Comments on: Condo Kismet

By: Grant Blakeman

Grant Blakeman — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:46:56 +0000

Stephen Capp is right – I’ve done it – makes a mess, but it’s not hard to do – just a water bottle and the wide sort of trowel/knife that you would normally use for mudding drywall…

By: Stephen Capp

Stephen Capp — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:55:46 +0000

Hey Mike – regarding that delicious popcorn ceiling: My understanding from all the reno shows I’ve watched on TV is that you need to spray some water on the stuff, let it sit and then scrape it off with a wide putty knife. It makes a hell of a mess but it’s the most straight forward method. Try a little test area first in a closet or some place that won’t be noticed, then go to town.

Congrats on the new place and good luck.

By: Calvin Tang

Calvin Tang — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“It’s even weirder that I’m going in for the inspection tomorrow and the seller sent — in her absence — a friend to let me in. That friend’s name? Mike Davidson.”

Maybe she meant for you to let yourself in.

By: gb

gb — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Now if only my seattle job hunt were that easy…

I am bit worried about you meeting Mike Davidson face to face… won’t that cause a temporal distortion in the space/time continuum? ‘Cause, you know, I don’t want the universe obliterated because you wanted to inspect your new property…

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Congrats bro! I know if you’re stoked about the place it’s got to be pretty sweet. That said, when’s the housewarming?

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks. Keith, I'm thinking about having a party for Festivus. I'll let you know. You're on the hook for the aluminum pole.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Don’t tell them any changes you are considering until AFTER you close. They may love that feature …

Shhh until you close. Congrats.

By: Mike Rundle

Mike Rundle — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have a popcorn ceiling too, let us join in Festivus-like anti-celebration!How to kill your ceiling with pictures and other happy shit. Good luck :)

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Getting a new place is always a great feeling. Did you have any buyer’s remorse? Maybe just a little? I guess nothing that your share of the saved realtor fee percentage couldn’t fix ;)
-Ah and a word of advice for a direct house sale: make sure that you do your due dilligence. Buy title insurance, make sure that your closing laywer isn’t sleeping. I’ve read about all sorts of potential problems. (Not to try to worry you or anything, but I think it’s important to be aware of and protect yourself from)

By: Jason Beaird

Jason Beaird — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That's funny! I noticed a slight increase in the Adsense revenue from my popcorn ceiling article today but never checked Mint to find out why...then all of a sudden I'm checking my RSS feeds and noticed that the increase was probably due to Mike Rundle posting the link here last night. Sometimes the internet is small world after all. I don't know how that one post became the mecca of popcorn ceiling removal, but the visitor comments definitely add a lot of value...if you have time to read them all. I'm slowly but surely trying to get all those comments organized into the forum I created about the topic: popcornforum.com. PS - I guess this post explains why you still haven't gotten me the print-quality sIFR logo for my book yet. :)

By: Garrett Dimon

Garrett Dimon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s been interesting for me to follow this because I imagine I’ll be going through it in the near future. Congrats on the place, but be careful, because walking to work can be addictive. I know I miss it.

By: Mike Stickel

Mike Stickel — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Nice. Congrats on the new digs. Hope the inspection goes/went well and the rest of the process is as smooth as *insert favored smooth surface here*

By: Nathan Logan

Nathan Logan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Mike, congrats on the purchase. I’m jealous of the water view.

If the place was built in the 70′s or before, you’ll want to scrape a small sample of the ceiling (make sure you get some chunks, not just the paint) and take it in for testing. I was about to scrape my ceilings and was warned to do this (just in time) – it turns out mine is asbestos. So, unless I’m willing to pay a few dollars a square foot to have it scraped by a professional asbesos removal service, I’m living with popcorn.

Seattle’s a neat place – glad you snagged such a sweet home.

By: Rob Weychert

Rob Weychert — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Congrats, old bean! And how very kind of you to get a second bedroom for when I visit Seattle! I’d like it painted a dull green, each wall adorned with an original Rothko, and the fridge stocked with Tab. Thanks, buddy!

By: Ryan Sonnenberg

Ryan Sonnenberg — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Congrats, Mike! You got a great place with a view and you were able to cut out all your shopping around. I wish my site would generated that kind of response! Haha, but still, congrats and good luck with your new place.