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Best looking Hondas ever, '87 to '95 CRX & these hatch/mini wagons. I miss cars that look like cars.

Posted by: syncro

Ripped from the headlines!

Told by a bystander that cats might be inside, she stuck her finger in one and saw brown fur. When the animal made a “weird noise,” she put her face closer to get a better look. That’s when, she said, she noticed that it wasn’t a cat but a monkey, which “hissed” at her. She said she felt a mist. She also stepped in monkey feces, she said.

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Posted by: syncro

Did you report the agent? It may not result in any sanctions but there's a good chance the listing will get changed to include the right info and potentially save an unsuspecting buyer from a bad experience.

If I remember correctly as it was 6 years ago the listing was "as is" without any reason. Price was reflective of an "as is" & the pix reflected a well abused rental. Agents can be less than scrupulous when the market is down.

Posted by: syncro

Posted by: CB-Spoolmak

Google each house address. I found out a house I was looking at was recently a drug house/grow op. The real estate agent had failed to mention that in the listing. Oops!

Good luck.

AFAIK that's actually illegal and agents are required to disclose that information.

Correct. Too bad as the house had potential too. Good location, no close neighbours on three sides. One look at the interior pix though & I could tell there had been no black mold abatement, no renos, nada.

Short of burning a former grow op to the ground & building new, that house should have been gutted to the studs & completely redone.

Posted by: Straw

I'm hoping to buy a house in the next three years.

Is there a way that you homeowners have scoped neighbours in the past, while you looking to buy?

I don't think I'd handle neighbour problems very well and wouldn't want buy my first house and regret it.

Dream is to leave Vancouver and find jobs and place on the Island.

When you look at any house, look at all the other houses too. When you drive up & down the street what do you see? If you are grinning like a school girl at a Justin Bieber concert you might like living there.

Don't just look at a house at one time of the day, cruise that street morning, noon & night. What looks good at noon might not look so good once everyone comes home. Still grinning?

Try to avoid a dead end street unless you are the first house. You always need two ways out of a street & multiple exits from that. Good in a zombie apocalypse but great in the day to day grind. DAMHIK.

Google each house address. I found out a house I was looking at was recently a drug house/grow op. The real estate agent had failed to mention that in the listing. Oops!

Good luck.

Posted by: JBV

i will say this much. at least this thread doesn't make me think i'm crazy for being in the situation we're in. clearly we're not the only one's who are so bothered by neighbours that it takes up way too much of our brain power. enough to move. sorry for everyone else's troubles as well. life's a bitch.

Like you, our street 16 years ago was new & only 1/3 populated. Such potential. Once the last of the homes were built then the fun started. 35 houses on this dead end street, 16 of which have sold two or more times since. The two most expensive houses have sold three times & one of the cheapest has sold FIVE times. As each new owner /tenant moves in, the fabric/makeup of the 'hood slides decidedly away from Doctor/Lawyer/Banker/Dentist & hurtling towards knuckledragger/mouthbreather. I have been actively house hunting for a long time but have such a long list of requirements I am really risk averse. I still have a great location, very close to all amenities including recreation.

@JBV: Good luck in your search.

Posted by: Adam-West

Like wtf guys.

Just be like my worst neighbour, Douche Bag Dave the Drunk. You fire up your leaf blower & blow all your leaves into the street in a nice windrow. 

Let the wind & other neighbours driving over them do the rest. 

Except last year, Mother Nature decided to play a trick on *uckface and blew all his hard work back on his driveway/lawn. He was too fat, drunk & stupid to fire the leaf blower up again.

The Charmings circa 87-88 : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092332/ Good clean fish out of water fun.

Already been mentioned but for my money, Married with Children, all day, every day. Big Al is my spirit animal & Peg looks a lot like my 4th ex wife.

Posted by: Endur-Bro

I used Package Express before for forwarding. See if you can request them shipping to you via USPS->CP. It’ll lower if not eliminate any fees. 

Unrelated but I’ve had a package stuck with DHL in Richmond for over a week now. Germany via Cincinnati to YVR. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I definitely plan to request USPS - > CP. I haven't been dinged in customs in dog years. A lot of my parcels have gone through customs but none got dinged, knock on wood.

I just Munsoned myself, lol!

Thread resurrection! What service are you currently using south of the border?

I need a US address that can forward my goodies to me here in BC since the border is closed & it is too far to drive for me anyway.

Package Express seems to be the only survivor of the ones mentioned in this thread.

Suggestions?