for crawfish farming.

You'd need to be more coastal and further south to have any chance - but I still don't think it would be feasible at any scale.

We would use Louisiana Crawfish Company and they would ship live crawfish via southwest freight to CLT and I could just go pick them up.

I was about to buy 2 T9s - thank you for posting. Just saved me a couple hundred $$ :cheers:

Kid #2

Still wash regularly, but having a spotless interior is a fruitless endeavor.

Emerald Isle or GTFO