Um, I think there's something missing here
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House for sale in my town.
Might be more obvious from this angle:
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The wall??? That looks very weird. Will have to look from my laptop later.
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Lends new meaning to an open floor plan. Watch that first step, its a doozie (extra credit for the movie reference).
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Not code, that's for sure.
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I'm trying to imagine the builder looking at the plans and saying something like, "where's the effing railing?"
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@Piano-Dad I'm imagining the inspector saying "where's the effing railing?" AKA @Mik said.
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@Big_Al said in Um, I think there's something missing here:
Lends new meaning to an open floor plan.
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Not only that, but the finish work is sh*t. Ceiling/wall paint line sucks. And what the heck is going on where the floor meets the cabinets, and walls and stairs - big gaps and really sloppy. (You probably want to enlarge the original photo to see, not the one I drew red circles on
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@Jodi I'm taking you with me to look at houses.
fear is the thief of dreams
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The quality of construction in that room is a hot mess.
Best look elsewhere.
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@Steve-Miller said in Um, I think there's something missing here:
The quality of construction in that room is a hot mess.
Best look elsewhere.
We're not in the market to buy, but I've been checking listings on a regular basis to keep up with what's going on in our town in case we did decide to move.
Definitely a huge change from a couple of decades ago...the existing McMansions that boomers are moving out of aren't selling very well. What's going like hotcakes are the more modest-sized homes of the 1950s and 60s that are getting rehabbed rather than being torn down and replaced with behemoths. People who are moving in are young couples with families or seniors looking to downsize to a ranch. They all seem to be happy with a 1400 square foot house with a finished basement.
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Regarding the market here...
Can't remember if I posted about a nearby house that sold recently. The long time owner was a hoarder and wasn't paying her bills. Her electricity and water had been shut off for more than a year. The house went to auction and sold for $140K, which is low even for something that could be a teardown. Another house of similar size and condition sold for $275K last year.
The guy who bought the hoarder house hired some cheap labor to clean out the house. Those guys spent two weeks hauling wet items covered in black mold out of the house. Turns out the basement has had three feet of water in it for a long time. He decided he had bitten off more than he could chew and put it on the market. It sold in days for an unbelievable price.
Friends of ours represented the buyer. Turns out he's a flipper and he bought the house to rehab. His parents will be moving in when it's finished. I talked to the dad and he said the mold remediation had just been completed. Lots of work to be done but I think they'll have a nice ranch house when it's all finished!
Also talked to a neighbor who wants to put a 600 sq ft addition on her ranch that is across the street from the former hoarder house. Architectural plans estimated a cost of $225K to 250K. Bids came in from $325K to 400K. It's insane. Denise and hubby are going to wait and hope that prices level out a bit.
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@wtg said in Um, I think there's something missing here:
Turns out he's a flipper and he bought the house to rehab. His parents will be moving in when it's finished.
The best kind of flipper, because you know he'll be conscientious!
There is a couple who flip houses in a town near where we used to live, they're from the area and truly just seem to love making their old neighborhoods better. They are beloved by locals because all the houses they do end up improving the neighborhood for everyone.
I have no doubt they're making good money, but they also clearly care about the quality of the work they do. No "lipstick on a pig" for them, they replace the pig first!
