9/25/2017: 13 Ryan Ct for rent at $13,000/month. Wait what?

2 years ago, 13 Ryan Ct was listed for rent at $12,000/month. You remember — the garage with the house.

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It may surprise you, even with the 3 car garage, that it never rented.

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Checked the market this morning and well well well — look who’s back at $13,000/month you guys.

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You might be thinking this house is on West Newton Hill. Um it’s not. It’s near the intersection of Auburndale Ave & River St.

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Good news is this place still has a sauna. Bad news is you have to pay $52,000 up front to rent it (1st month, last month, security deposit & 1 month broker’s fee).

9/18/2017: Does anyone have hurricane insurance?

Brian e-mailed this morning with a question about hurricane insurance on his home. He has a policy with a $12k deductible for Hurricane Windstorm loss. With No Way Jose skirting by and Maria getting stronger in the Caribbean maybe something to think about team.

Anybody have hurricane insurance? If so what’s your deductible?

I mean one of these storms hits us and we could have Ryan reporting from Randlett Park in a damn canoe like this lady…

9/14/2017: My snowthrower, lover of Nor’Easters, dead at 12

My snowthrower (2005 – 2017) left us today after many snowstorms together. He was just 12 years old. My snowthrower will be remembered for clearing sidewalks & driveways and a loud-ass 5 HP engine.

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Like all power equipment purchased at Home Depot, no one gave my snowthrower much of a chance in life. I almost gave up on him after Winter 1 when I had to call the Watertown Fire Department because of a ruptured gas tank. Winter 2 he didn’t start at all which led to more F bombs then a car seat installation.

But my my my Winter 3 on Randlett Park was magical. Looking back, I don’t think Watertown agreed with my snowthrower. The move to America’s Favorite Street was when my snowthrower really began to flourish.

The great Snow Throw Challenge of 2013, when we cleared all the sidewalks on Randlett Park over 5 hours.

And 2015 when we had over 100″ of snow and Christian was in Florida the whole time.

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George from George’s Small Engine Repair believes the cause of death was a broken drive belt, which would have been $80 to replace. But when you factor in pick up/drop-off cost ($80), annual maintenance ($150) & labor ($?) it became clear this was the end.

Goodnight my sweet prince.