-
Quick Tour
Connect. Share. Learn.Welcome to ActiveRain, the #1 social community for real estate professionals.- Explore the world's largest storehouse of real estate knowledge
- Access free training on ActiveRain University
- Share the experience of life in the real estate industry
- Grow your business through real estate blogging
- Blogs
-
Resources
Product Reviews Curious as to what others in your profession think about a certain product or tool? AR's community takes the time to leave honest and transparent reviews of their experiences so you can be a bit wiser about your purchase.
- Broken down by categories and subcategories for easy finds
- Get an unfiltered look at what real users are saying
- Leave a review yourself for others to benefit from
- Add new products as you use them and gain points for doing so
|
I am not a fan of greeting a buyer and then showing them bad news from the parking lot, but in this case the buyer got that sinking feeling, before we went inside.
This is the view I got from my car as I pulled up to the house.
What did Flipper do?
Posted by 
;)
;)
;)
Find VA real estate agents and Bristow real estate on ActiveRain.
Disclaimer: ActiveRain Corp. does not necessarily endorse the real estate agents, loan officers and brokers listed on this site. These real estate profiles, blogs and blog entries are provided here as a courtesy to our visitors to help them make an informed decision when buying or selling a house. ActiveRain Corp. takes no responsibility for the content in these profiles, that are written by the members of this community.
© 2013 ActiveRain Corp. All Rights Reserved
29 Comments on The Buyer Got That Sinking Feeling, Before We Went Inside
Interestingly neither the client or realtor saw this prior to my inspection Clint. But by the end they saw this and a whole lot more.
James - most don't do that pre-offer inspection here. I can't remembe the last one I did.
Good morning Jay. While I read your post with interest and respect your professional judgement your conclusion is off. You don't deal with buyers who steal a home and then want to renegotiate the contract again based on inspection issues they already saw and knew about. You do your job and let the agent do theirs.
The house is sold at market price Sheila, so I am not sure they are "stealing" it. But this particular realtor is one with whom I sometimes inspect multiple properties for his clients. Not sure why. I am never involved with any contract renegotiation after an inspection.
Those "fixes" are just ugly, not to mention that they don't usually last very long.
I once owned a condo in a community where the original concrete sidewalks were "pitting". Sadly, the condo management hired a company to coat the sidewalks with one of the quick fixes and coated all the concrete with ugly white stuff.
It cracked and peeled within months. It was far worse than the original sidewalks with some pitting.
The work that was done, draws more attention to the problem. But good that the buyer could see the problem..
Jay, it does look nice - from far away! LOL Can only imagine what the rest of this house looks like.
Gotta love (not) how the flipper "fixed" the situation. Holy smokes I wish sometimes that states would require a competency test on these people before letting them go willy nilly on home repair and reselling. WA State does at least require flippers to become a GC if they're doing the work themselves, but it still doesn't take care of all the problems.
Great spot, doesn't look very promising and as always, better to get the job done right the first time.
The fixer flipper probably thinks it looks great and what's your problem? hehe Duck tape is his best tool and if he runs out, try some masking tape. Can only imagine what's on the inside. At this point all the buyers can do is hold the sellers' feet to the fire and exit out of the contract.
I wonder what the rest of the fixes look like on the inside too.
Jay -- since it appears things were sinking to the right, just putting that fix on actually could make things worse, as the person has to step from angled sidewalk onto straight step (which also could be too high).
Good evening Jay. Couple of freeze/thaw cycles will do wonders for a thin mortar cap. Yikes.
No kidding Lenn. Concrete and mortar do not veneer! I bet that was REALLY ugly after a while!
Ginger - the buyer saw the problem AFTER I pointed it out.
Mike - it is your basic, ugly Dumfries townhouse, right along Route 1, behind the shopping strip mall. You probably know where I mean!
Reba - there are so many situations that could be run into in any flip/remodel how could they possibly require a competency test for them all!? Have you seen the TV show called "All American Handy Man" or something like that. They are given scenarios to handle, all of which are basic, and these "best handymen" are not always able to accomplish them with competency.
Shane - the whole thing should have been removed and a new porch and stairs repoured!
Pamela - the house was a mess. This young lady is a baker working for a big box store and does not have millions to fix things up.
Jennifer - stay tuned to a couple of future posts and you will see some more fun.
Steven - it is too high! It is tripville.
Randy - the coating is only a couple of months old and looks like a spider web. First couple of freezes, as you say, and boom - all done!
There's something about the "cold joints" that make these repair difficult Jay.
For sure Tom. And the mortar can't hold up to weight or temperature variations. There's no integrity.
yicks....sometmes people want verification of their own intuition...though in this case...the obvious is...obvious and saving the ink and moving on unless t was the deal of a lifetime and not FHA financed...
That might be the case here S&D. This is a single lady who was really hoping that what she was thinking wasn't true. Gut instinct in this case was true!
The vast construction knowledge of Flipper is truly amazing. I'm sure you were amazed for the whole inspection.
It was fun Jim! The kitchen sink was classic. Almost as classic as a pyramid base under a deck post.
Login or register to leave a comment