EEEKKK - More rage and frustration

Debodun
Did you get your new house inspected before you bought it? Around here if you buy a house without paying for a whole house inspection. That includes water, sewage, lines. & electrical panels & wiring. A whole house-certified inspection will cost from $500.00 to 750.00

Well worth it as a lot of houses have the old iron pipe that is now outlawed, Same with wiring, a lot of houses still have the old knob & tooth wiring. & two plug outlets with no ground. If any of that was in your house you bought you could have made the seller update these things before you bought it.

Here a plumber gets $75.00 per hr. Even if he just comes & looks at a problem. Then the price will go way up from there. I had an outside water faucet replaced in 2019. It is in a crawl space. By the time he was done including parts he had to go get, it was $1,000.00 I thought that was reasonable since he had to go in & out of that crawl space many times from the basement. He was here for just shy of 4 hrs.
 

Be careful Deb, watch closely what you're junking.... 😲


In today's papers...


A shocked pensioner has discovered that a diamond she 'almost threw in a bin' while clearing out her home is a 34-carat stone worth £2 million.

The Northumberland woman in her 70s took the diamond to be valued along with costume jewellery she had bought at car boot sales over many years.

Auctioneer Mark Lane said that when he learned of the diamond's true value, it was a 'huge shock', according to the BBC.

The stone, which is larger than a pound coin, is currently being stored at Hatton Garden in London before going up for sale next month.

'The lady came in with a bag of jewellery as she just thought she would bring it in as she was passing because she had another appointment in the town,' said Mr Lane, of Featonby's Auctioneers in North Shields, North Tyneside.

He said that the stone had been in kept in a box along with the woman's wedding bands and other low-value pieces of costume jewellery.

We saw quite a large stone, bigger than a pound coin, and I thought it was a CZ [cubic zirconia, a synthetic diamond lookalike]. It sat on my desk for two or three days until I used a diamond tester machine.

'We then sent it off to our partners in London before it was certified by experts in Antwerp, Belgium, who said it was 34.19 carat colour HVS1, which is extremely rare.'

A diamond's carat measurement is based on the weight of the stone, with heavier diamonds having a higher carat, and therefore higher value.

The auctioneer said that the woman wanted to remain anonymous. She did not know where she acquired the diamond, but told him that she always visited car boot sales and bought trinkets.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-threw-BIN-34-CARAT-stone-worth-2MILLION.html
 
Tom 86 said:
Debodun
Did you get your new house inspected before you bought it? Around here if you buy a house without paying for a whole house inspection. That includes water, sewage, lines. & electrical panels & wiring. A whole house-certified inspection will cost from $500.00 to 750.00

Well worth it as a lot of houses have the old iron pipe that is now outlawed, Same with wiring, a lot of houses still have the old knob & tooth wiring. & two plug outlets with no ground. If any of that was in your house you bought you could have made the seller update these things before you bought it.

Here a plumber gets $75.00 per hr. Even if he just comes & looks at a problem. Then the price will go way up from there. I had an outside water faucet replaced in 2019. It is in a crawl space. By the time he was done including parts he had to go get, it was $1,000.00 I thought that was reasonable since he had to go in & out of that crawl space many times from the basement. He was here for just shy of 4 hrs.
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Most homes are sold "as is" these days. It's worthwhile to know what you'll be getting into with repairs down the line, but to say it's a seller's market in most of the US would be a massive understatement.
 

hollydolly said:
Be careful Deb, watch closely what you're junking.... 😲


In today's papers...


A shocked pensioner has discovered that a diamond she 'almost threw in a bin' while clearing out her home is a 34-carat stone worth £2 million.

The Northumberland woman in her 70s took the diamond to be valued along with costume jewellery she had bought at car boot sales over many years.

Auctioneer Mark Lane said that when he learned of the diamond's true value, it was a 'huge shock', according to the BBC.

