Thursday, March 30, 2017

Fridge for new home / Samsung 4 Door Flex Appliances

So, my wife saw one of these at our local big box stores.

I've heard negative reviews on Samsung appliances, but wondered if anyone had insight on this new "four door" style fridge?

We're looking for something with the freezer on bottom, but don't necessarily like the large pull-out door on the french door models.



Submitted March 30, 2017 at 11:20PM by codeyh http://ift.tt/2mTpdjQ Appliances

Landlord and Breaking a Lease RealEstate

We are in the process of finally moving into our new forever home. Our lease is for 1 year, starting July 20th and ending July 20th. We live in a very hot rental market and will be moving 2,000 miles away. Our home closure date is May 1st.

We told him of all of this upon our signing of the lease, well in advance, and he swore he would break the lease with zero issues. We said that we are currently selling our starter home and looking for our forever home. He was obviously okay with us closing out our lease early, but there is no mention of it in the lease itself. (Our family knows his family, and his family is extremely rich/owns the entire local town.)

We told the landlord we would be moving a little over 30 days before we move out. We are going to pay for May even though we will be gone by April 25th, just to make sure that the cleaners and carpet cleaners can get into the house after we leave. We have family in the area that will be monitoring the clean-up for us. We will also be cleaning as we slowly pack things into the moving truck. The cleaners alone will be close to $500 upon move out, as we live really far away from a real town. We have them set up to come in before May 1st. So, really, we are paying May just to keep him happy and to be nice.

The landlord is not happy. We are their first tenants in this house, after his nephew lived here and destroyed it - which we cleaned up/helped fix before move in. He wants us to pay all of the rent until end of July. That is 2 additional months (3 if you count us paying for May) that we will have to pay, and equals about $2,000 ($3,000 with us paying for May).

He has also made some comments about the house being "brand new" upon our move out. Yet, it was hardly brand when we moved in. In this area, landlords almost always keep security deposit. We assumed we would never get it back, anyways, and took that into account. He's the type that basically would charge for any little nick in the paint and over charge for it. I'm a little tired of repainting walls (etc), to appease his final move-out. We have been keeping this house in tip top shape, but he visited without warning - again - yesterday, and was complaining about the red clay on the back porch which just needs to be washed off. (This is a habit of his, we get a text message he will be here and he's actually texting from the drive way or the backyard looking into our windows. We've had zero privacy here, such as the nephew showing up randomly, him showing up, and the neighbor's constantly doing things with the cows next door while using our driveway.)

He also said that we are going to be the ones finding a new renter. I flat out denied us doing this for him, and explained that his house would rent really quickly if he listed it. This is absolutely true, if he actually looked for a renter himself. I also think this is not our responsibility, and while our families know each other (welcome to the south!)...we think if he found a new renter, that he would still be charging us rent without us really knowing someone else was in the house. So, he'd be getting income from two sources. We're not sure why he wouldn't want to look for a renter himself, as that is in his benefit, and we're not sure why he is forcing us to keep the entire lease when I am absolutely sure he can get another renter really quickly (school year is ending, and lots of people - thousands - are constantly viewing for rentals in this area around now).

For the final pièce de résistance, he said that he wanted us to leave our (really nice) appliances in the house that we have had for about 2 years. We're talking stainless steel fridge, our lawnmower, our washer and dryer. The house came with none of these, and he was lucky we had some to use. He offered us (for example) $500 for our stainless steel fridge, $75 for our washer and $75 for our dryer. He wants the lawnmower for free. Mind you, these appliances aren't even 3 years old yet. He claims to want to keep them in the house for other potential tenants, but he is lowballing the hell out of us on them. We want to take them with us, but if we are in a poor financial state - we might sell them to him (though we really don't want to).

He's also been complaining lately that he did not charge us enough rent. Admittedly, it was a bit low but not by much ~$50, and did not include any appliances and a ton of up-keep of the property. The way he mentioned it made me feel like he didn't want us to slowly start saving up for a down payment on a house (we already had the money from our sale). It was like he was admitting to try to "trap us" in this house for longer than we wanted to. Really nastily said, and you can tell he is bitter than we are moving on/not giving him any more money in the future.

We are now concerned that he will not only keep the $1,500 security deposit but is also getting additional rent from us ($2k-$3k), wants us to find a new tenant (??), and wants to keep our appliances we bought for extremely low prices. This is around $5,000 we will be losing because of him, not counting the appliances.

Is there anything we can do? We are verging on just paying the additional two months, losing our security, and getting out of dodge as soon as possible.

Edit: This is in Georgia. To be fair, we understood that he might need a bit of time to find another renter...which is another reason that we wanted to pay for May. However, he wants us to pay for May, June, and July...and basically wait until the end of the lease to find a renter instead. He absolutely does not want to do his due diligence to find another renter until absolutely necessary. It should not take 3 months to find a new renter, at all.



