Buying A House: C or D?

yikes

the house at the end of my block sold after probably a month, and while really nice it's on kind of a busy street so I could see that

the nice one that's across the street and one house to the north, it sold in like... 48 hours

third-hand smoke is apparently a thing - i.e. toxins left over after cigarettes have been smoked, so e.g. in a small room you can smoke a cigarette with the window open and a fan on, the smell won't linger particularly but there will be traces of tobacco carcinogen stuff on surfaces. i don't know how long the toxins remain though.

Yeah, this is exactly what I'm talking about, this stuff freaks me out but I can't figure out whether they're saying "it last two months" or "it lasts until the house falls down"

10 years is a long time though

also are you looking at older houses or newer construction? all the houses we are looking at are at least 100 years old and im trying not to think too much about the layers of toxic shit present from older now-outlawed building materials

yeah also important to remember that probably everyone i know grew up in houses someone had smoked in at some stage

maybe concentrate on worrying about radon or whatever g ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

or lead paint, or asbestos

houses are deathtraps, time to pitch some tents

everything causes cancer eventually

Yeah, this one's just about 100 years old. Original stucco on the outside, original plaster on the inside.

You should probably burn it to the ground and start over, just to be on the safe side.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/aa/Safe_ver1.jpg/220px-Safe_ver1.jpg

imo around the 100 year mark you're going to find a bunch of houses where asbestos is less likely unless they did a lot of insulation work (blown into attic or walls) during renovations

which kind of makes me think I should ask someone about some attic insulation, but that's in a spot I'm not going to get into anyway

i'm not so sure about cigarette remnants, but where i'm from if a house is found to have blow in asbestos insulation present the house is purchased by the government, wrapped in plastic and demolished.

http://i.imgur.com/R2aZKFh.jpg

made an offer on this place yesterday, did not get it :(

https://www.redfin.com/OH/Lakewood/1218-Cook-Ave-44107/home/70835246

we were one of six offers

there is always a feeling of relief though when we hear that our offer was not accepted, we've yet to make an offer on the "perfect" place and each of the 3 places we've offered on had some aspects that we were not happy about, so it is somewhat easy to say "oh good riddance, we'll find a better place"

sorry bud :(

should i buy a 1750 farmhouse y/n https://www.redfin.com/MA/Hopkinton/41-E-Main-St-01748/home/8554401

holy shit that place is awesome!

seems like a really good deal too y/n? hopkinton is not too far out of boston

im already getting exciting about this little hippie craftsman house, wish the kitchen was bigger though

https://www.redfin.com/OH/Lakewood/1236-Saint-Charles-Ave-44107/home/70835600

I like that one, but the ceiling in the kitchen has to go.

I wonder if in CAD's farmhouse, the "Circa 1750" plate conveys with the property.

http://i.imgur.com/NuexZ6A.jpg

yea it is bad xp

im already getting exciting about this little hippie craftsman house, wish the kitchen was bigger though

― marcos, Monday, February 27, 2017 1:02 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.redfin.com/OH/Lakewood/1236-Saint-Charles-Ave-44107/home/70835600

― marcos, Monday, February 27, 2017 1:02 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol no joke from 1995-2000 I lived just a few houses down from here on the other side of the street at 1205.

ha cleveland is a small place

woohoo!! we made an offer on a place we saw yesterday and it was accepted

i'm freaking out a little. i'm excited about the house but uh this a big purchase

the biggest! i hope the sale goes smoothly!

thanks!

next few months are going to feel a little crazy

the front porch is huge and im really excited about it

https://ssl.cdn-redfin.com/photo/159/bigphoto/365/3886365_24_1.jpg

congrats! what street?

thanks!!

edanola, right off of sloan. a little further west then we had wanted, we are right near lakewood park right and can walk to downtown lakewood. but this place is also right next to the metroparks so that would be very cool

congrats, marcos. new place looks beautiful.

we are right near lakewood park right

meant to say "right now"

thanks sufjan

It looks wonderful!!!! I love a nice foursquare!

me too! they are all over cleveland, in many variations. we thought the bay windows were pretty cool on this one

it is weird though everyone calls them "colonials" here and that's not really right

I wouldn't think so, no.

Oh wow, nice work!

dammit am i the last one in this thread who doesn't have a house now

but seriously, congrats marcos

Can you post the zillow link, or do you want to keep it private?

yay marcos!!! gorgeous house!

congrats dude, well done!

The double dormers and the double bays are SUBLIME!!

Actually looking at the roofline idk if it technically is a four-square since the roof doesn't slope on 4 sides that meet in the center top. But it's nice anyway. :)

lovely home there.