Home Improvements

[Seabiscuit36]

Yeah, Shore, its composite, though that picture was from its last sale in 2006.  The exterior of the house isnt looking as good as it once did.  The trex that is on the deck has some buckeled spots, and a  spot where they cut it too short and it sinks in.  I'm thinking the person who did the orig install was a 1st timer and didnt account for expansion and contraction of the boards.  LOL Dio...

We're getting this thing for less than half what it sold in 2006, so we cant complain in the least bit.  Sure it needs work outside, but at the price we got it from the bank its a steal.  Never thought we'd have a chance at this area. 

[shorebird]

Yeah, don't know the local, but property like that was close too if not into the 7 figure range 5-6 years ago before the bottom feel out of the market. Nows the time to buy and it sounds like you're making a move that'll pay off for the rest of your life. Not to mention if the market ever comes back in ten years or so, you could make big bank. But chances of the market ever getting back to were it was are pretty slim.

[Diomedes]

you have water access?  a dock? 

when is the housewarming party?

[Seabiscuit36]

We've been looking for a while, and really cant pass this up, and thats exactly what we were thinking shore as far as 10-15 years down the road.  If the market gets up just a 1/4 from now we're making a ton of coin, and would have enough to make the move to the beach that we're planning later in life. 

Dio, we'll have 99 feet of water frontage, but its wetlands, and most likely a dock wouldn't be allowed.  The neighborhood does have a beach area, full pavilion, boat ramps and moorings.  No CF party, i dont want you psychos around me.   

[Diomedes]

Then stop with the tease photos of your new estate, richy douche rich.

[rjs246]

And stop using smilies. Jackass.

[Seabiscuit36]

you're invited

[Seabiscuit36]

Had the inspection today, everything went well except when they de-winterized the house.  The farging idiots didnt check to make sure all the valves were shut off yesterday, my inspector walked into the basement and it had 2 inches of water in the well/water treatment area.  The valve was left open on the waterline, so nearly a year later i get to deal with water in a basement.  Not sure what the bank is going to do now, as we coudlnt do a water test since it shorted out the pump, hopefully they replace the drywall/pumps and call it a day. 

[Sgt PSN]

Had the inspection today, everything went well except when they de-winterized the house.  The farging idiots didnt check to make sure all the valves were shut off yesterday, my inspector walked into the basement and it had 2 inches of water in the well/water treatment area.  The valve was left open on the waterline, so nearly a year later i get to deal with water in a basement.  Not sure what the bank is going to do now, as we coudlnt do a water test since it shorted out the pump, hopefully they replace the drywall/pumps and call it a day. 

[Seabiscuit36]

so, its been nearly two weeks and these fargtards havent been out to fix the walls, its a one day job, but how they dont have fans in there and a dehumidifier pisses me off at this point.  I want to walk from it, but we know its a great deal, and that we can fix it, but does anyone have any familiarity with water under tile for a period of time.  Its still wet, and i'm beginning to wonder if we'll just need to rip the tile out, or if it'll dry out over time? 

[Seabiscuit36]

Since nobody care, the selling bank made the necessary repairs, though they just got the heat working again yesterday, and the water turned on(idiots didnt understand that the heat wouldnt work without having water put into the geothermal system, and without the well working nothing would work).

Havent heard of any leaks just yet, but we're waiting on that call.  Our closing date got moved back anywhere from the original 12/15-12/31 since we my bank hasnt completed an appraisal yet.  If all goes well, hopefully we're in by christmas.  I'll have lots of major projects to do on this thing, the first one being the deck, but that'll probably have to wait until spring. 

One quick question for you guys, does anyone have a generator system?  We're looking at getting one, and the generac ones say they're pretty easy to install.  Has anyone here installed one? 

[smeags]

my parents had a generator set-up at our mountain house when i grew up that was propane fueled. i helped my dad put it in. was really easy considering the circut box was set up so all my dad had to do was build a a little shed over the generator and run a line under ground to the house and connect it.

[Seabiscuit36]

We're going to use propane, they have a large external propane tank that we'll have to move, but its efficient.  The area we're moving to has issues with  power in the winter supposedly, so this will be our first purchase outside of the appliances. 

[Seabiscuit36]

Appraisal finally done, based on what we're buying this place for, we just got some instant equity of 145k.  Entire process has been a pain in the ass, but this thing has ended up being a bigger steal than we even thought it could be. 

[Sgt PSN]

Appraisal finally done, based on what we're buying this place for, we just got some instant equity of 145k.  Entire process has been a pain in the ass, but this thing has ended up being a bigger steal than we even thought it could be. 

That's awesome.