So I'm Looking At This Wall In The Basement Of This House For Sale... [Archive]

ApexOversteer

12-08-2016, 6:12pm

... and I get the feeling something is wrong, but I can't put my finger on it... until I walked to one end of it and looked down along the whole thing and I can see the center of the wall is bulged out a good 8 inches from the corners... the whole front of the foundation of the house, bulging in at the center.

No biggie, listing also said the place had a two car garage, which turned out to be an ancient barn, like the kind you see in those "Rustic Scenery" calendars where they park a scrap metal truck in front of a barn that's about to fall down... I could have observed the outer planets through the "roof"...

boracayjohnny

12-08-2016, 6:17pm

The bulge in the foundation is due to ole dude not burying the bodies good enough.

Jeff '79

12-08-2016, 6:17pm

You're doing it wrong.

lspencer534

12-08-2016, 6:22pm

What is this "basement" thing of which you speak? We don't have basements here in the South--unless it's Atlanta, which is built on granite--because all they would do is flood.

MrPeabody

12-08-2016, 6:26pm

So you're saying the garage has Patina.:leaving:

ApexOversteer

12-08-2016, 6:29pm

So you're saying the garage has Patina.:leaving:

Patina and multiple skylights. :yesnod:

OddBall

12-08-2016, 7:37pm

At this point, the next time you talk to a realtor; take out and peel an apple with a 10 in. Bowie knife while asking him if he has "forgotten" anything that you need to know about the property that he is showing you.

boracayjohnny

12-08-2016, 7:50pm

Apex, I think you should change your realty company from "Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe".

MidLifeinMI

12-08-2016, 8:48pm

Co-worker had the bulging basement wall deal; $40K later, he has a real basement again (not covered by insurance). Run - do not walk - away....

Kerrmudgeon

12-08-2016, 8:56pm

Don't you get the listing on line with lots of pics? The garage should have been self evident, and the wall in the basement should have been disclosed by your realtor. :bilmem:

Cybercowboy

12-08-2016, 9:43pm

Maybe you need to move because I could find you a nice 2000 sq. ft. home with a garage and yard that wasn't falling apart and wasn't a double-wide for under $200,000. New.

markids77

12-08-2016, 10:09pm

No joke, we looked at at least 100 dumps before we found the current casa. Great properties are out there... I found this one cruising neighborhoods close to work on my lunch hours. We got in on the first day the owner posted a sign out front... the property never made the MLS. Suck it up, put in the time and you will be rewarded; I guarantee that.

boracayjohnny

12-08-2016, 10:21pm

Maybe you need to move because I could find you a nice 2000 sq. ft. home with a garage and yard that wasn't falling apart and wasn't a double-wide for under $200,000. New.

Just for a giggle...this is Sherman Oaks, CA

91423 Real Estate - 91423 Homes For Sale | Zillow (http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Los-Angeles-CA-91423/96424_rid/globalrelevanceex_sort/34.148208,-118.427542,34.138653,-118.442198_rect/15_zm/)

markids77

12-08-2016, 10:32pm

BTW, it took us 9 months of every day effort.

ApexOversteer

12-08-2016, 11:16pm

Don't you get the listing on line with lots of pics? The garage should have been self evident, and the wall in the basement should have been disclosed by your realtor. :bilmem:

The photos provided of the "garage" were at least 15 years old, no pictures at all of the basement, and listing agent is not my realtor, I'm finding the places and my agent sets up showings. Typically my agent hasn't seen the property before I have.

ApexOversteer

12-08-2016, 11:19pm

BTW, it took us 9 months of every day effort.

We prepared financially for two years. We've been looking at properties three days a week since February. We saw 6 places yesterday. We've been in contract twice now.

I'm f*cking tired of looking.

MrPeabody

12-08-2016, 11:24pm

What you need to do, Apex, is go on that House Hunters show. They just show you three houses, you pick one and the deal always goes through. Then you live happily ever after.:leaving:

ApexOversteer

12-08-2016, 11:32pm

What you need to do, Apex, is go on that House Hunters show. They just show you three houses, you pick one and the deal always goes through. Then you live happily ever after.:leaving:

What I need is to just hit the Powerball and just build the friggin' missle launching compl.... fruit canning kitchen... fruit canning kitchen...

Millenium Vette

12-08-2016, 11:46pm

The photos provided of the "garage" were at least 15 years old, no pictures at all of the basement, and listing agent is not my realtor, I'm finding the places and my agent sets up showings. Typically my agent hasn't seen the property before I have.

We prepared financially for two years. We've been looking at properties three days a week since February. We saw 6 places yesterday. We've been in contract twice now.

I'm f*cking tired of looking.

Keep being vigilant. You are doing everything right. Many times the best thing is to walk away and avoid $$$$ in problems. The right one WILL be there eventually.

:cert:

Kerrmudgeon

12-09-2016, 12:52am

The photos provided of the "garage" were at least 15 years old, no pictures at all of the basement, and listing agent is not my realtor, I'm finding the places and my agent sets up showings. Typically my agent hasn't seen the property before I have.

Then I hope he's not expecting a normal percentage as a fee. He's not doing his job. :toetap:

ApexOversteer

12-09-2016, 1:08am

Then I hope he's not expecting a normal percentage as a fee. He's not doing his job. :toetap:

Yeah, let me worry about that. This has been a process and we're so far down the f*cking rabbit hole she's earned a whole f*ck of a lot. We're so far past the part where we went through all of her listings... she has bent over backwards for us, spent so much time showing us places. Yeah, she's earned her f*cking fee.

snide

12-09-2016, 1:13pm

Just for a giggle...this is Sherman Oaks, CA

91423 Real Estate - 91423 Homes For Sale | Zillow (http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Los-Angeles-CA-91423/96424_rid/globalrelevanceex_sort/34.148208,-118.427542,34.138653,-118.442198_rect/15_zm/)

Yeah, I won't be moving there anytime soon. :slap:

ApexOversteer

12-09-2016, 2:37pm

Saw one today that ticks all the boxes. Just came on the market, we were first to see it, they hadn't even had a chance to list it yet. My agent was there all morning with them cleaning the place and chasing them out so we could see it.

Smallest compromises of any place so far. I'll have to put in a shed for my fruit canning, but the price allows for that. So, back to square #2 for the third time...

Jobaka

12-09-2016, 4:38pm