Electric Snow Shovel

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... one reliable shovel with a broad and deep area for the snow,and a... of the work is an electric SnowJoe, which actually has very ... shovels and a BATTERY Powered snow blower...which conked out in ...

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Pros: It’s fun to use when it’s new. Not bad for 5-6 inches of snow which is a sweet spot for it. Cons: It’s bottom heavy so it’s very tough to move around except in straight lines when you are dragging it on the ground. For light snow the chute/auger just sprays it in the air around you. For anything more than 6 inches, you would have to scrape off layers one by one which is very tiring as you have to keep lifting it back and forth or side to side. Perfect use of this electric snow shovel is 4-5 inches of snow but even that feels a lot slower than a good old shovel. Conclusion: Just stick to normal shovels! submitted by /u/Elactron to r/Snowblowers [link] [comments]

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I bought the 12" 80-v battery snow shovel and have found it very hard to use... weighs about 20lbs, not balanced, and you basically need to hold it off the ground slightly to clear the snow. Very tiring to use. To use a lawn analogy, it is like using a weed-whacker with a 20lb head (you need to balance the shovel above the driveway) I am thinking of getting the 20" 40v snow blower. My question is how hard is this to use in comparison. To use the lawn analogy again, is this like using a lawn mower? I notice it does not have powered wheels. Will this push as easy as a lawn mower? Do the blades 'chew' through the snow pretty well? submitted by /u/Primary-Vegetable-30 to r/Greenworks [link] [comments]

​ first of all mind my ignorance because I am from California, I ordered a snow shovel which is electric before the storm and today I got a notification that its finally being delivered. I know the snow is now ice and is really hard. my question to the group is, do I even bother opening the box and try to use it or just return it without even trying and just wait till monday/Wednesday next week when the temperature hits above freezing? any advice is appreciated Thanks. submitted by /u/Puzzleheaded_Try2467 to r/nova [link] [comments]

Well guess I didn't lose power after all. But shoveling 16 inches of snow kills my back and arms. Anybody know any good electric snow shovel that's good for the kind of snow we get here? My house is a typical single family house with one car garage and the driveway isn't that big. Our two cars we park at the driveway side by side taking up most of the space I think a big snow blower would be overkill and hard to navigate. All I need for the thing to do is to clear out space from door to the cars and then enough space for the cars to drive out onto the road. Would a smaller more nimble electric snow shovel work? I have used neither so am looking for recommendations. Hopefully I can get one before the next snow storm hits next weekend or something. submitted by /u/speedstars to r/longisland [link] [comments]

What is the best electric snow blower or snow shovel , that is not a ton of money for a long driveway submitted by /u/loca4u1007 to r/longisland [link] [comments]

Which brand will last for many years? There’s a lot of Chinese brands I’m seeing on Walmart and Amazon with decent ratings. Not sure if they can be trusted long term? Looking to buy one for myself and my dad. Don’t want something that’ll be dead in a year or so. I know the downside to electric is that they are have cords and batteries but our driveways are small enough that we don’t need massive gas blowers. submitted by /u/carsilike to r/BuyItForLife [link] [comments]

Okay! Since we’ve been getting a lot of snow. I need recommendations for a good shovel. A basic shovel that actually gets down to the cement/concrete. Please send me all your suggestions! Also, NOT looking for recommendations of an electric shovel. submitted by /u/Most_Conversation_84 to r/saskatoon [link] [comments]

