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Post by crazy4scraps on May 30, 2024 13:07:31 GMT
It would be a good project for one or two do-it-yourself type people. Especially for someone that needs to pay for "the projects" as they go. They could do one project at a time. And sometimes what happens is that part way through the to-do list those DIY folks decide to sell. We've seen many houses listed around here that look that way. Whether people were fixing it for themselves, or they meant to flip it, something occurred to make them sell it mid-way through instead, and you'll see all sorts of started projects or partly demo-ed spaces in the home. (Sometimes I see the finished projects and my personal opinion is that new buyers are better off that the current owners didn't finish anything else.  ) This happened at the house next door to our old house. A guy bought it cheap with the thought of gutting it and flipping it. The house was a literal dump. He got about 3/4 of the way through gutting it and for whatever reason he ended up selling it as is. The couple who bought it spent a lot of time and money fixing it up before they could even move in, but they did a nice job cleaning the place up. The family that bought it after them would never have known how bad the house had been. Perhaps this *IS* the cleaned up result. This was my first thought too. It looked like they started out strong at the front door and the main rooms, but gradually ran out of time. When we were packing up our house of 20+ years, I’d guess the first 1/2 of the truck was neatly packed and fairly organized but by the time we got down to moving day, we were literally just throwing stuff in boxes so we could get most of our stuff out in one weekend. We sold our house to my brother and he didn’t care how long it took for us to get moved. Even a dozen+ years later, I’m sure there’s probably still some of my crap in my brother’s basement (if he hasn’t already thrown it out by now). 🤪 The basement was kind of where stuff went to die. |
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Post by melanell on May 30, 2024 14:06:28 GMT
This happened at the house next door to our old house. A guy bought it cheap with the thought of gutting it and flipping it. The house was a literal dump. He got about 3/4 of the way through gutting it and for whatever reason he ended up selling it as is. As someone who is 2 years into an old house that needs work in every corner of every room, plus every inch outside as well, I understand just how this can happen. We certainly plan to live here as long as we're physically able, and we should have plenty of time to devote to the house before DIY work becomes too difficult for us. BUT, it is S-L-O-W going, and every time life throws a surprise our way it slows things down all the more. I can certainly see how if life threw enough of a curve ball someone's way that they might have to just give in and sell. ETA: Sorry, I can't seem to get rid of the empty quote box with my name in it.  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 30, 2024 15:31:08 GMT
This happened at the house next door to our old house. A guy bought it cheap with the thought of gutting it and flipping it. The house was a literal dump. He got about 3/4 of the way through gutting it and for whatever reason he ended up selling it as is. As someone who is 2 years into an old house that needs work in every corner of every room, plus every inch outside as well, I understand just how this can happen. We certainly plan to live here as long as we're physically able, and we should have plenty of time to devote to the house before DIY work becomes too difficult for us. BUT, it is S-L-O-W going, and every time life throws a surprise our way it slows things down all the more. I can certainly see how if life threw enough of a curve ball someone's way that they might have to just give in and sell. ETA: Sorry, I can't seem to get rid of the empty quote box with my name in it.  The guy that bought the neighbor’s house first was a flipper and he had a couple other houses in progress when he bought that one. I can totally understand why he bailed on it because he likely just had too much on his plate. |
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Post by Just T on May 30, 2024 15:47:13 GMT
I too can understand how this could happen.
I am not sure I will be putting my house on the market because my stbx wants to buy me out and keep it, but if it were to go on the market, there is so much wrong. My husband has severely neglected things around here for 5 or so years, and it is too much house for me to keep with on my own. Things that need to be fixed that cost money, I have not been able to do because he has made sure I have had the bare minimum of money for the past few years, and I don't make enough to pay someone to do things. While I don't have boxes and crap piled everywhere, my house definitely shows signs of neglect that have greatly affected it's market value. It recently appraised for about 30-40 grand less than homes in my neighborhood that are exactly like mine have sold for over the past year or so. Which is frustrating. I honestly have a feeling he is glad it appraised so low, thinking that he will buy me out of the lower cost then fix it up, sell it and make a lot more. A good example...3 years ago, we received a check from the insurance company to replace the roof. (I didn't even know we got that check until almost a year later!) He kept the money but never replaced the roof. I'm sure that had a huge negative impact on our appraisal value.
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Post by huskergal on May 30, 2024 16:00:36 GMT
I didn't think it was that bad.It looks like they started packing and never finished.
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Post by essiejean on May 30, 2024 16:02:49 GMT
I was expecting a lot worse from your description! It seems just fine for the price. That would get you a trailer here on a similar sized lot, no joke.  That is a price for a modular home in my area - in a court with lot rent. Would be double this for a trailer on a private lot. Lot prices around here are through the roof. |
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Post by Gennifer on May 30, 2024 17:59:06 GMT
That house would probably be $650k where I live. Seems like a great value for someone who’s willing to put in a little sweat equity!
