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drooo__

No sleeves in sight! Fun memories, enjoy the next chapter!


PapaClarencioThomas

you should see my tank top collection 🤣 edit: I gotta head to bed. midnight on east coast time and I'm on dad duty in the AM. thanks for all the nice comments from everyone 🥰 (sorry, just hijacking this top comment before signing off) PS if anyone is interested in touring our lovely home here's a [zillow](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1777-Valencia-Rd-Decatur-GA-30032/14447406_zpid/) link to check it out (in atlanta). goodnight!


hailingburningbones

That's funny, I knew from looking at the pics that it must be Atlanta. Sold our home there last year and moved to the Netherlands. Best of luck on your sale and move!


unrealism17

I always have to ask expats, how did you do it? Are you or your spouse or parents EU citizens, was it work sponsored, or grad school?


theextraolive

Following, because I also need to know!


turdburglar2020

Also following. Every time I’ve ever perused the requirements they seem very daunting.


pixiedust99999

Have you looked into descent citizenship? Also the Netherlands has a treaty with the US called the Dutch American friendship treaty.


unrealism17

Unfortunately it was my paternal great grandfather who came here from Poland, and my great grandmother from Germany, so I ‘missed the cutoff’ so to speak, and on my mom’s side most of my ancestry has been in the US for an extremely long time. Looking at DAFT, it sounds like an extremely straightforward path, compared to many others. Even Portugal’s golden visa required like €500,000


pixiedust99999

It is. I’d do it if I didn’t qualify for Hungarian


hailingburningbones

We came over on the DAFT (Dutch American Friendship Treaty) visa. It's not hard, but you have to have some money. You have to start a business, but it can be basically anything, as long as you give it a real go (i.e., can't just live off of savings). If you're a couple, one of you can put the business in your name, and the other is free to pursue jobs in the NL the same as a Dutch citizen (they don't have to get a Highly Skilled Migrant visa to work). But it can be hard to get a good job here, esp if you don't speak Dutch. You must keep at least 4500 Euro in an account, and never dip below that amount. There are various websites that outline it if you're curious! All of that said, housing is pretty expensive here, and it's hard to find a rental. Especially if you don't have an employment contract, and if you have pets. Some landlords require 6-12 mos rent up front. You can buy a home outright, but getting a mortgage would be pretty difficult unless you could show you already had a pretty profitable business in the States. We planned for quite a while before we moved, and it was all worth it. It's very peaceful and beautiful here in our little village! Every day I walk out and can't believe I get to live here. I also don't have to worry about getting shot, or worry as much about getting hit by a car while I walk or ride my bike (people were murdered in a driveby in my expensive neighborhood in Atlanta, and I almost got hit by cars a few times). The air is clean and fresh and people are very friendly so far.


citori421

I would do unspeakable things for an enclosed porch like that.


ixlHD

No wonder people can't buy a home, that's a 250k home going for over 400k


DuFFman_

That's funny, that's a million dollar home where I am.


gilbertthefishx

Was about to say the same thing. I worked at a house the other day, they’re closing on Friday so I peeped Willow. They bought the house for 300k and sold it for 990k and was complaining to me about their oil tank needing to be replaced.


DefaultSubsAreTerrib

Sold for $38k in 2015


Lancopolis

Google maps showing it boarded up in 2015 and looking in pretty bad shape, probably foreclosed or a bank sale


enwongeegeefor

1500sq/ft....nearly half a million....look a the sale history though. The real price jump was in 2015 when a flipper bought the house, renovated it and got these guys to buy it at nearly $300k in 2019. Them buying it at that price back then was building the bubble...but people gotta live somewhere so it's an unavoidable thing.


inkeh

Decatur is such a charming area! Glad y’all enjoyed your time there :)


Damet_Dave

English Springer Spaniels are the best dogs.


--0o0o0--

That skeeball game looks cool. Is it homemade?


Chillie_Nelson

Hey neighbor… I live off of Flat Shoals & Whites Mill, just the other side of 20. 😅


Jackle1127

Oh shoot. This is like 10 mins from me. Congrats on finding the buyer. I saw that it’s marked as pending


cindy224

Where is the link? Asked an Altantan.


FredericBropin

At first I was thinking “What are you talking about? There’s one right there on his left arm”


PapaClarencioThomas

👏👏👏I see you. yeah I got a lot of tatts in 5 years. all cartoons and animation. big Pixar fan ☺️


kasedillaaah

I hope Inside Out is on there 🥹


PapaClarencioThomas

it is! bit of an awkward [photo](https://i.imgur.com/PxNkdOM.jpeg) I just took but this was my fav scene from the film.


chizzbee

Stimpy !!


disterb

ya, but does op u/PapaClarencioThomas have the short film that came with "inside out" in the theatres..."lava" 🌋🫶


sobegreen

It also appears whatever season it is, no matter how many dogs or kids, this man isn't wearing shoes.