Second winter as a homeowner and I’m trying to avoid doing the classic thing where I either buy something underpowered and regret it, or overbuy and it sits in the garage 360 days a year. Last year I got one of those cheap plastic snow shovels and it literally cracked on me mid season. My driveway is about 120 ft long, roughly 2400 sq ft, so a regular shovel is not happening, but I’m also not in a real snowbelt. Most of the winter it’s just a little too warm for snow. We’ll get a handful of storms per season, and maybe one or two that are actually in the 6–12" range. Half the time it turns into rain not long after, which makes me think wet heavy slop might be the bigger enemy than fluffy powder. I was doomscrolling short videos and saw these “electric snow shovels” that look way lighter than a full snowblower and kind of work like a normal shovel, just with a powered auger tossing the snow to the side. It looks almost too good to be true. Has anyone here used one for a driveway this size, especially with wet snow? Is it actually useful, or is it more of a sidewalk and steps tool that will annoy me on anything bigger? If you’ve owned one, what’s the thing you wish you knew before buying? submitted by /u/adizz87 to r/Tools [link] [comments]

This is a repost. The original was posted in /r/AITAH by user Evening-Tone-5431. I'm not the original poster. Status: Ongoing Editor's Note: OOPs trade tickets are steamfitter, welder, and instrumentation. Original December 16, 2025 I work out of town at a very physically demanding job. Strangely enough I am really lazy. But I make lots of money so I have no problem paying for people to do all my housework and yardwork. I have a cleaning lady and a kid that mows my lawn and shovels the snow. My wife knew all of this throughout our relationship. I didn't keep it a secret or anything. She actually seemed to appreciate that my place was always clean when she came over and that there was more than just pickles and beer in my fridge. She lived with her parents to save money while she paid off her student loans. We discussed her living with me or even just in my house while I was gone but she wouldn't go for it. Her family is very traditional. Anyways we got married in September and she finally moved in with me. She is amazing and I am stunned by how hard a worker she is. I also offered to pay off the remaining balance on her student loans but she won't agree to that. What she did agree to though was to take over housekeeping and shopping in return for the money I used to pay my housekeeper being added to her budget. It kind of sucked but a couple of the guys I work with took her on so she is okay. The problem is he dad is big on doing all the work around his house. I am not. I pay people to clean my gutters. I pay plumbers, electricians, whatever. I work extremely hard for 14 days in a row and when I'm home I want to relax. I want to walk my dog and not much more. My dog lived with my parents when I worked but now he is home with my wife. Since we got married late in the year my lawn didn't need to be mowed after our honeymoon. We have had a weird year for snow. Like we just got our first big dump. And since I was coming home last night she told the kid not to shovel. And she kept the money. Whatever, we are a partnership. She can make decisions like that. However, despite whatever her dad has to say about it, I don't shovel. I could get hurt, or worse sweaty. So this morning I made sure she knew that if the snow wasn't removed in 48 hours we would get a citation from the city. They would send out a crew to shovel and we would be charged for it at city union labor rates. She said I could shovel. I said I could but I wouldn't since I had budgeted for someone else to do it. She ended up having to do it herself. She tried calling the kid but he was going to school so he couldn't do it until afterwards but he had other clients to take care of. She is mad at me because I could have shoveled. I fully could have. But I didn't want to. I never want to. That's why I pay other people to do that shit. I don't even like that I have to unload the dishwasher now. I used to just throw dishes in there and they would end up in the cupboard. AITAH for assuming that if she took the money for a job then she would take responsibility for that job getting done? Consensus: Not the Asshole Comments by OOP: I could do that work . I just don't want to. I mean I have the skills and ability to do those chores and household tasks. My dad made me do all that shit and I have three trade tickets. I just don't want to work when I'm home. I'm not rich okay. But with that in mind do you think rich people do their own chores other than as a hobby? I remember watching George Bush cutting brush on his ranch when he was president. All I thought was bitch don't you have more important shit to do? We cook together. We clean up from cooking together. As far as I'm concerned chores do not make a marriage. How is picking up dog shit going to strengthen our bond? We only ever agreed to her doing the housework. When we get snow here it is heavy wet snow. It sucks. And we have like 3/4 of an acre of yard to mow. I didn't plan on her doing that either. She made the command decision not to let the kid shovel. Also I gave him $20 because he still showed up to work. And I felt like she screwed him over. Yes she has a full time