My childhood home is for sale.

[outrunm]

My older brother sent me this link, as he is considering putting an offer in. Apparently, it has been sitting empty with the utilities shut off for a couple of years, so there is work to be done. At that price, there could be major issues. We moved to FL when I was 10, (he was 16) so my attachment isn't as strong as his, but I would love to have it back in the family. I guess it's a family thing, as my parents bought my Grandma's last house to use as a summer home a few years ago.

https://www.zillow.com/homes/304-Sas...4394681_zpid/?

[Tikiman]

Not one shot of the pool.

And the property taxes doubled between 2022 and 2023.

[LATB]

I’ve never been sentimental about real estate.
After my mom and dad passed my sister waited over two years to sell the old family home.

I tried to consult her on the market but apparently having a brother who is in the real estate business was of no value to her.
Her waiting cost thousands. Oh well what do I care as I didn’t see a dollar from it.

Idiot.

[PLRX]

Originally Posted by LATB

I’ve never been sentimental about real estate.
After my mom and dad passed my sister waited over two years to sell the old family home.

I tried to consult her on the market but apparently having a brother who is in the real estate business was of no value to her.
Her waiting cost thousands. Oh well what do I care as I didn’t see a dollar from it.

Idiot.

I'm surprised she didn't blow her brains out, "I miss mom."---BANG!

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by LATB

I’ve never been sentimental about real estate.
After my mom and dad passed my sister waited over two years to sell the old family home.

I tried to consult her on the market but apparently having a brother who is in the real estate business was of no value to her.
Her waiting cost thousands. Oh well what do I care as I didn’t see a dollar from it.

Idiot.

Same thing happened to me. After dad died, my older brother (Democrat) grieved for 2 years in the house while the taxes went delinquent and it degraded. The market value in '08 was about a million even, and when I finally got him out of there in '11 we got 500k for the place. It's worth 3 million now. Figured he cost us each about 200k even.

[outrunm]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

Not one shot of the pool.

And the property taxes doubled between 2022 and 2023.

Based on the recent history of the house, I'm sure it's the color of coffee. There is one photo of a room under construction that my bro and I don't even recognize. We are thinking it's what used to be the boat garage when we lived there.

[Tikiman]

Originally Posted by outrunm

Based on the recent history of the house, I'm sure it's the color of coffee. There is one photo of a room under construction that my bro and I don't even recognize. We are thinking it's what used to be the boat garage when we lived there.

There appears to be water damage on the ceiling in the large olive-colored room. Also ceiling damage visible above the tub in the master bath. Again, what appears to be a water stain above the wet bar area in what appears to be the downstairs. This could account for the drop in price. It appears that they were asking nearly $800k until very recently.

[Don Rickles]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

There appears to be water damage on the ceiling in the large olive-colored room. Also ceiling damage visible above the tub in the master bath. Again, what appears to be a water stain above the wet bar area in what appears to be the downstairs. This could account for the drop in price. It appears that they were asking nearly $800k until very recently.

They found hoarders next door, and a used car lot across the street...

[6spdC6]

Born and raised in Albany NY. Moved out when married and hardly go to the city any more.

For a good reason went by our old place a couple weeks ago. Looks like it was on fire and is now deserted. I do see that it is mentioned a lot on the news, been at least 3 murders and much other showings of black culture in the general area of the house in the last year. One the dead guy was leaning against the side wall of the house.

It used to be when I lived there a good middle class mixed racial area.

Of course the protected species run wild today and I was glad I was carrying! That was the day, the nights are much worse. Looks like you should be in a Bradley or better yet a Abrams if you there in the dark.

[KenHorse]

They need to fix the driveway. HORRIBLE curb appeal

[Anjdog2003]

My childhood home cost us 14k. My mom and five brothers and sisters all worked so we could afford to live there since my mom kicked my alcoholic dad out. The same home two years ago sold for 1.6 Million and the one across the street 1.5 Million.