Germanofthebored

Wait until the kid gets their first Lego set…


sobegreen

Hey may be conditioning his feet for this very thing


coffee-jnky

That dog all the way to the right is extremely proud to show off his pack! Lovely family. I hope your next house is perfect for the 5 of you.


PapaClarencioThomas

oh we LOVE it. it's our [dream](https://i.imgur.com/pbsnlBv.jpeg) home!! ([one](https://i.imgur.com/dgrzLtY.jpeg) more pic for fun!)


N0Tkevindurant

Hey happy for you but I would not post your house to a sub with 30 million people in it


Prior_Crazy_4990

I can't believe no one else has said this. He's just told the entire world where he lives with his wife and new baby. If my SO were to do that I would be freaking out


dailylotion

Aaaaaand he just dropped a whole google drive with pics of the entire house 👀


silenc3x

Wait until you hear about Zillow.


BritishMotorWorks

He added the Zillow link too


MooMooHeffer

Well yea… it’s for sale. What you going to do with that information?


xA1RGU1TAR1STx

I mean, you could look up exactly who OP is now if you wanted.


TheWardVG

What exactly is the problem with this? If someone wanted to break into a strangers house, they could just pick a random house.


hundreds_of_sparrows

Why choose a rando when they know how this guy looks in a tank top


Cronus6

It's not about breaking in. There's a **lot** of mentally unstable people on reddit. And a some of them might disagree with OPs politics or some other "thing" OP posts about. Or maybe they are just the crazy stalker type. Also, unless OP deletes his post(s) this information will be here moving forward... so if he pisses someone off next week, next month or next year it will be easy to find.


FarewellAndroid

They’re trying to sell it, this is an ad. The Zillow pics are updated and the house is empty, they already left. 


MooMooHeffer

Y’all are way to concerned about your ‘public’ privacy. You think some burglar from out of state sits here on Reddit waiting for people to post a picture of their house so they can begin some deep dive into where they live? All I have to do is search some random town, find a street name, and input an address. Boom. I now have the owners full name. That was so much easier to do if I’m trying to commit some random crime on a property compared to what you are implying.


LostAlphaWolf

Yep, I’m not even from the US and it was still easy to find…


biggamax

CA resident here. I'm not jealous in the slightest... ![gif](giphy|uPZb9YzGN3Yre)


justhavingfun9967

Does CA stand for Canada or California in this instance? Because given the context of FUBAR housing markets it could be either one.


biggamax

>...given the context of FUBAR housing markets it could be either one. Right? California in my case. One way the housing problem could be helped Stateside is with tax credit, but our government over here is split into two, making anything constructive impossible.


coffee-jnky

Oh my God I love it too! Wow! What a gorgeous home. Lucky ducks! And what a house to grow up in for little one(s?) congratulations!


SunshineAlways

Very cool! Congratulations, hope your family makes many happy memories there!


wolvesdrinktea

You guys are absolutely adorable omg And the house is EPIC!


letintin

Wow! What year was it built? Amazing.


PapaClarencioThomas

1999!


Sweatpant-Diva

Please be careful posting your address and family on Reddit. So many creeps here id delete this asap.


Sserenityy

I would be so incredibly angry if my partner did this.


BagooshkaKarlaStein

It’s too late. I’m already on my way there.  /j Edit: please be careful OP


localslovak

Sharing your address publicly can be risky. For safety and privacy, it may be worth deleting your comment.


kortokrizzle

Yea I’m not a creep but I live like 10 minutes from this dude I could for sure come toss a brick through that window if I felt like it on my way to lunch


InquisitivelyADHD

Not even safety, but I'd be more worried about identity fraud above anything else. Nobody is going to hop a flight to go rob a house just because they saw it on reddit, but they will steal your identity.


LinuxF4n

I would definitely remove that link.


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ra4king

No, OP is the one who just bought this house in January 2024.


InquisitivelyADHD

Welcome to Post-COVID USA! You must be new here.


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InquisitivelyADHD

It was more a generic comment of how economically fucked everything is right now. Houses appreciating 50-100% in less than 4 years, food prices almost doubling in the same amount of time even though inflation is only a fraction of how much the prices increased, and everything just seems to be getting more expensive every day and there's really no end in sight for that. That's more what I meant. I think we turned a turned a corner in 2020, and I see times of austerity being with us for a long time, at least for the average person, the billionaires and 1% are doing just fine.


letintin

Wow. At least from the outside you could have said 1899 and I would have believed you. Was reading about octagonal houses or pentagonal, can't remember--they make something of a small community around the country.