The stone, which is larger than a pound coin, is currently being stored at Hatton Garden in London before going up for sale next month.

'The lady came in with a bag of jewellery as she just thought she would bring it in as she was passing because she had another appointment in the town,' said Mr Lane, of Featonby's Auctioneers in North Shields, North Tyneside.

He said that the stone had been in kept in a box along with the woman's wedding bands and other low-value pieces of costume jewellery.

We saw quite a large stone, bigger than a pound coin, and I thought it was a CZ [cubic zirconia, a synthetic diamond lookalike]. It sat on my desk for two or three days until I used a diamond tester machine.

'We then sent it off to our partners in London before it was certified by experts in Antwerp, Belgium, who said it was 34.19 carat colour HVS1, which is extremely rare.'

A diamond's carat measurement is based on the weight of the stone, with heavier diamonds having a higher carat, and therefore higher value.

The auctioneer said that the woman wanted to remain anonymous. She did not know where she acquired the diamond, but told him that she always visited car boot sales and bought trinkets.

49757421-10141517-image-m-28_1635440453339.jpg


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-threw-BIN-34-CARAT-stone-worth-2MILLION.html
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This woman was very fortunate to have taken the stone to an honest appraiser. He could have offered her a nominal amount for it, she likely would have snapped it up and no one would have been the wiser.
 
debodun said:
I got a nibble on my Eastlake antique hall mirror. I advertised it at $250. Someone responded and offered me $150. I told him it was appraised being worth $500 - $600 by a local antique dealer, so it was well worth the $250. He countered with a $180 offer. I decined that. Then he offered $200 and said he didn't have much money. This begs the question, "If you're financially strapped, why are you looking at non-essential things like antiques?"
Anyway. we settled on $200. He then asked if it was one whole unit or did it come apart. I said it was one whole piece. Since then, I haven't heard anything back (it's 7 feet tall).

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A very nice piece.
 
StarSong said:
Most homes are sold "as is" these days. It's worthwhile to know what you'll be getting into with repairs down the line, but to say it's a seller's market in most of the US would be a massive understatement.
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Only the foolish buy a house nowadays around here without the certified inspection. I know a few that bought houses without the examinations. After they moved in, they started having problems. The cost of upgrading the home to today's requirements costs them as much as they paid for the house.

Others got the inspections & before they bought the house, they made the sellers do all the upgrades or did not buy the house.

City & County has specific laws on the books about not using iron pipes, knobs & tooth wiring, etc. if a contractor comes to work on a problem, he has to tell the people that he has to bring the house up to today's code or he can't do the job.
I know as I was certified electrical person years back & I got into a lot of older houses with knobs & tooth wiring that had to be stripped out & all new wiring & panel put in. The cost was many thousands of $$$ I gave it to them at my price, so I didn't make anything on the jobs.
If they had paid the $500.00 for the certified inspection, they could have made the seller do the upgrades.
 
Although most home inspectors have to be certified and can take training, that doesn’t mean they’re qualified after a short course. A recent case of a poor inspection illustrated this. A suggestion was to hire a plumber, an electrician, carpenter, etc to go through the house. Not sure if the cost would be prohibitive.

There’s lots of competition for homes here so the offer without an inspection is often the one accepted.
 
Is this conversation about the home to be sold?

The home Deb bought for $288,000.00 was inspected pretty thoroughly had some repairs needed. I think the roof was one that was estimated @ $8,000.00 that the seller wouldn't pay for:mad:

If this is for the home she wants to sell Deb posted an email from a relator named June that estimated her home @$150,000.00. Considering the amount of repairs needed per Deb's previous posts as she called it "a disaster" that selling price would be terrific if she can get it.
 
Knight said:
Is this conversation about the home to be sold?

