dr_pootis

About to go to bed, saw this post, went to check my attic. Looks like I'll be shoveling snow out of the attic first thing in the morning.

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I'm surprised if people are actually waiting for these chargers. Most chargers at stores, parks, etc. are slow level 2 chargers. Meaning that in most cases you need to be plugged in for 8 hours or more to "fill up". I would expect them to be full though, because why not. Most places these chargers are free, provide preferred parking. So if you have EV, makes sense to park and charge something if the space is open.

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I used to live right over there and frequented that Winn Dixie. they're legit Tesla chargers. Not sure if there are different speeds of official Tesla chargers. There's a shite ton of transformer pads at that station.. they have to be pulling some significant juice.

I never saw a line when I was over there, usually it was empty.

We spent a good couple weeks in the spring replacing all of the attic insulation and air sealing the attic. Vacuumed all the old nasty fiberglass out (only had about 2 inches) and blew in 18" cellulose. Air sealed all the top plates of the walls and light fixtures, etc with spray foam. Did new double pane energy efficient windows last year.

AC unit is an old 3 ton R22 system that was installed in 1997. It sounds like a jet engine but it holds it at a comfortable 68 in here. Energy bill was $206 last month, 1,600 sq ft house.

We pretty much are decided that when it kicks the bucket it's time to replace, not try to repair unless its just a capacitor or something. Cost to get R22, etc.

The prospect of spending 15k on a new system that will likely not work as well is just not a fun idea. It's kinda depressing reading all these posts on here about these <5yr old systems that can't get below 76 or so.

It is your typical Metairie yard yeah. Sure it may be against code but that’s not really a concern to me. I don’t intend to tell them to do anything different. If it’s not something I don’t want to live next to I just won’t close on the house. But It sounds fine based on this thread and the neighbors feedback. Thank you all for helping out!

Thank you all for the advice. Update here - I spoke with a couple more of the neighbors. The pig owner was not home again. The lady right next to them was really kind, she said that the pig was a pet. She mentioned that she never had issues with smell or noise and had lived there for several years. They apparently let the pig in the house and walk it around the neighborhood on a leash.

I got some other good advice from her about the neighborhood, all in all a very good conversation.

So.. I think that's fine. I'm not too worried about it.

Yeah, been trying to catch him while I'm there. I would love to ask about it.

Personally I don't care if it's a pet or if it ultimately turns into bacon. More just curious about smell/noise.

He's got a tidy backyard and a seemingly friendly little boy. Seems to take good care of his house and yard.

I have the ring system in my house, only the sensors. Pro monitoring is $14/month. You can either buy their branded smoke detectors, or buy this little sensor that sticks onto the ceiling right next to an existing smoke alarm and listens for it. Zero issues with it. It's all wireless, but going on two years and have yet to replace a battery or have a single wireless issue. Just works. It's got it's own battery backup, and an LTE modem that it will switch to when the internet fails. Lasts something like 48 hours - I was able to ping it after hurricane Ida while I was out of town, long after the power and net had gone out.

You can add cameras too, but I opted to run my own cameras and record to a DVR in the house. I have it set up so I get motion notifications, and can watch live over the internet. That plus the router are on a battery backup that lasts a couple hours. $0/month, but startup cost varies.

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And you chose NOLA. Why are you complaining?

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Stupid decision I know. couple years back work relocated me to the area. Never been to New Orleans in my life. Thought it would be cool (like a stupid person.)

Haven't moved cause it's not pissed me off enough yet to go through the hassle of moving again. But getting close.

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New Orleans West Koa. 11129 Jefferson Hwy River Ridge, LA 70123. Drive by it all the time and think to myself it's a weird place for an RV park. Definitely safe.

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Ill drive by and check this out tomorrow, thank you.

My folks called me up today and let me know that they were planning to rent an RV - going to take a couple weeks to do some traveling across the country. Great, sounds nice to me.

They are dead set on stopping along their way to see me for a couple days. Sounds nice until I mention that I have the unfortunate privilege of living in Teedy's paradise. My parents are 60, and have neither spent any significant amount of time in New Orleans, nor stayed in an RV.

Their suggestions were to either park in front of my house for a couple nights, or stay in an RV park nearby.

Several issues with the first option. I rent this place, and I am not allowed to park a boat/RV/etc on the street. I have a driveway, but it's way too steep to park an RV. People in the neighborhood will absolutely complain about it. I don't have suitable power or sewage hookups. Also just plain don't want my parents sleeping on the street in fricking New Orleans, with 1/16" of aluminum separating them from this city. They aren't going to stay in the house. They don't want to 'put me out like that', plus the whole point of the trip is to do the RV thing for the first time. Yes, I like them enough to invite them in.... but I can guarantee that this invite will be turned down.

So I start looking around online at RV parks. Not shocked to see that the east has plenty of options. Right out. I like these people. Quite frankly, I think if they stay in a park, they have a couple options. Stay on the north shore, and I just do the causeway round trip every day to pick them up. Maybe put them somewhere on the West Bank. Or maybe somewhere like Saint Rose? Not exactly an ideal travel destination, but I'm pretty comfortable with the fact that the plant baws out there in St Rose aren't going to mess with them.

So all that to say, am I missing a good option here? Anyone know of a safe, reasonably close to New Orleans RV park that they won't get killed at?