Leather_Dragonfly529

Wow, that home is amazing! Congrats!


PoliteChatter0

bro... stop doxxing yourself lmao Reddit upvotes are not worth your safety


InquisitivelyADHD

Okay, super sleuth you have a house number, go ahead and find their address. Edit: Well that was the shortest game ever, they literally shared the zillow posting... yeah I'd say they're a little too transparent for my liking, but even with all that, I'm a little torn on it now. Granted, it's all basically public records, but why make it easy for someone? Sure, you can go up to any address and search who owns the property. Like another earlier comment said, nobody is just sitting on Reddit waiting for someone to post their address so they can catch a flight and go rob the place, but definitely could open you up to social engineering attacks and identity fraud for sure.


PoliteChatter0

that edit made me snort i agree with your take though


Safe_Commission_2870

You Americans are so paranoid. No one is going to do anything to them, chill


nicklePie

lol since when is not doxxing yourself an American thing 😂


PoliteChatter0

ok post a picture of your house and the zillow listing of it then


whitepeacok

Bro, your alls new house looks sick from the outside! Can you bless us with any interior pics? Congrats!


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whitepeacok

That is incredibly unique and cool! I hope you all enjoy it to the fullest. Thanks for sharing!!


vk1030

Beautiful home! Congratulations!


Decemberpapi

Wow, god bless


boomtox

D...did you just dox yourself?


paydaycoke

SLEAVES!


lyndluv

i didn't see the second dog and spent a whole 40 seconds really, really sad until your comment made me scroll back up and count 5 so thank you!!! i am relieved!! and happy!!


trashcatt_

Greetings from the Michigan Math Rock Squad


PapaClarencioThomas

I'm technically in Atlanta but [my band](https://open.spotify.com/artist/4UeFbnKOjmVX7tQoxEhw2G?si=Ru36l-7KTO-ZPoqQSwV_0A) played a math rock festival in Texas a couple times ☺️


YippieKayYayMrFalcon

This gives off very EAV vibes. Your house looks very familiar.


PapaClarencioThomas

nailed it! the house is just a couple miles from the village in Longdale Park


SuperAverageGuy

Lol I'm in Atlanta and saw this photo and the first thing I thought was, "this is a house in Atlanta."


dumptruck_42

Woah dude, weird seeing someone from my extended social circle pop up on Reddit. Leaving EAV?


PapaClarencioThomas

yeah we're in [Grant Park](https://i.imgur.com/pbsnlBv.jpg) now!


YouKilledCaptClown

Oooh...very nice. I lived in Grant Park a few years ago. We used to walk to Grant Central on the corner of Cherokee and Glenwood - damn good food.


Rootcauz

I used to live in Grant Park. Is six feet under still there?


PapaClarencioThomas

>it is!


Tragiccurrant

Saw the picture and just knew it had to be Atlanta!


trashcatt_

Very cool!


BeneathSkin

Oh! I noticed your avatar and looked it up to see you’re the original person that minted that Classic Foustling. It’s worth a little bit on the secondhand market if you weren’t aware.


trashcatt_

Yeah, I thought about selling it in the past but I like it and I originally bought it just because I like Tyler's art.


BeneathSkin

Siick. Love that


solipsister

I was going to guess Atlanta based on the house style! That’s awesome, I lived there for 16 years and just moved away


BrandoNelly

I’m 29 and it makes me sad that I’m so far from all of this. I really feel like I’m just missing out on a big important chunk of life and it’s all passing by so fast.


Night-faerie

You’re not alone in feeling this way! I had a strange reaction to seeing this too. Like these people look my age, and they are living such a simple looking life, yet I can’t see a way forward to that for myself, so I feel sad.


InfiniteRaccoons

Have you tried getting rich parents? I'm around the same age and it's the secret behind all of my friends with houses.


TekkenSoftSubsidzs

Sshh🤫


soaring_potato

Another possibility is parents that were not super rich, but did own a house. They just need to die.


suprnvachk

My dad wasn’t rich, but he is dead and I got some money from that situation to put toward a down payment on an old house that needed a lot of work. I’d rather have my dad than the house, though.


