# City slicker going country - advice for a new barn owner, please

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 21, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-slicker-going-country-advice-for-a-new-barn-owner-please/686640 "2014-04-21T22:52:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-slicker-going-country-advice-for-a-new-barn-owner-please/686640/21 "2014-05-06T12:57:09Z")

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Make sure the roof doesn’t leak, the windows are tight, and slap a coat of paint on it every ten years or so, and you should be good.

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