Posted by stang.tiger on May 24, 2007, 9:47 am
We gave an offer to a nice-looking house. But when we conducted a home
inspection yesterday, lots of problem surfaced out. The ceilings of
two bedrooms have cracks between all drywall joints. There are many
violations against the building code. The attic access was covered
without explanation. Also the owner had excavated out some suspicious
chemical stuff without inspection and reporting when he did
renovation. We found out the house was in a really bad shape at the
previous sale nine years ago. The owner did the renovation work 50%
more by himself. The work was not done professionally. Now we are
really concerned to buy this home. We don't want to get into trouble
when we moved in.
Any advise will be very appreciated. Thank you!
Posted by Doug Miller on May 24, 2007, 10:22 am
stang.tiger@gmail.com wrote:
>We gave an offer to a nice-looking house. But when we conducted a home
>inspection yesterday, lots of problem surfaced out. The ceilings of
>two bedrooms have cracks between all drywall joints. There are many
>violations against the building code. The attic access was covered
>without explanation. Also the owner had excavated out some suspicious
>chemical stuff without inspection and reporting when he did
>renovation. We found out the house was in a really bad shape at the
>previous sale nine years ago. The owner did the renovation work 50%
>more by himself. The work was not done professionally. Now we are
>really concerned to buy this home. We don't want to get into trouble
>when we moved in.
To answer your question: sometimes, yes, it is wise to buy a home
self-renovated by the owner.
But NOT this one.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
Posted by Craig on May 24, 2007, 10:25 am
<stang.tiger> wrote...
> We gave an offer to a nice-looking house. But when we conducted a home
> inspection yesterday, lots of problem surfaced out. The ceilings of
> two bedrooms have cracks between all drywall joints. There are many
> violations against the building code. The attic access was covered
> without explanation. Also the owner had excavated out some suspicious
> chemical stuff without inspection and reporting when he did
> renovation. We found out the house was in a really bad shape at the
> previous sale nine years ago. The owner did the renovation work 50%
> more by himself. The work was not done professionally. Now we are
> really concerned to buy this home. We don't want to get into trouble
> when we moved in.
> Any advise will be very appreciated. Thank you!
I'd use the home inspection report as a means to get out of your offer and
get your deposit back.
I'm not sure where you are but in my area, a Seller must disclose a lot of
information, including whether permits were obtained for work done on the
house when, required. Code violations certainly imply problems, both for the
eventual owner and for a future sale.
It'd also be very valuable to learn more of the excavated chemical "dump".
Craig
Posted by Banty on May 24, 2007, 4:39 pm
stang.tiger@gmail.com says...
>We gave an offer to a nice-looking house. But when we conducted a home
>inspection yesterday, lots of problem surfaced out. The ceilings of
>two bedrooms have cracks between all drywall joints. There are many
>violations against the building code. The attic access was covered
>without explanation. Also the owner had excavated out some suspicious
>chemical stuff without inspection and reporting when he did
>renovation. We found out the house was in a really bad shape at the
>previous sale nine years ago. The owner did the renovation work 50%
>more by himself. The work was not done professionally. Now we are
>really concerned to buy this home. We don't want to get into trouble
>when we moved in.
>Any advise will be very appreciated. Thank you!
Walk away. The owner/removator cut corners, and there are probably more issues
here than you can even see.
I don't know what you mean by "excavated out ...chemical stuff". From where,
and what evidence do you see? But anyway, that dones't change my answer.
Banty
Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on May 24, 2007, 8:48 pm
stang.tiger@gmail.com wrote:
> We gave an offer to a nice-looking house. But when we conducted a home
> inspection yesterday, lots of problem surfaced out. The ceilings of
> two bedrooms have cracks between all drywall joints. There are many
> violations against the building code.
No, no, NOOOO!!!! Do NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT buy a house that has
obvious building code violations.
Now, I upgraded my kitchen electrical service and did the work with a
building permit, and it ended up being better done than what we
discovered in the process -- work that must have been done by Spit and
Chewing Gum Home Repairs, Inc. But when you can tell that someone has
obviously skirted the building code, RUN DON"T WALK!!!!!
Honest.
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>inspection yesterday, lots of problem surfaced out. The ceilings of
>two bedrooms have cracks between all drywall joints. There are many
>violations against the building code. The attic access was covered
>without explanation. Also the owner had excavated out some suspicious
>chemical stuff without inspection and reporting when he did
>renovation. We found out the house was in a really bad shape at the
>previous sale nine years ago. The owner did the renovation work 50%
>more by himself. The work was not done professionally. Now we are
>really concerned to buy this home. We don't want to get into trouble
>when we moved in.