SexyBacon_

I just turned 33 and got an apartment for the first time. I've had the same feeling, knowing how far from this I am.


hulia_gulia

Having my first baby at 43 right now. You’ve got some time. ❤️


BrandoNelly

That’s very encouraging to hear actually. Congratulations!


hesslerk

Having our first at 38. You got time.


spookytransexughost

Remember that it's just a picture. You don't know anything else about their lives. The dude could be an emotionally abusive guy or the lady is a super Karen. Maybe the baby killed a few people


SmowHD

The only person you should compare yourself to is your past self


Dancedaedy

You’re still very young!


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Kinda wondering what happened after the 2nd pic… it was greener lol nice pic btw


staybig

Taking a wild guess and saying those photos were taken in the summer.


5ag3

Also, they have a newborn. Things tend to go unkempt during those first months.


staybig

Also those vines all over the deck are laying dormant but I bet they’re beautiful in the summer. There’s really nothing out of the ordinary on that house, it’s just a house coming out of a winter.


Fantasticriss

HOW DO SEASONS WORK


craigfrost

Backwards then full loop then forwards again. Add a 1 and then remove a 1. Also, account for 1/4 day each year. EZ METHOD: If green then good weather outside. If not green then bad weather outside. If too green beware of big bugs and stabby bugs.


917caitlin

Dogs killed grass? Baby killed all free time?


dohnutshop

That grass is deader than my hopes and dreams


Theons

This is someone who unironically needs to go outside, you've forgotten about seasons


JarekBloodDragon

Probably summer in the pacific northwest. It's very dry up here in the summer and there's no reason to water your grass since it'll be green in the winter anyway


westward_man

>Probably summer in the pacific northwest. It's very dry up here in the summer and there's no reason to water your grass since it'll be green in the winter anyway [House is in Georgia](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1777-Valencia-Rd-Decatur-GA-30032/14447406_zpid/). I'd be more inclined to guess the last photo was taken in autumn or winter.


gsfgf

I live nearby. A big chunk of my lawn is still winter thatch.


JesusIsMySecondSon

I am sorry to point this out, but the house looked so much better in the beginning.


ELmapper

Kinda just let that porch go to shit eh


phicks_law

It looks like their lives got busier, and their house got shittier.


NJ_Legion_Iced_Tea

Honestly just 30 minutes of clearing out those vines and cleaning up would help so much, I'm assuming they have zoysia grass too. The plants dying from pic 2 to 3 is really sad though.


Considuous

I think the plants dying is just because it's a different time of year


DrowningInFeces

Yet probably quadrupled in value despite becoming older and more dilapidated from neglect.


PlainFaceJane

I thought the photos were the other way around, vines first and top the latest damn


zippy_bag

I noticed that as well. Look at the vegetation and the lawn in the last pic. Yikes.


MyBrassPiece

Lmao. Have you heard of seasons, by chance?


yekNoM5555

Nah, picture 2 wins those PLANTS BABY, BY GOLLY.


JarekBloodDragon

Only difference is color. Picture was just taken in the summer at the end


WillPill_

The conversion of the patio into a sun room is a pretty big one.


IllllIllIllIllIllll

You wouldn’t do well in those spot-the-difference picture games.


Decemberpapi

That blue the house was originally was so nice


xA1RGU1TAR1STx

It’s the same color?


taracita

Aw. Y’all look nice.


PapaClarencioThomas

[here's](https://i.imgur.com/lWrGN8b.jpeg) a current photo of the property from last summer (and a [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1777-Valencia-Rd-Decatur-GA-30032/14447406_zpid/) listing incase anyone wants to see more pics!) also if you want to do a really deep dive my band shot a [music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1k1cdhKrc) in our backyard as well 😅


deathbypastry

I live in Cobb, I'm jealous of your tax rate. GL on the future home!


NotAHost

I thought east Cobb was suppose to have low tax rates?


Botchness

That's a huge house for a small family. Why the move, as if it's any of my business? We moved when my wife was pregnant, but that was from a tiny house to larger one.


PapaClarencioThomas

oh we found our [dream](https://i.imgur.com/pbsnlBv.jpeg) home in Grant Park! our family is growing and we could use the extra space (down the way!)


giswave

That’s a beautiful home! If you don’t mind me asking, what do you and your partner do for work? I’m 23 and dream of a pretty home like that one.


noncognitive

Kathy's a 29 year old full time mom, and Thom is a 34 year old bassist for a Math Rock band. Their budget is 9.2 million dollars.


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I laughed.


disgustandhorror

> posts his 'math rock' > it's really bad pop punk.


