Why not cut out the middleman and do direct renter landlord hookups?

Craigslist needs a run for it's money.

You could do some sort of landlord 'credit rating' too, to give renters a sense of who was reasonable and who to stay away from.

You'd get huge traffic as a source for no-fee apartments.

Posted by: WeaselMaster at October 7, 2009 9:37 PM in response to New Rentals Site Tries to Cut out the B.S.

"American Bistro menu" was the response when I asked 7 days ago.

Posted by: WeaselMaster at July 13, 2009 9:50 PM in response to Streetlevel: Food for Shakespeare's Sister?

1689 Sq.Ft.???

The entire floorplan fits in a 26x36' rectangle which comes out to 936 Sq. Ft.

Posted by: WeaselMaster at October 22, 2008 9:56 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 30 Main Street Loft

Going to pop in at about 2pm for some weekend supplies.

Posted by: WeaselMaster at September 26, 2008 10:45 AM in response to Rainy Ribbon Cutting for Trader Joe's

@12:21 - can't remember the brand, but bought it all at Lowe's - I think each one is an 11watt halogen. So you run the single wire around underground, peeking up at each light location, and then the wire terminates at a little timer box with the power transformer where it plugs into any outlet. depending on how many lights you add, you get a larger or smaller transformer - I have 7 lights, so the 85watt transformer timer worked well... not so bright that any neighbors are being kept awake, and not so much wattage that I feel bad having the timer turn them on for 3-4 hours each evening. They have dozens of styles of the actual lights, so you can shine upwards, or just illuminate a tree, fence, path, or whatever.

Posted by: WeaselMaster at June 2, 2008 1:51 PM in response to Garden of the Day: Serenity Now in Cobble Hill

@12:42 - 12x12 Tumbled bluestone was $11 a piece if I remember. Some stone suppliers stock it, others have to order it from their suppliers which seem to be in Eastern PA. They're cool for the dividers 'cause they have a consistent 2" thickness, whereas the more affordable bluestone slabs for the horizontal parts were natural-split, so were varied in thickness, and even had variation on the 18"x18" measurements, so it was a bit of a puzzle getting them to sit snug, arranging a row of slightly wider ones, and then a row of slightly narrower ones. If money was no object, you can get consistent thickness and H/W, and even a nice flame treated finish.

@1:02 - yard is 25x40. 6' by chairs in back, about 12' Patio area close to house, and about 22' grass.

Posted by: WeaselMaster at June 2, 2008 1:29 PM in response to Garden of the Day: Serenity Now in Cobble Hill

bird netting (the super thin black netting) over the strawberries seems to keep out the squirrels.

Not had carpenter ants, but smaller ones every once in a while - standard ant bait like combat seems to take care of it, though.

Did the bluestone over gravel ourselves, and did do a bit of grading, so it's a step up to the lawn, and another step up to the grill/chairs. Used 12" square tumbled bluestone vertically to keep the different height areas apart.

Chose to do the bluestone just sitting on gravel for leveling - no cement, except a bit under each of the two step-ups to keep things solidly in place.

Posted by: WeaselMaster at June 2, 2008 12:12 PM in response to Garden of the Day: Serenity Now in Cobble Hill