Submitted March 30, 2017 at 11:43PM by meowsalot22 http://ift.tt/2mTmPKh RealEstate

ID a refrigerator Appliances

Hey I'm looking for the appliance experts! Anyone know what refrigerator model this is? I know it's a whirlpool, just need to ID it so I can get dimensions for it.

Thanks!

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Submitted March 30, 2017 at 09:54PM by madmudkip http://ift.tt/2ofioJG Appliances

Free refrigerator - Best used for scrap metal FreeStuffNYC

Fridge is in the drive - easy pickup. Freezer works but fridge portion never got that cold. Recommend to use for scrap metal or parts. Located 3 blocks from downtown Stamford - next to John's Pizza.

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Submitted March 30, 2017 at 09:16PM by fiplefip http://ift.tt/2nDNSI5 FreeStuffNYC

Free refrigerator - Best used for scrap metal FreeStuffNYC

Fridge is in the drive - easy pickup. Freezer works but fridge portion never got that cold. Recommend to use for scrap metal or parts. Located 3 blocks from downtown Stamford - next to John's Pizza.

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Submitted March 30, 2017 at 09:17PM by fiplefip http://ift.tt/2oCRis3 FreeStuffNYC

CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA PIZZA RECIPE recipes

Serves 2-3 | Prep Time: 20 minutes | Cook Time: 15 Minutes

Ingredients: 10 small parts of skinless and boneless chicken breast should be cutter into 1/2-inch cubes butter one table spoon 2 cloves garlic, which are cutter into very small parts 1/2 jalapeno (green chili pepper) whose seeds are properly removed Salt to taste One 12-inches pizza crust from any store or three 7-inches mini pizza crusts Olive oil for sweeping 1/4 onion, thinly sliced 1 cup mozzarella cheese Bunch of coriander leaves/cilantro which are chopped and save some for garnish Marinade: ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper ground garam masala 1/2 teaspoon 1/2 teaspoon sliced fresh ginger 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper 1 tablespoon of lemon juice 2 tablespoons plain yogurt ½ tablespoon of cinnamon Tomato Sauce: 4 oz. tomato sauce 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt 2 tablespoons of heavy cream Spice Mix: 1/2 teaspoon of cumin 1/2 teaspoon of paprika 1/2 teaspoon garam masala

Method: In a bowl, marinade the chicken so that chicken is soaked properly before cooking, marinade at least an hour in the refrigerator. Make Outline of aluminum foil in a baking pan for grilling. Spread the marinated chicken in a single layer on the pan, discard the remaining marinade. Grill the chicken at 450F for 6-7 minutes, turning at half time. When chicken is cooking, prepare the Tomato Sauce and Spice Mix in separate bowls. Remove the chicken from the pan when it is cooked and discard the juice. Heat a small sauce pan and melt the butter in it. Sauté the garlic and jalapeno until it fragrant. Pour in the Spice Mix and sauté until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes on medium heat. Remove the jalapeno and discard. Add in the Tomato Sauce and stir well to mix. Add salt to taste and continue to simmer until the sauce thickens for another 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and add the chicken meat into the sauce and mix well. Pre-heat oven to 450F. Place the pizza crust on a pizza pan and brush lightly with olive oil. Spread the sauce/gravy on the pizza crust. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of cheese. Arrange the chicken on the pizza. Top it with the sliced onions, chopped cilantro and the remaining cheese. Reduce the temperature to 425F. Bake the pizza for 8-10 minutes. Remove the pizza from the pan when it is done and garnish the remaining chopped cilantro.



Submitted March 30, 2017 at 12:34PM by expertdietician http://ift.tt/2oBOrQj recipes

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Clearing Out My PC - NOW WITH SPREADSHEETS!! pokemontrades

[casual] Hi! I have four boxes of Pokémon I don't want/need that I'm willing to either give away for Commons (Yungoos, etc.) or if you feel that what you're interested in worth more than a Common you can read my Spreadsheet and see if you have anything I'm looking for.

FT: Valuables for Trade. These are Pokémon I feel are worth more than a Common, but you can decide. :)

Pokémon I Can Evolve for Trade - Spearow ➡️ Fearow - Abra ➡️ Kadabra - Eevees ➡️ Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Sylveon or Leafeon - Spanish Eevee ➡️ Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Sylveon or Leafeon. - Magikarp ➡️ Gyarados - Munchlax ➡️ Snorlax - Rotom ➡️ Wash, Mower, Refrigerator, Fan, or Microwave Oven - Scatterbugs ➡️ Vivillion

Other Pokémon - Shellder with Water Stone - Haunter - Scyther - Jolteon - Dratini: Cured of PokéRus - Pelipper - Skitty with Moon Stone - Sylveon (Japanese) - Three Orangurus - Salandit - A Dozen Araquanids

Ask if want more info on any of the Pokémon I have and if you feel that any of them are worth more than a Common, here's mySpreadsheet. Please note that I'm looking for Purebreds or Pokémon with NO EMs. Thank you for Reading! Happy Trading



Submitted March 30, 2017 at 05:39AM by The_Kindlegarden http://ift.tt/2nkWFMi pokemontrades