So, very long frustrating story (that I will not tell now), but we didn't get that house we had an offer out on. Because of this, I've been seeing more houses. Joy
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No, wrong layout. The last place we had an offer in? THAT was a Stabbin' Cabin, let me tell you. :-> Big room with a mirror on one wall and a bar on the other, two tiny weird roomlets off the side, and a bathroom ...
The ivy-covered motorcycle may top all of Hildaur's family house stories.
I am astonished someone would put a house on the market with a bathroom in the state of Cheapest. Fixer-upper is one thing, but "ceiling not included"?
I've seen a lot worse, but I've been shopping near the bottom of the market (which includes 'pipes burst last fall and it's eight months later,' 'scavengers broke in and stole all the copper and wrecked every smidge of tile,' etc.
I am very surprised about Cheapest's owners/caretakers, though, because it would be dead simple to slap up two pieces of drywall, paint, and vacuum, and it would suddenly be a lot harder for buyers to spot that there was ever a water issue at all.
From other details, I think they were amidst a (very nice) remodel, cracked the upstairs toilet tank and didn't notice for a weekend, then freaked out, cleaned up as best as possible, and gave up on the remaining remodel tasks.
The house has no sale history (back 20-or-so years is how the county database works), so it's single owner at least that long. And last year they qualified for the senior exemption, so I assume elderly parent(s) either just died or just went into residential care, and the heirs are trying to patch up the house for sale.
If the room in the basement of Two-Flat is damp-but-not-moldy, there is a hack to make running a dehumidifier less onerous (in that you don't have to keep emptying it). This is what my parents do with their inevitably-damp basement (flooding on rare occasions, otherwise just the result of being over 100 years old
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Don't get me wrong; I love the light. But it's something to bear in mind.
It sounds like you have many possibilities. Good luck on your house hunt!
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I am astonished someone would put a house on the market with a bathroom in the state of Cheapest. Fixer-upper is one thing, but "ceiling not included"?
Will keep fingers crossed for you.
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I am very surprised about Cheapest's owners/caretakers, though, because it would be dead simple to slap up two pieces of drywall, paint, and vacuum, and it would suddenly be a lot harder for buyers to spot that there was ever a water issue at all.
From other details, I think they were amidst a (very nice) remodel, cracked the upstairs toilet tank and didn't notice for a weekend, then freaked out, cleaned up as best as possible, and gave up on the remaining remodel tasks.
The house has no sale history (back 20-or-so years is how the county database works), so it's single owner at least that long. And last year they qualified for the senior exemption, so I assume elderly parent(s) either just died or just went into residential care, and the heirs are trying to patch up the house for sale.
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Also costs like running an air conditioner all winter.
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