job. However she earns about 1/4 what I do. A. It was cold out B. I didn't want to be cold C. I literally pay for the privilege of drinking coffee by the fire while other people work. Question. Do you do everything required to live in our society? Do you drill for your own oil? Transport your own crude? Refine your own gasoline? If not then you are paying someone else to do stuff you could do yourself. My dad's neighbor has a biodiesel generator he uses for electricity backup when his solar panels can't provide enough juice. I pay double minimum wage per hour. I get paid a little over five times minimum wage per hour. I think I'm being fair. Minimum wage where I live is about $13 USD. Shouldn't a 26 year old woman know that if she accepts money to do a job she must do that job? Like I'm pretty sure her school would fire her if she stopped teaching. She has a full time job. She pays for half of our groceries, her car, and her student loans. That's it. Our home is paid off and I pay utilities and streaming services. Depending on overtime I make between $250-$300k a year. She makes a little over $50k. And once again. I offered to pay off her student loans. My wife has done an excellent job keeping the house spotless. But she is by herself two weeks out of three so my time home isn't a huge drain on her. I don't want her doing anything she doesn't want to do. I would rather have her free to go do fun stuff. For example we have four date nights the week I'm home. We go out for supper and enjoy ourselves. Sometimes we have other things like a movie or a park outing. She chose to become the housekeeper. I'm fairly clean and organized when I'm home. Usually my dog and I are out of the house so no extra mess. He is an old basset hound so more of a dog shaped rug. My wife drops him with my folks on the three weekends I'm away so she doesn't have to watch him and so he can visit with my parents and their dogs. I go to our city rec center for gym time while my wife is working as well. She sent him away. She chose to keep the money. That's why she was responsible for shoveling. I wasn't passive aggressive. I pay to have it done. I expect to have it done. Isn't that how money works where you live? I have a dedicated budget for paying people to do chores at my house. She chose to take that money for herself. Since that money is earmarked for chores they have certain strings attached. She doesn't have an allowance. She has a full time job Update December 18, 2025, 2 days later So we got another big dump of snow today. My wife knew I wasn't going to do it and she didn't want to do it. So she called her dad for help. He told her that he would come do it and talk to me after work. Cool. I am warm inside with my dog. I had already talked to the kid and he had already done it, been paid, and skedaddled. I was going to tell her father to stay out of our marriage when it came to finances and stuff. Well he went to his house first. And shoveled his sidewalk first. And slipped on his sidewalk. And twisted his back. So he didn't finish. And he won't be coming over after all. Her mom and older brother got him back inside and finished their walk. He had to come over from his own apartment where HE PAYS A MONTHLY FEE for snow removal and shit like that. Anyways her dad isn't seriously injured. No broken bones or a concussion or anything. They had him checked out. But now my wife is home and it is supposed to snow for the next few days. She wants me to go shovel there since it's too hard for her mom and her brother said he has work stuff and only showed up because it was an emergency. I volunteered to pay for my kid, who is not biologically related to me in any way but some of you think it is my child, to drive over there and shovel. I even said I would drive him over and have that talk with her father. My wife has agreed that it is best that I pay for yardwork and snow shoveling. I'm working on her on the housekeeper. And I'm talking to her about the student loans and the car. I'm thinking of saying that I will pay them off and she can put the money she was paying for them into our RRSP. That's a retirement savings account in Canada. Her dad is Filipino for those of you who asked. Comments by OOP: So funny story. The young man that mows my lawn and shovels my walk is 21 and in university. He found this post and texted me to bug me about making it sound like he was some tween doing yardwork for spare change. He has a business that he is using to fund his studies. With insurance and everything. LoL. Yeah I got lots of crap over that. I think he is only like 8 years younger than me. She's smart, funny, caring, beautiful, loves to travel, loves books, tv, and movies. She is an amazing cook. She loves kids and wants to be a mom. She does cosplay and enjoys board games. Our first anniversary dating she bought me Lego. She is taking me out to see Avatar tomorrow even though it isn't her thing. And about a million other reasons. And oh yeah I love her. I'm 29. I live in a paid off house. I drive a paid off vehicle. I earn 4 times the Canadian family income by myself.and we have a pre up God forbid. If I feel like blowing some money to make my wife's life easier I will. Canadian average is $78,000. I make just about $300,000. It's not an issue on my end. I'm not the original poster submitted by /u/Schattenspringer to r/BORUpdates [link] [comments]

