My former residence is on the market

This might have been a test run for the current sellers,
to help them to figure out what else they will need to do to sell it, or how to adjust their price, or where to advertise it, instead of how they did this time.

My thinking is that it will eventually be bought by someone wealthy from out-of-State, or from NY City, who will want it as an investment of their own, to flip again, or who might use it for one of their several vacation homes.
 
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I'm glad you went but the information about the cellar is disturbing. I mean don't these people realize that a buyer is going to go down there and have an inspection also? Very strange.

Also I think taking the stairs out to the attic is not the right thing to do. That's old house charm they took out.
 
The cellar was dry until the owner of the house on the south side built an extension next to the house and all the rain gutter wash goes in between the houses. They are only about 10 feet apart.

I also noticed that they didn't remove the old washer and dryer in the cellar. There is only access to the cellar now on the back porch and it is sectioned off with paneling. When I asked to see it, the presenter asked why. I said to compare to what I remember. She seemed antsy when I started down the stairs. I'd still be curious if anyone else beside the neighbor to the north went to the OH. I just have a gut feeling tat the will have trouble selling at that price in this locale. No house around here is over $300K and if it is, it's because it's a 7-bedroom house, has lots of acreage, or is waterfront property.
 
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debodun said:
The cellar was dry until the owner of the house on the south side built an extension next to the house and all the rain gutter wash goes in between the houses. They are only about 10 feet apart.

I also noticed that they didn't remove the old washer and dryer in the cellar. There is only access to the cellar now on the back porch and it is sectioned off with paneling. When I asked to see it, the presenter asked why. I said to compare to what I remember. She seemed antsy when I started down the stairs. I'd still be curious if anyone else beside the neighbor to the north went to the OH. I just have a gut feeling tat the will have trouble selling at that price in this locale. No house around here is over $300K and if it is, it's because it's a 7-bedroom house, has lots of acreage, or is waterfront property.
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The dampness and old appliances in the cellar would make me question what other shortcuts or flaws were masked in the remodel.
 
debodun said:
The cellar was dry until the owner of the house on the south side built an extension next to the house and all the rain gutter wash goes in between the houses. They are only about 10 feet apart.
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This water drainage issue will be a "Show Stopper". About the Only way to resolve that would be to dig a deep trench along the house, and install a drainage system to route the water to the area sewage lines....and install a good coating of tar on the entire foundation. However, if there is only a few feet separating this house from the adjacent property, it might be nearly impossible to get the backhoe/machinery in place to do the dig, and even if possible, would cost many thousands....and might even damage the foundation almost beyond repair.
 
Don M. said:
This water drainage issue will be a "Show Stopper". About the Only way to resolve that would be to dig a deep trench along the house, and install a drainage system to route the water to the area sewage lines....and install a good coating of tar on the entire foundation. However, if there is only a few feet separating this house from the adjacent property, it might be nearly impossible to get the backhoe/machinery in place to do the dig, and even if possible, would cost many thousands....and might even damage the foundation almost beyond repair.
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Seems to me they would have attempted to fix this first before investing hundreds of thousands of $ into the upstairs. Maybe they did run into repair issues, but as you said, if I was looking at a house with a basement like that, I'd walk away.

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debodun said:
Seems to me they would have attempted to fix this first before investing hundreds of thousands of $ into the upstairs. Maybe they did run into repair issues, but as you said, if I was looking at a house with a basement like that, I'd walk away.

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Yeah, I can't believe that contractor would put a bunch of time and money into fixing up the upstairs, while ignoring the basement and foundation issues. This house will Not sell until the basement is fixed....or if it does sell, it will only get a fraction of the asking price.

At least, you are relieved from this mess, and now you can put that all behind you.
 
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