Fishhawk Lake Real Estate-Is it Beauty or Content?

Gayle, so many buyers are mislead by the lipstick on a pig look. It's what we cannot see that we need to be looking at.  Stories like this are why buyers need to get inspections and have a great agent, like you, working on their behalf.

Gayle- beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.  We bought our first home in Florida after looking at it 3 times and laughing every time we left.  It was well built and ill-designed but had what we were looking for.... a house on the water with a good dock and seawall.  Were it on just any land-locked lot, we wouldn't even have considered it. Have a beautiful day. 

Too funny Gayle... I just posted something on the same subject... Beautiful!

Gayle,

I love this post, too many times many of us get wrapped up in the artificial rather than the essence. Ron and I were in hysterics when we looked at homes in Napa, they even had the dining room staged with silver, china and wine glasses, and the walls were made from basalt blocks...as if we would not see it.

We have always bought a home for bones not for how it was staged.  I am fondest of our LA home to this day, not staged (seller was so sad that his fiance dumped him) overgrown everything and he never moved in...we felt the bones as comfirmed by my father who was a civil engineer, and the land really talked to us.

The same with people, getting beyond the Botox to see if there is someone home...and although the Napa folks used to criticize the LA folks for their phoniness, I always explained that many of them were genuinely that way and proud of it...

There is no greater joy of meeting and creating a relationship with someone who has substance...you have that, and I am delighted that we met.  A

Not a lot you can do when they don't disclose. Plus, it makes you look really bad too.

This is so in tune to what Mel belle has posted today. I love the serendipity in that aspect alone. :)

However, I am so happy to know both of you because of your substance - I am so bored with uni-dimensional. Houses or people. You two are truly beautiful.

Great post... always best to look what lies beneath - in real estate and people :)

have a great night

Rob

A faulty foundation is bad news. Many of the 100 yr old homes had poor foundations which overrides the charm of the turn of the century homes. It can be fixed but it will cost.

Gayle, this post reminds me of the used car with the FANTASTIC paint job years ago, that lasted only about a year. Inspections tell the true story, and diamonds in the rough are fun to find. Fix what needs repaired or the buyer will find out anyway, despite giving them the head fake with some cosmetic improvements.

Though first impressions are the only impressions we rely on, they are not always the wise choice.  Hopefully the sellers can get the foundation problem fixed in time for the next buyer.

Good morning Gayle. Almost all issue that come up are fixable in some manner, unfortunately some of these issue can be expensive to repair.

Make it a great week!

Disclose disclose and disclose is the smart thing to do.  Did you ever sell the place or did you leave them? 

This is a great analogy, Gayle. It's kind of scary having to depend on sellers sometimes. One never knows, do one . Love the photo!

Good morning Gayle,

Joe is right almost all issues that come up are repairable but always hinges on cost and time involved! Hopefully your seller can get this issue resolved to ease the mind of the next buyer!

That is true Gayle. As they say - Don't judge the book by its cover.

Gayle, as my mom used to say "There is a lid for every pot"! I know she meant it with respect to marriage, but buying a house is a marriage-the commitment is incredible and the emotional attachment is strong-so, just like people-there are diamonds in the rough and there are those that put on a good face but scratch the surface and there are lots of flaws-some of them unredeemable!