Well, darn it all. Home inspection turned up some expensive issues.

[Liberal Veteran]

It's looking like it is back to the grind of house hunting.

I would have liked that house, but that's why we did the inspection.

[Hoyt]

1. That's too bad. Been through that from both sides.

Maybe next one will work out. House hunting is really tough right now unless one is looking for something really expensive.

[csziggy]

4. What part of the world are you looking to buy in?

My mother in law's house will be going up on the market soon. Since she passed a year and a half ago the family had it inspected and have fixed the most egregious problems. It's in Panama City, Florida.

PM me if you're interested.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. Yeah, that commute might be a bit much for me.

That's about 10 to 12 hours outside my desired area.

[csziggy]

9. LOL! Oh well - it'd be nice to see that house got to a good liberal

MIL was a rock solid liberal all her life.

Good luck with the house search!

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Yeah, that's really part of the problem. I don't want to spend so much I am "house poor."

I don't like that kind of anxiety with an unaffordable mortgage hanging over my head like the real estate version of the "sword of Damocles" poised to fall at the first streak of bad luck.

There are some great houses outside my price range and very little within it.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Glad to here you had a chance to see

the Faults. As someone who has done Home Inspections,you would be surprised the number people who sign off waivers because of their love of that House. And later,all hell breaks lose to the tune of tens of thousands of repair dollars. Most Mortgage Loan officers do not even read these reports,sell the Mortgage and get the commish.

[CabalPowered]

3. If looking at older homes..

have the sewer connection scoped. It's not part of the usual inspection but there's a lot of orangeburg out there that's just waiting to pop..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeburg_pipe

I learned this one the hard way.

[tazkcmo]

7. Excellent advice n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. What a drag! I know the feeling - we thought we'd found the house we wanted.

Just before finally agreeing to buy it we went back to have another look at it. As it turned out, while we were there it started to rain very hard, and we discovered that the basement leaked like a sieve. That was a hassle we didn't want, so it was back to the drawing board. Sometimes it takes awhile. But you don't want to buy something that you didn't expect and that turns out to be really expensive.

[Kittycow]

10. Ahh...shoot.

Although I didn't comment at the time, I read your post and it sounded like a really cool house.

I'm sorry it turned out to be a lemon but happy you were cautious. Even "good" house turn into little money pits as time goes by!

[lunasun]

11. Happy to hear you discovered it now not later . Estimated $$ could turn in to even more $$$$!

[lunatica]

12. I'm buying a condo and have put in a bid but

I’m also paying for the inspection. Like you I’ll be very disappointed if they find expensive problems. I’ll know in a week. I really like the condo.

[raccoon]

13. Would you tell us what the issues were?

I’m in the market for a House myself.

[Liberal Veteran]

14. A few things that raised red flags, most of the stuff was minor and could be fixed easily except...

...foundation in the basement appears to be bowing inward significantly in ways that aren't obvious to the eye. Might be fixable or mitigated, but at a fairly large cost with no guarantee of success. That's a big red flag.

[hunter]

15. There are few things I can't or won't fix myself.

The scariest remodel I ever saw was by a guy who lived across the street from us. He removed his home's old steam heating system and bagged the asbestos insulation himself, put it out on the curb, and the city garbage trucks hauled it away. I called the city but they didn't care.

This was years ago, in an industrial Midwestern town that doesn't really believe in government regulations even though their air was unbreathable and their water undrinkable before the EPA came along.

There are youtube videos that will show you how to fix anything.

I think my kids would rather pay someone to fix stuff. Growing up maybe they saw to much of me cussing at broken houses, cars, and appliances. Sure, I can fix anything, but I don't always do so cheerfully.