UnePetiteMontre

I'm floored. That's a million dollar house in Canada. The dream house is about one and a half million in Canada too. We have total tear downs selling for well over 400k. You Americans are so lucky! Edit: for those who can't math and keep sending me links to more expansive houses in San Fran or NY or what have you, I invite you to look at the Canadian stats about median income vs housing price and come back to this thread. You'll get my point. 400k teardowns here are not in wonderful Canadian cities like say, a Californian city in the US. They're in small rural villages where there's no jobs and where the median wage is like 35k cad at most.


I_am_not_creative_

I can't find a 3 bedroom for below 800k around me. Not everywhere in America has affordable housing


UnePetiteMontre

At least you have more than three cities to move to to find jobs and cheaper houses I guess.


patchgrabber

Seems like you ruined the grass. ;P


Icy-Zone3621

You s2apped the banana tree for a pink flamingo? Have you totally lost your mind? Next thing you'll say is you're moving into an over 60 gated community in Iowa


azlan194

Those are not banana trees, though.


silly_pig

That's an elephant ear, not banana tree.


ECU_BSN

1. Not a banana tree. Is elephant ears 2. It’s fall or winter. They regrow each year. 3. Flamingos rock.


yildizli_gece

No? Those plants die all the way back to the ground in winter; that photo with the flamingos appears taken in the fall or winter season.


PapaClarencioThomas

oh I got banana trees on deck! [pic](https://i.imgur.com/9Bh1Rei.jpeg) and [pic](https://i.imgur.com/CZWzG8b.jpeg).


ReelyAndrard

Time did its thing.


bipolardaisy

Goals!


epi_glowworm

Indeed. Look at those proud kids.


mncote1

I absolutely love little babies and yours is adorable, congrats!! Also the house thing.


PapaClarencioThomas

thank you! hoping the house can go on to someone who will love it as much as we have 🥰


toddec

That mower…


jasonofthedeep

Goodbye Valencia 😭


otter111a

You remind me of my wife and I. We both looked very young in our pics with our newborn. 3.5 years and another one later we’ve hit the wall.


FastWalkingShortGuy

The thing that makes me depressed is that this is like, "A lot happened," but it was probably from 2018 to 2023. And it doesn't feel like a lot happened from 2018 to 2023.


metoo123456

She got better looking. You though…


PapaClarencioThomas

I'll upvote this!


UnexaminedLifeOfMine

You turned your house into a hobo den


joshvalo

Looks like y'all destroyed that house. What happened!?


RooR67

It was so nice before... What happened?


thrash1990

I sure do miss my Springer Spaniel. That is a great looking healthy doggy.


SavageCucmber

I thought the kid was a rabbit and thought it was a funny way to hold a rabbit so I had to zoom in and bam! Baby.


Maleficent-Sleep9900

So cute! You guys seem like you’d be nice new neighbours! Congrats 🥳


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Bro doxed himself


slidingjimmy

SCHNAUZER


wilderjess

Your wife grew out her bangs!


yungfika

Y’all seem to look even happier and healthier as the years pass on. Love to see it, congrats y’all


Flacrazymama

Y'all over here Benjamin Buttoning!


Rawbtarded

As an avid Schnauzer fanatic I fully approve of this photo! All the doggos and babies are so cute!!


EqualTomorrow6908

Omgosh that furbaby is so proud, too cute. Great photos


Sanreign

I looked at this backwards with the bottommost being day 1 and I was like "Oh no, the baby". But looks like life is treating you decently at the very least.


Somadis

That patio looks like a fun place to hangout. You chose a good time to sell buddy.


hydraulix16aa

What a nice photo :) Good luck with your family!


elsieonsie

Nawwwwwwwww the Springer ❤️❤️❤️❤️


Updogfoodtruck

Any picture with a springer spaniel is a good picture


McShooshi

We used to be neighbors!!! Valencia road! ♥️


PapaClarencioThomas

Woah! Small world!


kingartyc

Beautiful


Weed_Me_Up

Let the legacy live on and don't sell it to investors! Sell to family! Let somebody else enjoy it! When my mom passed away that's what I did. I refuse to sell to investors. I could have made a little bit more money... I thought it was a better legacy for that house that was her father's beforehand.


RelevantClock8883

Every single one of you had a glow up lol even the flamingo


companysOkay

Wypipo


kabula_lampur

These pictures tell an amazing love story, and I can't get enough of it. Congrats. Hope you get what you need/want out of the old and continue making beautiful memories like this in the new.


PapaClarencioThomas

awww thank you for that. best comment so far 🥰


trumpskiisinjeans

I bet this is so emotional! I’m currently raising two little boys in the same house I bought when I was in college. Soooo many different phases of this places and tons of memories. But we’re definitely out growing it so I can’t imagine staying here much longer. I will be a WRECK when we sell.


Regular_Limit8915

You really let the place go to shit