Another house that looks promising

You couldn't tell from the photos, but it's across the street, so some distance from the river, and elevated (sheer 100 foot shale bank there, so I expect no one expects anyone to maintain it). The basement didn't look too bad like there was ever a flood. That's one of the first thing I look for. Good suggestion about the taxes. Thanks, Aunt Bea.
 

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of course you know I can't comment on anything to do with the sale or conditions that have to be met in the USA on house sales Deb, but I just want to say, that I think it looks like a very easy to maintain home, also that the view from the house looks beautiful of the Hudson river, I see you're right on the border ( I looked it up on street views)... what about the traffic though..it seems like quite a busy road, would that be annoying to you... ?
 
No, the one on Hudson Ave. When you said you'd love to see me get that house, did you mean the Brickyard one? I am no longer interested in that one because a big housing tract project is going in soon across the street.
 
The carpeting has to come up. It looks water damaged....was there a leak? From where? Not enough kitchen cabs. LR window doesn't look like thermal pane (?). I would look up the history of flooding of that river. The BR floors also need refinishing. It's cute but IMO, not worth the asking price.
 
Perhaps there’s wood under the LR & hallway. You’d expect that since it’s in the bedrooms. Might be a moot point if there’s been water damage on the carpet.

Radish Rose has a good point about lack of cupboards in the kitchen. Also the non-thermal windows could be an issue. You’d need to check what the annual costs are for electric heat.
 
I did some comps on other small houses that sold recently in this community and the average price per sq ft was $158. If I applied that to this house, the asking price should be $142,000. I know the agent is going to say, you can't compare those other houses to this. The why do realtors do comps? With carpeting and the other issues people have pointed out, what would you think a fair offer would be?
 
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With carpeting and the other issues people have pointed out, what would you think a fair offer would be?
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The better question is, with all the issues you're talking about, why would you want to tender an offer? You're in a house now that needs a lot of work and you have no appetite for getting that done. What makes you think your temperament would change in a different house?

One of the most useful life strategies is to know thyself.
 
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StarSong said:
The better question is, with all the issues you're talking about, why would you want to tender an offer? You're in a house now that needs a lot of work and you have no appetite for getting that done. What makes you think your temperament would change in a different house.

One of the most useful life strategies is to know thyself.
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It's a smaller house on a smaller lot and, in general, looks better than the one I have now.
 
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