Saves my back. submitted by /u/Shatterstar23 to r/Xennials [link] [comments]

Thinking about buying an electric shovel for clearing our sidewalk and small driveway in south Minneapolis. A whole snow blower seems like overkill but would be nice to not have to shovel entirely by hand. Does anyone here use one? Do you like it? submitted by /u/merakimodern to r/TwinCities [link] [comments]

I just got an EGO 24" 2-stage blower and now want a cordless shovel, but I'm seeing these in very limited supply. Any thoughts on why? If you have one, how has it worked for you? Does the battery go in the lower auger housing? Can any ego battery work and it's just a matter of weight, or is the battery compartment limited to a certain battery size? How does it do over rough surfaces, like a flagstone deck? Do you just tilt it back a bit so the edge rides up some, not hitting the obstructions? Thanks... submitted by /u/Fender_Stratoblaster to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

TL:DR Our landlords bullied us into moving out, and then screwed us out of thousands of dollars. Now the entire neighborhood works to make sure they can't get new tenants and the house sits empty. So far they've lost out on nearly $50,000 of potential rent because of how long the unit has sat empty. In 2020 my family moved to a new state for my husband’s job. It was in the middle of the pandemic, and renting costs were way down across the country, so we didn’t think twice when we found a cute little house that fit our needs and was well within our budget range. 2 houses down from the school my kids would be attending and across the street from a really nice park. The house had been empty for a while – we assumed due to the pandemic – and the landlord, who was also the owner, seemed eager to get it rented. We had a friend walk through the house for us on a video call before we signed the contract, and everything seemed like it would work out. As soon as we moved in, things started falling apart. The blinds fell off the window the first time I tried to adjust them. The plumbing under 2 different sinks started leaking within the first week. The seal on one of the toilets broke during the first month. We called the landlord who came over and fixed everything on his own – but always asked that my husband help him (My hubby used to work construction, and the landlord wasn’t too great with home repairs). Then during the second month we lived there, the garbage disposal broke. When I informed the landlords, they responded saying that they could come fix it, but that they would need to charge me a $70 service fee for repairs “as per the contract” and then pointed out that they should have charged me a service fee for each separate repair they had already made, but they were trying to be nice since we just moved in. I was confused – In every place we have ever rented, basic home wear and tear was NOT the tenants responsibility. That’s the entire reason we rent! I read back over the contract and realized that the line including a service fee for repairs doesn’t specify for repairs due to misuse of tenant – just repairs in general. I argued with them that it was THEIR home and they were responsible for basic repairs, but they insisted that I “kindly follow the contract”. I got in touch with other landlords in the area and they all agreed that my landlords were correct. Because most of the developed housing in this area is between 50-100 years old, landlords know that basic wear and tear will cost them an arm and a leg every time something breaks, so they implement a fee to discourage tenants calling about every little thing that might break. But I wasn’t calling because a door came loose off the hinges or a drawer fell off the track, I’m calling because water is pouring from under the toilet or appliances have shorted out, none of which is my fault. Regardless, we were stuck paying a service fee every time the landlord had to come fix something, which ended up being at least twice a month throughout the entire duration or our 2-year lease. Every time I had to call about an issue, they found a way to make it sound like the problem occurred because of our misuse. Because I had argued with them about the terms of the contract and insisted that these damages were NOT due to misuse, they decided we must be incompetent, and began micromanaging EVERYTHING. A few things they did: · Came over to supervise my husband as he fertilized and mowed the lawn to make sure that he was doing it correctly. · Drive by at least once a week to see that the grass was mowed, leaves were raked, snow shoveled, flower beds weeded, etc… and would message us if they felt we had neglected it even a little bit – we did NOT live in an HOA neighborhood. They always ended with their messages with “If it’s too much for you to handle, we can do it for you, but we would have to charge you a weekly fee”. Yeah right, over my dead body! · Find “hazards” to nitpick every time they came into the house – the rug was a tripping hazard - you can’t put those boxes there, they block the walkway and it’s a hazard – you have to secure your trampoline to the ground because it might be a hazard – you have to take out the edging that you put around the flowerbed, someone might trip into it, and it’s a hazard. To say I hated these people is an understatement. · Call us on holidays to harass us about menial issues, such as the last time we weeded the yard or fertilized. Then they insisted on receipts and proof, and implied that we were lying because they said the entire yard looked unsatisfactory. To be clear, my husband dedicated 4 hours every Saturday to the landscaping of this sucky 1/3 acre lot, and it was the nicest looking lawn and yard on the block Whenever we would call about repairs that we weren’t comfortable handling ourselves, they