House Inspection and support woes. Help.

[Great-Kazoo]

First house out due to meth. Most other decent houses going in 48 hours right now. Got this one from a mailing as they are building a house/upsizing out west of there main reason we found it. Now that's kinda depressing news. They do have a bidder from a year ago who coulda done 255 asking and we bid it to 260 and they couldnt match. (Were straining to hit the 255) Problem is with current market I think they can find another buyer including those people easy. Only thing I guess that helps is that it becomes a disclosure item.

The house search has been about the most frustrating thing I've ever dealt with.

Walk away. DO NOT be in a hurry, BECAUSE HOUSES ARE GOING FAST. You sign on the dotted line, it's your problem. Either the seller repair, with receipts, OR they deduct that amount + 10% off sale price.

This is your first house, wait till you're on number 3-4. By then you know what you're looking at, for and better grip on repair cost.

[fitz19d]

Issue is it's already been 2 months, prices/interest are rising enough that by end of year we could easily be priced out of nice houses/area.

Trying to change jobs at same time as homebuying is tough and I already transfered to Lafayette, so got the added problem of paying out the nose commuting. Now I was already ready to not be moving in till June on this one behind schedule, but something at the end of the year will not be tenable.

[J]

Good advice right there. Another thing to think about, will you have the cash to make that repair yourself if it decides to plug up and stop working 2 weeks after you close? That was the deal breaker for us, we dropped most of our cash on the down payment, and another $5K-$15K just a short time later wouldn't have been feasible, we wouldn't have been able to afford it an our house would be unlivable.

[fitz19d]

Yeah, the woman wouldnt let me, but I wasn't planning on buying it unfixed. I'm open to some repairs being on me, but something outside of easy DIY or a reasonable cost is deal breaker. Just again ready to kick holes in things because the market is so ridiculous.

[rbeau30]

Yeah, the woman wouldnt let me, but I wasn't planning on buying it unfixed. I'm open to some repairs being on me, but something outside of easy DIY or a reasonable cost is deal breaker. Just again ready to kick holes in things because the market is so ridiculous.

Don't be in a rush to do any DIY repairs, shortly after you move into a house something will come up. :-D

6 months after buying my house I have not had a weekend to myself.

[Wulf202]

Doing my own main line sewer replacement cost me nearly 2k and I did all the labor.

Dont get in a hurry.

I rushed into my second place and regret it most days.

With a layout and knowing the products you could make a resonable judgement call on the beams and tank. Having someone look at it professionally would be between 200 and 1000. Dont use schmid in loveland.

Sounds like the inspector is a former framer. Alot of them are tradesmen and know one area real well but lack in the rest.

[Firehaus]

I wouldn't buy it with sewer issues unless I was getting a great deal. I've had structural engineering done on different properties about weight loads. I was told that if your fridge won't fall through the floor your usually fine since per sq/ft they usually have the most load.


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[Jamnanc]

If you buy it with the sewer problem rest easy, you can pay me in guns and ammo. But it would be you pulling the permit and self performing the work with my assistance.

[EvilRhino]

Maybe contact Pipeline Industries for the sewer repair estimate. Pretty sure it will exceed that amount by a long shot. As mentioned with OSHA, etc, you have to step the trenches out at every 4 feet down, or use a trench box set up. The first requires removing a LOT of dirt. IIRC, they charge $1000 just for having to use the trench box.

[J]

Yep, mine had a trench box. And looking down that hole I can't blame them. When they need an extension ladder to get down to the bottom, thats a death trap without one.