Buying A House: C or D?

http://i.imgur.com/bhjrcxK.jpg

so long as that addition houses one of those US vs Canada bubble table hockey games, it was a good move imo

anybody know how many softeners/filters/etc I will need to purchase for this tankless water heater I am inheriting?

water quality is v bad out here, btw. Not uncommon to have water brown with sediment on occasion.

http://i.imgur.com/EDxM5GB.jpg

That's the Pontiac Aztek of additions.

Or there's Pittsburgh, kinda like Cleveland except with better hockey?

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1210-Tyndall-St-Pittsburgh-PA-15204/11479126_zpid/

I'm staying in an airbnb house in Seattle right now which prompted me to look up what houses in this neighborhood go for; they're all 1/3 to 1/4 the size of that Pittsburgh place at 5 to 6 times the price.

This place a block away from me is 2/3 the square footage and 15 times as expensive:
http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Seattle-WA/54831713_zpid/

tbf, the Pittsburgh house needs a lot of work.

Does it? Looks very livable in its current state.

It is a little apples to oranges but you could put 1.1 million in upgrades into the Pittsburgh place and still be a million ahead

Scrolling through those Pittsburgh photos, definitely something between the lines -- enough where I wasn't all flabbergasted going "What's the catch?" Figure there's at least a ghost underneath that pink carpet upstairs.

Still. $149,900 is crazy.

Declining neighborhood, few amenities, bad school.

interesting--what kinds of quotes did you get for lawn care service?

― call all destroyer, Sunday, 11 September 2016 03:46 (one week ago) Permalink

I think we were paying $65 a week for a pretty bare-bones service, but that was only because he gave us the rate as the previous owner. We wanted to use a different service because they turned out to be pretty flaky after a few weeks but we couldn't find anything remotely cheaper. I think we stopped after 1.5 months or so after we decided we'd essentially pay for a decent mower and trimmer after 8-10 weeks or so.

http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/7694180-74/sheraden-residents-community

we are starting to get a little discouraged, inventory is just so low right now, it's like the same type of shitty listing comes up and it's never anything that we want. that's not really fair i guess, they aren't shitty listings, but i feel like if we were looking for a much smaller house at a lower price point then we would have tons of options, or if we had a much higher price point in mind there would be some things too. in the mid-range there just aren't many available.

i looked at redfin analytics and peak inventory this year (july) for the zip code we're looking in is about the same as the lowest point 2012-2015. so weird.

ok well there we go

the buyer closed on our place today and our offer got accepted on our new place tonight
on to contract and lender bullshit and god knows what
BLECCCH.

well at least I get to paint everything whatever color I want, I guess? and no more condo meetings! wheee. now I just have to worry about forcing ourselves to save up for things like roof repairs and shit.

CONGRATUMATATIONS ON YOUER MARTGAGELEBRATION

Uergh, the house we're (meant to be) buying needs a whole new roof, and the vendor is refusing to budge. So we're almost certainly going to walk away.

the buyer closed on our place today and our offer got accepted on our new place tonight

sweet timing though.

congrats tomboto, where did you end up buying?

nooo nick. Roof problems are the worst.

columbia heights by the petworth metro

back porch looks out over an abandoned building that's hopefully going to get a good RFP response and be restored soon

Um...

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/24-Brentwood-Dr-Avon-CT-06001/59011376_zpid/

woah

https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/23-1n019-jesus3_-c-300x300.jpg

otm was going to search for that

I was thinking decay? vandalism?, intentional? And by god that was done by the owner, on purpose.

It's almost like the "after" footage of a house on Hoarders where they cleaned it up as much as they could but you know there's still dead cats and plastic bags with poop in them somewhere.

my wife's home from ages 2-7 is like 5 mins from that place; i think i just freaked her out pretty good by sharing that.

I'm not going to enjoy taking this down and putting it back up. I really hope it doesn't turn out to be one of those deals that just doesn't move well.

http://theevosystem.com/

The Avon project is complete.

hoo boy

i dont know if i have more questions now or less

i'm pretty sure i never had any questions just a lot of exclamations

http://www.synkovhouserepair.com/about.html

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:/

http://fermata-arts.org/nsynkov.jpg

Found a video, if anything it's more horrific than the photos. How does every room seem not to have windows??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM9nA1fKnhw

visited a house, agent was like "i know it needs a lot of work but you could really make something nice out of this," house was in approximately the same condition as the one where my family and i have been happily living

Oh, that hurts.

it really did upset me tbh, i was crabby the rest of the afternoon

When I was looking, I told my agent to not even suggest me anything in a certain neighborhood because 60s/70s red brick ranch houses aren't my thing at all. I even shit talked them a little bit.

Later on in the process, it came up that she lived in one of those neighborhoods.

Oops.

we looked at this house on sunday: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1264-Saint-Charles-Ave-Lakewood-OH-44107/33494385_zpid/

we are thinking about making an offer, but there are a few negatives:

1) there are no hardwood floors on the first floor, which is pretty rare for this neighborhood in which most houses are century-old homes w/ hardwood. there is shitty carpeting in the living room and engineered wood in the dining room. i don't really know the cost of installing new solid hardwood but im not sure if i want to get into that when most homes in the neighborhood already have hardwood floors
2) it's had some updates but the owners have used pretty cheap materials (plastic in the shower/bathtubs, cheap tiles, etc) and we could live w/ those for a while but we'd have to update them eventually.
3) there are multiple old layers on the roof, we'd prob have to do a complete tear off and replacement

i don't know. we could offer lower i guess? it's a very cool house, functionally has about 5 bedrooms since the attic is finished, location is our ideal where we are looking too -- it's two blocks from a giant lakefront park and one block from the downtown area of the suburb, we could walk everywhere. we're renting already just one street over and we know we love that area.

also the house has character, especially some of the shingle work on the exterior, but it is missing a lot of the built-ins and leaded glass and other features that are v common in other houses in the area. not a big deal but we've looked at a few places w/ awesome railings, trim, banister, built-in wood cabinetry, pocket doors, and leaded glass and it is kind of a bummer (though i guess not a deal breaker) that this house doesn't have all that stuff

columbia heights by the petworth metro

― Anacostia Aerodrome (El Tomboto), Tuesday, September 27, 2016 2:53 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

back porch looks out over an abandoned building that's hopefully going to get a good RFP response and be restored soon

― Anacostia Aerodrome (El Tomboto), Tuesday, September 27, 2016 2:53 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cool! i lived in dc from 2002-2008 and it was astonishing how much columbia heights changed during that time, i visited again a few years after i left and i didn't even recognize it

feeb question but easiest way to get the best rate when refinancing?

not sure? my sister just refinanced and their loan officer helped them get the best rate, they have someone they can trust though