The home Deb bought for $288,000.00 was inspected pretty thoroughly had some repairs needed. I think the roof was one that was estimated @ $8,000.00 that the seller wouldn't pay for:mad:

If this is for the home she wants to sell Deb posted an email from a relator named June that estimated her home @$150,000.00. Considering the amount of repairs needed per Deb's previous posts as she called it "a disaster" that selling price would be terrific if she can get it.
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In that case, the seller wouldn't do the repairs. Then Deb should tell them to lower the price to $8,000.00 Or somewhere close to that.
 
debodun said:
The home Deb bought for $288,000.00 was inspected pretty thoroughly had some repairs needed. I think the roof was one that was estimated @ $8,000.00 that the seller wouldn't pay for.

The roof cost $8.900 and the seller did take that coast off the selling price.
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Yes, but are you going to get the roof repaired?
 
debodun said:
Yes, it cost $450, bit only included what is part of the structure. That didn't include appliances. He did a very perfunctory inspection even so. Turned on the faucets for about 1 microsecond.
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It's just to check for water pressure...if the water pressure is low or if there's a problem with water flow, the pipes will rattle. I think it's called "water hammer". Only takes a minute or two.

@Tom 86 Knob and tube, not tooth!
 
debodun said:
I still feel uneasy going to my new house - it's like I'm in someone else's home. How long does that feeling last?
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Deb, have you lived in your current house all of your life? If so, it will probably take awhile to get used to the change. Once everything is unpacked and you have established your routines, it will be quicker. I always get involved in a big project, usually decorating and making a floor plan of the house using really large graph paper. It will be easier when you've made friends, and maybe you want to think about joining something so you meet people regularly - a church, the library. You'll get used to shopping at different stores, etc., which will help. Subscribe to the local newspaper so you can keep up with what's going on. We have one, and I hope you do if you are moving to a small town. If you have special interests, see if there is a group that shares those interests (book club, knitting circle, senior center, etc.)

You've moved a lot of your belongings there, so once everything is set up the way you like, it will be a lot easier to feel at home. A lot of what I wrote about in the first paragraph is getting used to your new community (which is the extended part of your new home).Also, it helps to introduce yourself to your neighbors.

The key is to drum up some ideas to make you feel like the home is yours, and that you are part of the community.
 
debodun said:
I didn't mean to confuse you, Wheaten, and I appreciate your advice, but I am still in the same comminity. My new house is only 2 miles from my old one.
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yes it's going to feel very strange for a while.. aside from stuff being in all different places, and different smells, you're going to find yourself turning left when you shoulda turned right inside the house ..going in the wrong room 'till you get used to it,kitcchen instead of bedroom.... and then of course there's the different view out of the windows...that will seem strange watching different comings and goings...

Once you get winter over , and summer comes you'll be more used to the house interior by then and can enjoy the outside...

BTW I meant to ask when we first saw the house.. do you know your new neighbours already?>
 
In the 3 months I've been moving, only one person came over and introduced himself. A really old man from across the street and he had a lot of trouble hearing me. One other was a large gray cat that said "Meow" and went on its way. Neither would be much help moving things. ;) I suppose if I wanted to know who my neighbors were, I could look it up on the online tax records.
 
debodun said:
I didn't mean to confuse you, Wheaten, and I appreciate your advice, but I am still in the same comminity. My new house is only 2 miles from my old one.
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Oh, really? I didn't realize that. In that case, get the project going, making it into your special home that you love. By the time you are done, you will be used to it.

You could wait until the neighbors are outside. Or knock on their doors, but only after you have a good idea of what you are getting into.

A neighbor of mine came over yesterday. Naturally, I was home alone and still wearing my Snoopy pajamas. She was really nice, but I couldn't invite her in because of Covid. I gave her a few tidbits about myself, as she is very chatty ... I figured that would keep the gossip train in business for awhile.

The guy who helps me move things is my 77 year old friend and landlord. He is the healthiest, strongest, most active guy around his age that I have ever met. Of course, he takes very good care of himself and has good genes. His mother died in her late 90s, and his father died when he was 103.
 

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