would give us instructions like we were children. They would tell us what repair tools to purchase and how to fix it, even if we weren't comfortable with it. They insisted we try to manage it first before they came and looked at it, even if it was an electrical issue or plumbing issue that would require us to make changes to the house (which was prohibited in our contract). At first, we played their game, but when the instructions they gave us didn’t work, they would always respond with “well you probably did it wrong, but I can come look at it for you. I’ll have to charge you a service fee though. Or you can just call a professional”. Another option they gave was that they could come observe us attempting to fix it, and give instructions as we go, but if they had to condescend to physically touch the issue or repairs at all, that they would have to charge us a service fee. I really hated these people. After arguing the first time this happened about how unfair it was to charge me a fee after I just spent a lot my own time and money attempting to fix it per their instructions without any success, I told them to forget it, I would just call a professional. They took offense to that, and told us that they had to approve any professional we called to fix the problem. If we wanted a pro to look at it, WE had to do the research and send the landlord a proposal about who to use, and they would make the final determination – and we would still pay a service fee because the repair had to be made regardless if a pro fixed it or if they fixed it themselves. On 3 different occasions we had a professional come out to give a quote – each time for a different issue. Every time, the professionals refused to even bother with a quote for the specific issue they were called on because it was always a smaller part of a larger problem that would require extensive remodeling and repairs to do it correctly and ensure the problem was fully resolved. These were for structural issues of the home, such as the foundation being poured incorrectly (which was very evident in the way the plumbing exited the basement) or the wiring being done wrong causing a fire hazard. Due to insurance issues, any professional would be unable to only address the immediate problem without making extensive repairs. EVERY TIME, the landlord would say he wanted a second opinion and then bring in a “handyman friend” who looked at it and said that they pro’s were trying to scam him, that it was an easy fix, and that they could MacGyver a solution without spending thousands of dollars. Each time their fix would only last a few months, and then the problem would occur again and they would come back and figure out another half-baked solution – for which we had to pay a service fee every time. By the end of our 2-year contract I was totally done with these people, but unfortunately, renting prices had gone WAY up, and nothing else close by was in our budget range. We asked a few months before our lease was up if they would be willing to renew the lease with us (considering we felt like they hated us, and we totally hated them), and they told us they would let us know before 60 days of the end of the lease. At 11:30pm on the last day they could still legally inform us, they sent us the lease renewal agreement, which included a 25% rent increase, and new clause stating that all damages the landlord deemed to be the tenants fault were to be solely covered by the tenant. Oh hell no! They already acted like everything was our fault, there was no way I was going to give them legal permission to make me pay for everything! Plus, they wanted to charge me 25% more to stay in the same broken-down house? Screw that, we were moving. At first my husband tried to negotiate the price down, because he was shocked they would ask that much increase just to stay in the house. They countered that if they were to turn around and rent it to someone new, that they would be able to charge 35% more, and that the 25% increase was really giving us a break considering the going rate. So we decided that since we were going to be paying more anyway, we might as well move to a nicer house with nicer landlords. All 3 of my kids were going to finally be in school full time, so I could pick up extra work to pay the difference. We found a place that was a little more expensive than the cost of staying in our old house, but with twice as much space and a really nice neighborhood. My kids could stay in the same school, so it wouldn’t be too much upheaval for our family. I waited until 11:30pm on the last day that I legally had to inform the landlords of our decision to renew, and I sent them an email stating that their house was really not a good fit for our family anymore, and that we would not be renewing our contract. This was 30 days before our lease ended. They retaliated by sending us a list of all the repairs that we had to make sure were completed before we moved out, which included a lot of small things, but also big things like: · Spackling all holes in the walls and repainting · Removing any modifications we had made, such as shelving units, guard rails, and the partitioned office we set up in the unfinished basement, complete with lighting and flooring and walls. · Replacing the bedroom door that one of our kids broke – which was not a standard size, and would need to cut and sanded to fit the doorway · Leaving the yard in the exact condition we found it in · Fix the flooring in the bathroom that had mold build up underneath it This last one was particularly irritating, because they flooring by the tub had not been properly sealed, so ANY amount of water on the floor was going to run under the floor and cause mold. In fact, the base sealing that ran around the entire bathroom outline was about 3 inches short of the length