When a golf ball can roll off the front porch at the speed of light....would this be a fixer?

When a golf ball can roll off the front porch at the speed of light....would this be a fixer?

I was showing property the other day and we got to one listing that according to the listing sheet and pictures had killer views of the City of Portland so although I knew there might be some issues by the history, I put it on my list to show as it was in the neighborhood my client was looking in.

Anyhoo, Here we are walking up the steps to the house ( at least 50 from the street..Oh, Angie if you're reading this they were very steep steps...I say 50 but you can read 100....so I considered it my workout) 

So we get halfway up walking past the heavy tree branch held up by a 2x4. and when we go to the "fork" where according to the listing sheet said we were to go LEFT to the house, we were thinking..wow, this house is really nice..OK!! ..only to see the owner of that house come out and point us to the path heading RIGHT..to the house..HMMM.

Walking the rest of the steps up to the home, even though I'm not an engineer, one could easily note that the foundation at the front of the home needed to be looked at as the front porch (gorgeous wrap around) was leaning on a nice little angle that a golf ball would roll down that baby at the speed of light!

At this point I look at the listing sheet to see if I missed the verbiage that said this was a fixer and nada...zilch..nothin..and felt we should just turn back and head back down those stairs...but hey, we were there and he wanted to see that killer view.

Opening the front door we were greeted by that nasty "vacant scent", noted the kitchen and two bathrooms needed major repair...think the puddle of water with the linoleum buckling in one...and the missing toilet and shower in the other were good tip offs.

We did get to the upper level where indeed the view was major killer! This was the room that was shown in the pictures. Gorgeous!

Clearly this home was a fixer. Listing agent...why oh why did you tease us so, only to have my buyer majorly disappointed at all the work needing to be done! (not to mention a good workout just getting up to the house).This listing didn't even have any of those lovely "spins" that would tip us off...ya know " bring your imagination"..."Home just needs buyers to make it their own" (read renovation)..but nothing.

I think it's so much better when a listing agent notes that the home is a fixer...or needs TLC on the listing sheet so we could at least know what to expect..or even take it off our search knowing that my client would only be interested in cosmetic stuff...not major repairs. Had it said anything, I would have called the agent to see how much TLC it needed..not to mention if a lender would even give a loan on this property.

When a golf ball can roll off the front porch at the speed of light...would this be a fixer? In this case yes! Listing agents, help us out here and please give us some heads up!