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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Yeah, a picture of the box tells me whether or not there's likely to be knob and tube wiring lurking someplace.
Clearly you have not been watching enough HGTV. Don't you know knob and tube wiring is a SCOURGE that cannot be known until you open walls and have to change your whole plan?? Generally because some sketchy contractor or former homeowner did a half-assed update job? :)
This is the story of how I got tricked by malicious criminals into buying a house that had been illegally remodeled to cover up multiple building code violations. 50% of the house is unusable, and will require as much as $100,000 in repairs to undo the faulty work.
Yes, the home was inspected before it was purchased, and the inspector did find some problems as expected. But most of the problems described below were cleverly hidden behind finished drywall, carpeting, and concrete where the inspector couldn't see them. All of this was done intentionally by the house "flipper" and remodeler to turn a profit on a house that is riddled with code violations.
It just seems so boring! Especially since I am not really buying a house but just window shopping!
Trust me, if you seriously start looking, you'll go from "Oh these carpets." to "Okay, when was the electrical panel updated and how new is the furnace?" pretty fast. Also, at least in Canada, your insurance might require you to upgrade any of those elements before you can be insured, and often mortgages won't be approved without proof of insurability.
After reading TOm's link, I think I may be renting forever. Oh my god. I think I would die if that happened to me. It probably wouldn't because I like original looking things, so I would be much more likely to be beset with problems from things just being too old rather than being flipped, but still.
It's one reason I want to move out of this house into an apartment building.
Jebus.
That is adorable, Sophia. I don't think you could get anything other that a crappy condo in a senior community for that kind of money here.
Holy gleeble. Was it a meth lab? Is the housing market that bad in Rochester?
That's about $60/sq ft. In my neighborhood, apartments can sell for over $1200/sq ft, i.e. twenty times the price.