in needed to be in order to run flush with boarder of the floor, and whoever installed it decided to leave that 3-inch gap at the middle of the tub rather than some place unnoticeable, like in the closet. The landlords insisted that the mold was our fault and that the unfinished seal had nothing to do with it. Then they got angry when I pulled up the flooring to determine the amount of mold damage, because it meant the floor needed to be completely replaced. They acted like if I had carefully pealed it back I could clean the mold and put the exact flooring back down. This wasn’t stick on squares, this was a roll of linoleum flooring that was over 15 years old and had been glued down with professional grade adhesive. Reusing the same flooring was NOT an option, as it was brittle and breaking apart. He was also mad that I mentioned to one of the professionals who came to give a quote that there had been mold involved at all (this was after I had removed the adhesive and mold), and said I was ruining their chances of getting a cheap quote. After 3 different quotes for the bathroom floor, they refused to approve anyone, because every quote included needing to test for asbestos, which the landlord wasn’t confident would end in his favor. So, I told him I would do the work myself (I’ve put in flooring several times before, and I worked construction with my dad growing up, so I know what I’m doing). At this point, we only had 2 weeks left before we needed to be out. In the midst of all of this, my husband’s uncle passed away in a very traumatic and shocking event, and he ended up flying across the country to attend the funeral and be with his family. This left me alone with 3 kids to do all the repairs and finish moving into the new house. And in the meantime the landlords also insisted on approving all the materials I purchased to make the repairs in the home. While all this is happening, our neighbors were pissed at the landlords for pushing us out. We had really good relationships with all of them. One neighbor was like a grandma to my kids and was always baking them goodies and inviting them over to play with their dogs. The neighbors across the street would always sit on the porch and chat with us on summer evenings. We brought cookies to everyone on our block during holidays and made it a point to get to know everyone’s names and know their families. It was a REALLY tight community. Even before the landlords/owners turned nasty though, everyone told us how terrible they were, because they had lived in the house themselves and the neighbors all knew them. Before our family moved in, they landlords would only rent to people from their home country, who usually didn’t speak English, and didn’t like to interact with anyone else in the neighborhood. On several occasions the landlord admitted to neighbors that he did not want to rent to anyone who wasn’t like “his people” because it just didn’t feel right. We were the first family who had rented that house that felt like an addition to the community rather than someone hiding from the community. When our neighborhood found out they had bullied us into moving, they were very upset. During the last week (the same time that my husband was gone for the funeral), I realized that I was way in over my head, and wasn’t going to be able to finish all these repairs and cleaning by myself. We reached out to the landlord and let him know that it would take us a few days past our lease to finish up the repairs, but that we were willing to do the work. He lost his mind. He told us that if he didn’t get the house back in the exact same condition it was in by midnight on the last day of our lease, that he would charge us an extra month of rent plus sue for damages because it would be time lost that he couldn’t rent it out to someone else. We reiterated that my husband was at a funeral, and they had just barely approved the work on the repairs and materials a few days earlier. His response was to "kindly follow the contract" or he would take legal action. So, our neighborhood and church congregation came together and spent those last few days working on the house so that everything was fixed and in accordance with what the landlord demanded. One person painted, another person finished the flooring in the bathroom, one family had their kids come over to pull weeds, another guy brought tools to cut and sand the door to fit properly. EVERYONE agreed that all the repairs were things the landlord should be handling and shouldn’t be our responsibility to personally repair or even coordinate the repairs for. These were things that should be covered in a deposit. The landlord acted like he had someone ready to move in the moment we were out and that he was going to lose that contract if the house wasn’t ready. Spoiler alert, he didn’t. Even after we turned the keys over, the landlord wanted to nitpick and make us come back to fix small things, which we flat out refused and told him he could take it out of our deposit. 