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When a dream house becomes a money pit
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:35 pm
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Interesting article.
Interesting article.
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Steven and Michelle Hicks found what looked like the perfect home: a two-story, mid-1920s Dutch colonial on three-quarters of an acre in Millburn, N.J. But months after moving into the 1,856-square-foot house, they realized just how elusive a dream home can be.
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They offered the seller’s asking price of $650,000, and “she just took it,” Mr. Hicks recalled. In retrospect, he said, “That should have told us something.” Once they moved in, problems quickly mounted. New windows had been installed in some rooms, but haphazardly, without insulation. A contractor told them that the previous owner had removed a load-bearing wall without putting a hefty beam across the ceiling to make up for the missing wall. “Nothing was shoring up the second floor,” Ms. Hicks said. An electrician told them the wiring was not grounded, and that a fire could break out at any time. The basement had a tankless water heater, a selling point for the Hickses. But shortly after they moved in, it stopped working. It was supplying water to a Rube Goldberg series of pipes that traveled all the way to the attic and then into the rooms for the radiators, looping throughout the house and covering so much distance that the water cooled by the time it got to where it was needed. During last year’s often bitter winter, the radiators couldn’t get the second floor warmer than 48 degrees. Ms. Hicks said she was working from home, “but with a hat on” and a space heater glowing.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:38 pm to RedRifle
This is why a home inspection is important
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:38 pm to RedRifle
And that's why you have an inspection done.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:38 pm to RedRifle
Do people not have inspections done before handing over $645K?
a basic pre-purchase inspection would have found all of those issues.
a basic pre-purchase inspection would have found all of those issues.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:40 pm to RedRifle
Naïve buyers. Why would you not have an inspection?!
Pretty ugly house, IMO.
Pretty ugly house, IMO.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:41 pm to RedRifle
They made a stupid purchase without thoroughly inspecting the house.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:47 pm to RedRifle
It's called a home inspection and costs a few hundred bucks. No sympathy.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:49 pm to LSUwag
and these "educated" yankees look down their noses at us southerners and our common-sense values.
a MBA and a Juris Doctorate can't teach you real world knowledge and basic business sense.
That couple has learned a hard lesson and it only gets harder for them because now everyone in the world w/ a google search at their fingertips knows that their house is a POS. I guess their angle is a sympathy gofundme page.
a MBA and a Juris Doctorate can't teach you real world knowledge and basic business sense.
That couple has learned a hard lesson and it only gets harder for them because now everyone in the world w/ a google search at their fingertips knows that their house is a POS. I guess their angle is a sympathy gofundme page.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:51 pm to EmperorGout
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It's called a home inspection and costs a few hundred bucks. No sympathy.
Read the article....they did have a home inspection done.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:51 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
I'm genuinely confused as to why this is even a news story. We bought a house that was built in 1941 and you bet your arse we had an independent inspection done. There are issues, as you might expect with a house this old, but we knew exactly what we were getting into.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 12:55 pm to lsunurse
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Read the article....they did have a home inspection done.
obviously not a thorough one
Posted on 3/27/16 at 1:01 pm to EmperorGout
That house has three different finishes on the front. Ugly as shite.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 2:18 pm to RedRifle
Sounds like the inspector tried to warn them but they were so enamored with the house that his warnings went unheeded.. I'd love to see the actual inspection report but I doubt they would release it and since it appears no lawsuits have been filed, I can only assume they simply didn't use the proper caution.
This post was edited on 3/27/16 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 3/27/16 at 2:37 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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and these "educated" yankees look down their noses at us southerners and our common-sense values.
a MBA and a Juris Doctorate can't teach you real world knowledge and basic business sense.
This part actually makes me laugh a bit too. I was talking to a friend that is a lawyer who has always been kind of snobby, not awful but he was cocky. He was bitching about how his house would flood all around his house they bought within the past year and wishes they could do something. I asked him if he checked it out in the rain and he said no. I told him to always go over there when it is raining because there is nothing worse than a house that floods in every rain. Common sense goes a long way.
As for these dolts that paid $650k for a house without an inspection, no sympathy for them. It sucks for them but they should have brought someone that knows something about houses with them to look. When I go look at used cars, I bring one of my buddies who is a mechanic to listen to it and look it over.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 2:38 pm to TROLA
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they were so enamored with the house that his warnings went unheeded
This is what happened with my sister and her SO with a house they bought in Prarieville. Old house that had been added on to with many issues but they couldn't be swayed into realizing how much trouble it was going to be. The old saying of a fool and their money is soon parted is very true. FYI the inspection report didn't have many of the issues listed. He put a lot of nitpicking bullshite but not some of the most costly issues. Inspector works off of realtors referrals and they want to sell and get dat commission. Always hire an inspector independent of agent. Also one that has hopefully had prior building experience and isn't just a code queen
Posted on 3/27/16 at 2:40 pm to RedRifle
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mid-1920s Dutch colonial
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They offered the seller’s asking price of $650,000, and “she just took it,"
Idiots
Posted on 3/27/16 at 2:42 pm to RedRifle
1920's home with modifications and people think everything will be perfect.
Old houses are usually money pits
Old houses are usually money pits
Posted on 3/27/16 at 2:56 pm to fightin tigers
So...the contractors among us. Who can spot where this house was added on to from the original construction?
I see at least 2 and a major remodel.
I see at least 2 and a major remodel.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 2:59 pm to RedRifle
They should just give me all their money instead
Posted on 3/27/16 at 3:02 pm to RedRifle
650 for 1800 square feet from the 1920's?
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