Comments on: Welcome to home ownership.

By: jnoller

jnoller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:36:03 +0000

I should, but I’d probably end up buying a castle with a flooded basement.

By: Count0

Count0 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:21:04 +0000

So, moving to Scotland?

By: jnoller

jnoller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:32:15 +0000

I meant more "that's awful" in the ironic sense - it's so very true. Since buying the house I've spent more time at Lowes than I have at any other retail store, ever. I never though lightbulbs/fixtures and home appliances could be so fascinating.

I don't think our inspector was useless - he did catch some things we did have the owners fix - it's just rough dealing with something like this when it comes from left field. When my wife and I started looking I insisted on new construction, but given this is the Boston area, and new construction is still smoking the high price pipe, we went for a house built sometimes in the last 100 years, hoping we'd avoid a certain amount of "creative engineering" you get with older homes.

Yeah. We didn't avoid any of it.

By: jnoller

jnoller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:36:03 +0000

I should, but I’d probably end up buying a castle with a flooded basement.

By: Count0

Count0 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:21:04 +0000

So, moving to Scotland?

By: jnoller

jnoller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:32:15 +0000

By: Longabow

Longabow — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:42:30 +0000

Three weeks ago I wrote a comment to a post in which you spoke about your home. I said:

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As my thirteen year old put it:

Owning a home has its highs and has its Lowes.
"""

For our friends living outside the US Lowes is a home improvement store that one visits quite frequently.

Today I checked that post and I was most surprised to see that you said:

"""
That's awful
"""

Now I don't really know how to read this ... do you really think so? By the way, I'd say he was right, no?

Anyway sorry to hear about the problem. Buying a home is indeed a risk, home inspectors are worthless, the most useless $600 I ever spent, for our home the first big rain got water in the basement.

It is very depressing to get such a nasty surprise, but lok at the bright side, this is how experience grows, twenty years from now this will be story passed down to the next generations.

By: jnoller

jnoller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:32:17 +0000

I was thinking something more akin to a fort. A big stone fort.

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:27:53 +0000

Sorry to hear about the troubles, Jesse. Both my parents have done extensive work on their respective houses and had surprises hit them in the process, so I can relate. Hopefully the costs won’t get out of line and the place will be better for it.

And yes, an outhouse is much simpler. =)