30 days after we moved, we received a bill from the landlord. He nickeled and dimed us out of every last cent of our deposit, despite all the repairs and work the entire community had done. Stupid claims like $150 to replace a window screen that had a hole in it, when I know he either wasn’t going to fix it at all, or just buy a $2 repair kit from Walmart. $800 for water damage to a kitchen drawer because there was some bubbling on the bottom, something that I know he was just going to put an insert on to cover it. He even cited damages that had been there since before we moved in, and he had himself charged us a service fee to fix several times, but the issue remained because he never properly fixed ANYTHING. His bill was in excess of $500 of our actual deposit. Some of it was to cover utility fees that I had already directly paid to the city. I sent receipts of my payment for the utilities and told him I was not paying him anymore money. If he wanted to withhold my entire deposit, so be it, but he wasn’t getting another dime out us. If he wanted to sue, go for it. We never heard from them again, but I was still pissed. My neighbors were still pissed. And we all wanted revenge, even if it’s petty. Because the new house we moved into was only about 5 minutes away, my kids still went to the same school – the one that is 500 feet from the old house. I drive past it EVERY day taking my kids to and from school. And we also still go over just to visit neighbors. Here is what I found out from chatting with them: Every time the landlords would bring someone in to show the house, the next-door grandma would make sure she or her husband were doing yardwork. They would make sure to strike up a conversation with the prospective tenants, and always mention how the last family who lived there was so wonderful, and it was really awful that they only reason we had moved away was because of how the landlords treated us. Someone (I still don’t know who) took to knocking on the doors and windows at all hours or the night, which sent alarm notifications to the landlords. They started to keep his personal car parked in the driveway of this unoccupied house to deter break-ins. My neighbor who liked to sit on the porch and chat with us in the evenings decided that anytime the landlord was doing landscaping work was a time my neighbor wanted to be enjoying his peace and quiet. He yelled at the landlord for making too much noise so often, that the landlord ended up buying all new landscaping equipment that was electric and specifically intended to reduce noise. The house sat empty for 6 months before they got new renters. I watched the price move up and down on Zillow every month. At first, they tried to rent it out at $800 more than what we had been paying. Then it steadily dropped each month until they were asking nearly what our original rent was. Eventually they rented it out, and it was much cheaper than we had tried to negotiate them down to, which gave me great satisfaction. I found a way to introduce myself to the new family within the first a couple of weeks that they lived there. It was easy to spot them during school drop off and pick up times since they walked their kids to school. “Oh, you just moved in? We used to live there! The neighbors are so nice. I hope you don’t have too much trouble with the landlords!” After a little over a year of the new family living there I noticed a moving truck. I had done the math and knew that they were still in the middle of their lease. I decided to be super petty. I knocked on the door and reintroduced myself, and verified that they were moving. Then I unloaded everything the landlords did to us during our move out process, and how they screwed us out of thousands of dollars, even after we did all the repairs. I gave them pictures of our move out process so that if they landlords tried to charge them with certain damages, they could prove that it existed before they moved in. I gave them contact information for everyone who worked on the house before we had moved out so that they could have a timeline of all the damages that I’m certain the landlord would try to pin on them. They verified that the landlords had been unbearable, and were the main reason they were moving out. And once again the landlords had sent a laundry list of repairs the family was required to fix before moving. After our conversation, the husband told me he was going to inform the landlord that he would only do the cleaning and repairs if they landlord returned their entire deposit up front, otherwise he wasn’t going to do anything beyond removing his possessions from the property. I’m assuming he didn’t get his deposit back, because a few weeks after they moved, I saw the landlord and his wife in front of the house. They had hired someone (not a professional) to clean up the yard, and they had set up an umbrella and chairs to shade them while they micromanaged the work this poor laborer was doing in the hot sun. The house has sat empty for over a year now. According to our old neighbors, who we are still good friends with, they have only shown the house a couple of times. It’s both for sale and rent, at much cheaper than going rate, but no one wants it. As I understand, the neighbors still do what they can to harass them. Someone went back to knocking on doors and windows to set off the alarms, because the landlord has his car parked there 24/7 again. One neighbor also reported him to the city for blowing his leaves across the street into the park rather than bagging them himself, and I hope he got a hefty fine and lots of backpain every time he had to rake and bag his own leaves. Now it’s covered in snow, and because the house is so close to a school, they have to come over and ensure the walkways are salted and shoveled. It sure is a lot of extra work for a house that is empty and not bringing in any income. Every time I drive past to drop my kids off at school, I see that for sale sign and get the sweet satisfaction that they aren’t making any money on that house, and that they aren’t terrorizing anyone else. And in case anyone is interested, the new house we moved into has the most amazing owner/landlord. They have never harassed us, they’ve fixed anything that’s gone wrong with the house without any complaint, and the only time they charged us anything beyond the agreed rent was when a bracket on the garage door broke because my kids left something in the way, and they asked us to cover the cost of the new bracket, which was less than $50. We’ve lived here nearly 4 years now, and love it. submitted by /u/Heavy_Ad9344 to r/pettyrevenge [link] [comments]

