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those prices for that work are not unreasonable
We love the house. LOVE. We want to marry it.
Our idea was to upgrade the electrical ($15,000) and paint, plaster, and refinish the floors ($5,000 to $20,000 depending).
But it’s been empty for quite a while and three fixtures started leaking when we turned on the water. The boiler appears to be held together with a brick and a stick (literally).
A few other things also need attention, but the really major thing is the plumbing. The inspector says do it all: $25,000 to $40,000 for the plumbing. We don’t know any better.
It’s possible they might knock some off the already very low price.
– Montrose Morris Confesses- I hate old houses. I just want to keep up the property values in my fringey neighborhood.
(hysterical, benson. You know she’s gonna get you!)
mopar…do you know the inspector well?? In most cases, inspectors feel it is their job to come up with everything imaginable and feel they need to make this the highest number to justify their existence. I’m not being facetious. If you have a stone foundation that’s perfectly fine they will tell you it needs to be repointed for $7,000.
What are the largest items??
Can you do it if they lower the price? (I love speaking tubes. My landlord has a set of 3 in her kitchen)
A house museum! It has a speaking tube.
Mopar, is this the house you were leaning toward?
Does it need work to make it livable or can you do the work over time?
Evaluate the work, is it structural, mechanical, cosmetic. If it’s cosemtic you can always do the work later, but if you have beams ready to fall on your head or a pipe that’s close to bursting, well that’s another story.
If you love the house, can you knock off 100K from the price?
mopar, what are you buying? sorry, I missed this news
“Is there some newfangled greedy, delusional way to pay for this?”
uumm, yes. Read the latest headlines (Madoff)