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Post by scraplette on May 30, 2024 19:24:55 GMT
As a former real estate agent, I can tell you that you never know what the circumstances are when people are selling. Death, financial issues, contentious divorce all can contribute to what the final product looks like at time of sale. The reality is that sometimes people have to sell as-is Thank you for this reminder. Decades ago I looked at a house and a person was being given a home dye and perm in the kitchen. The rest of the house had potential, so we tried another showing the next day. That’s when they had barking dogs gated in the kitchen. It wasn’t a rental. They were told I was in town for a long weekend with intent to view and make an offer, and that wasn’t incentive enough to show the kitchen. I’ve always wondered what was happening there. |
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Post by workingclassdog on May 30, 2024 19:36:30 GMT
I too can understand how this could happen. I am not sure I will be putting my house on the market because my stbx wants to buy me out and keep it, but if it were to go on the market, there is so much wrong. My husband has severely neglected things around here for 5 or so years, and it is too much house for me to keep with on my own. Things that need to be fixed that cost money, I have not been able to do because he has made sure I have had the bare minimum of money for the past few years, and I don't make enough to pay someone to do things. While I don't have boxes and crap piled everywhere, my house definitely shows signs of neglect that have greatly affected it's market value. It recently appraised for about 30-40 grand less than homes in my neighborhood that are exactly like mine have sold for over the past year or so. Which is frustrating. I honestly have a feeling he is glad it appraised so low, thinking that he will buy me out of the lower cost then fix it up, sell it and make a lot more. A good example...3 years ago, we received a check from the insurance company to replace the roof. (I didn't even know we got that check until almost a year later!) He kept the money but never replaced the roof. I'm sure that had a huge negative impact on our appraisal value. If and/or when we sell our house it's gonna need some work. New windows will be needed and if we don't replace the carpet before we think about moving that is another thing. So while there will be need work done, at least I can make it presentable by decluttering and so forth. The home will always have a good roof and paint job (that is covered under HOA). And it will have newer bathrooms (replacing toilets and sinks), otherwise it is what it is. Sorry your stbx is a jerk... |
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Post by workingclassdog on May 30, 2024 19:37:32 GMT
That house would probably be $650k where I live. Seems like a great value for someone who’s willing to put in a little sweat equity! Probably the same where I live too!! Hence, why I wanna get out of this state. |
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Post by lily on May 30, 2024 20:01:40 GMT
This does not look that bad to me.....looks like they are in the process of packing.
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Post by gracieplusthree on May 30, 2024 20:42:39 GMT
It truly amazes me how some people live. My house isn’t hospital clean, but there isn’t stuff gooked on the front of the oven. Five minutes with a Mr. Clean eraser would take care of that. Just because my oven looks like this, I'll say it isn't Mr. Clean that's going to take care of it. That streaking is on the inside, between glass. I can clean the outside and I can clean the inside and those streaks are still there. It is sandwiched between the two panes of glass. To clean it, I would have to take my oven door apart. With the medical issues going on in my household, that has not been a priority. I wish it was a 5 minute clean with old baldy.  My stove too.. with 2 jobs and a slew of medical issues and barely getting by taking the stove door off and apart simply isn't happening..the parts of it that gets touched are cleaned. I can only imagine what would be said if current pics of this place got posted. No bugs, no over flowing trash,no piles of laundry, heck my bed is even made today(rare) but the rest of it, ehh ..stuff needs gone through, put up and tossed but who has time and ability and energy all at once?. I'm mowing the yard in about an hour, then.. ? We're busy overworked overwhelmed and tired. It's fine. |
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Post by gracieplusthree on May 30, 2024 20:49:20 GMT
Doesn't look bad to me. Never know the circumstances. My front door won't come clean. My stove looks like that too those streaks are between the glass in the door. The towels could've been tossed in washer, some boxes could've been moved around out of the frames of pictures as they were taken, sure.. Glad I ain't posting pictures of this place today. With 2 jobs things here certainly need done.
Structurally this house looks pretty good to me.
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Post by Merge on May 30, 2024 21:26:16 GMT
My guess is the owner is selling with a tenant in place and this is as much cleaning up/out as the tenant was willing to do to facilitate that process.
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Post by lisacharlotte on May 30, 2024 22:30:06 GMT
It looks like a normal middle class ranch home. It's not a turn key, move in ready show home nor is it priced as one. If it was in my budget, structurally sound, and where I want to live, none of the "issues" would put me off. Not everyone has the option to clear everything out. Not everyone is going to clean spic n span. Even if it looked spotless, if I bought it, I would be doing the "disinfect other people's funk" before settling in.
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Post by 950nancy on May 31, 2024 1:44:30 GMT
It is fine if there is a flipper wanting to buy it. Our real estate agent sent us a professional styler to help us decide what to have in each room before each picture. She said that pictures sell houses for more money. I scrubbed every inch of our home. I also took the oven door off and took it apart to get out the grease drips (from an oven that was 5-6 years old and looked new in every other aspect but that window). My husband told me I was going overboard. At closing, my realtor came in huffing. She was pissed that the buyers said I could have cleaned the oven better. When we bought the house 33 years prior, it was going into foreclosure and it looked pretty bad for just being five years old, but we had very little money and it had good bones and in a decent neighborhood. I would assume that the owner of this home is just looking for a quick sale and probably not top dollar.
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That is a price for a modular home in my area - in a court with lot rent. Would be double this for a trailer on a private lot. Lot prices around here are through the roof.