Fully charged 5ah 20v. Used it for about 10 minutes clearing out fluffy snow from driveway and deck. And now it does this. Why? Should I get it serviced or just return it? I got it last week as an early gift and im disappointed, DeWalt. submitted by /u/jonnyrockets21 to r/Dewalt [link] [comments]

This charge cable disappeared so quickly I have to imagine I'm not the only one who found it suspicious! It's already gone off of Vine AND all 10 units that were still available when I grabbed it are gone too. Am I hoping it's this electric snow shovel on this fine snowy day? Sure am....! submitted by /u/jelbee to r/AmazonVineCanada [link] [comments]

Does an electric snow shovel work for Calgary snow fall? I want to get one, preferably during black Friday. I don't have enough storage space for a full fledged snow blower. These snow shovels are easier to store. I need to clear my driveway and curb. I read reviews saying they only work for 2 inch of snow. Is that true? Can I clear up today's snowfall?What's your experience submitted by /u/happyCalgaryMan to r/Calgary [link] [comments]

It’s been almost a year but this still infuriates me. The city here (Durand, Michigan, USA) expects homeowners to pay for the sidewalks on their property. New homes are expected to put them in, at their own expense. I was never notified this would happen, simply sent a bill. How’s this different than being billed by the gas, electric, or cable internet if the line breaks on your property thru no fault of your own? This, is, wrong. We’re also required to shovel off the snow in the winter or be fined. Has anyone else, anywhere, experienced being forced to pay for the sidewalk in front of your home? submitted by /u/garkus77 to r/mildlyinfuriating [link] [comments]

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