Jim, When we first bought our place the inspector said that the roof needed to be replaced. We ended up negociating with the seller to redo the roof themselves before closing. Perhaps you could do the same.
larry On 1/10/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:38 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Mold in my house Inspection (was Mortgage Suggestions?) > > > > I'll repeat, take your time, Mold == bad. Its like mice crap just b/c you > > only see 2 droppings doesn't mean its a small problem its an indicator. We > > went through literally 100+ houses prior to settling on building and even > > then I still went through another 20+ houses prior to finding something I > > would have called my realtor about. > > Well... honestly you seem like a picky bastard. ;^) > > We went through this house and liked it enough to buy - remember we're at > the agreement phase here: the inspections phase. We've already "picked the > house", applied earnest money and so forth. > > We might look at dozens of houses but we can't afford to spend upwards of > $1000 on each one for the inspections! > > We are taking it slowly. The key to this place right now is the mold. It > is a (pretty strong) possibility that the issue is surface-only and could be > controlled with a decent dehumidifier. > > Even if that's the case however it's not a "go". There are enough other > issues with the place to give us pause, but not enough, I think, to outright > run away. > > The house has clearly been well cared for over the years... but it is > definitely starting to show its years. > > > Additionally did the seller live in this house or was this a flip? > > The current owner lived there for three years. He's older (perhaps 50's), > single (lives alone) and says he's moving back to Florida to get away from > Winters. > > I get the strong impression that the house was meant for two but that "she" > dropped out the picture. (For example when asked about the paint in the > master bedroom he said something to effect of "It was done about two years > ago; it's good paint but I never liked the color.") > > He paid $125,000 in 2003 and has put in substantial improvements (most of > which are still under warranty). For what it's worth he did NOT refinish > the lower rooms (the ones where the mold was spotted) - they've been like > that from the start (it's a split-level, those lower rooms were always meant > to be lived in - it's not really a "finished basement" in the normal sense). > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191327 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
