My neighbor is selling their house and had a new Birdseye view taken. As a result, #PaulsYard is in the pic.
It looks awesome!
If you zoom into the raised beds you can see the plants growing. #gardening
The new #PaulsRoof looks good too. That back portion is three years old. I wished we had been able to match the new darker black with the back grey. The white old tin is on the agenda to be replaced this fall when we save enough money. It is probably 60 years old and thin as heck in places
Welp, a #PaulsRoof story. There was one decision my roofer/framer made that made me uneasy. I talked several times with them about it but they assured me it was ok.
The storms and heavy rain proved me right the other day and I called them, unsure what their warranty and response would be.
They stand by their work and will be here in the morning to address it. That's a relief.
Wheelchair ramp has been moved from the front porch to the converted carport room. It's still unfinished inside but is the primary entrance to the home.
We have to save up for materials and labor to get that room done.
#PaulsRoof #PaulsYard
We have to get two rooms in our house totally empty by 8AM Monday morning and both Penny and I are whooped. I just put stuff in bins but both of us are dragging.
They are coming to pull up the subfloor of the last two rooms that need new plywood in our old house and do some floor joist repair and posts and beams. Then, all it will be new in the house.
Even though these floor repairs are covered under Medicaid's home chore and maintenance, the finish flooring isn't so we will have to save up for the finished flooring. This will burn my yearly home chore and maintenance allotment. The program pays for safety issues, basically.
They are also moving my wheelchair deck and ramp to the new doorway by the former carport, now an emerging room.
Note, the stuff we did with #PaulsRoof is not done with the Medicaid program that keeps me out of the nursing home. They don't do anything with roofs or elective remodeling.
Before I entered the program, I was in the hospital several times per year, usually one being critical. In the decade I have been in the program I haven't had an unplanned hospital stay and only 2 ER visits.
About the program:
The Ohio Home Care Waiver (OHCW) is a home- and community- based services (HCBS) waiver operated by the #Ohio Department of #Medicaid (Ohio Medicaid) and is designed for individuals with physical disabilities and unstable medical conditions to receive care in their homes and communities instead of nursing facilities, hospitals, or rehabilitation facilities. OHCW allows individuals to have more control of their lives, remain active participants in their communities, and make important choices about the care they receive.
The following services are covered by OHCW, as defined in OAC Rule 5160-46-04.
Adult day health center services.
Community integration.
Community transition.
Home care attendant.
Home delivered meals.
Home maintenance and chore.
Home modification.
Home medical equipment and supplies (supplemental adaptive and assistive devices).
Out‐of‐home respite.
Personal care aide.
Personal emergency response system.
Supplemental transportation.
Waiver nursing.
Oh crud. Where we live in #AppalachianOhio you don't have to get "building permits. #Ohio
Yesterday, I found out that you are supposed to self-report to the county auditor (tax dept) any "improvements" over $2000 within 60 days of starting or they hit you hard when they do the property reevaluations or, if they find out about it, and our Republican county is big on hitting people hard.
I am self-reporting today to reduce any penalties, if any.
"Upon the discovery of a building or improvement that has been constructed but of which the county auditor has not been notified as required by this section, the county auditor shall appraise it and place it upon the tax list and duplicate at its taxable value, together with a penalty equal to fifty per cent of the amount of taxes that would have been charged against the building or improvement from the date of construction to the date of discovery had the county auditor been notified of its construction as required by this section."
If we end up in tax court, everybody on the fediverse knows we started our improvements with the intent of replacing the flat roof, #PaulsRoof, (which should be exempt from reporting) then at some point, decided to turn the carport into a health room after the bad winter prevented Penny from going to elective cardiac rehab like she did three times per week for over a year after her heart attack.
Section 5713.17 | Duty to notify county auditor of improvement costing over $2,000 - penalty - examination of buildings.
Ohio Revised Code/Title 57 Taxation/Chapter 5713 Assessing Real Estate
If you are following #PaulsYard, so far so good. Lots of work left but we have some help plus we still have the garden club that is going to do a weekend soon, helping with the raised beds, etc.
If you are wondering about the center dirt, it is seeded with 3-season bloom wildflowers. #NoMow
The old through-the-wall AC on the porch will be getting yanked out soon and when we did #PaulsRoof, we reclaimed enough siding to patch it.
We have a good helper. He only wanted $8 per hour but we couldn't pay that morally and pay him $15 an hour, or depending on the job, we do it flat rate for the job so he can work around the heat and sun, etc, with just a deadline, like two or three days. #Gardening
@uastronomer Here's me worrying about #PaulsRoof last year. Shows the mess better than the previous reply
Paul Chambers🚧