I’m the odd one out here, I won’t look at the listing until coralbrook gets it because I don’t want to become emotionaly invested in a property until it’s her’s, can you tell I wouldn’t be a good flipper;-)
I’ve been pet sitting for the little girl nextdoor this week and have gotten to enjoy a hampster in the house again. I just couldn’t deal with a dropped floor, thinking of the hampster in the ball rolling off the edge and going bonk, bonk , bonk down the steps! Yeah, not what most future buyers likely have in mind, but without seeing pictures I’d vote for raising the floor so it’s all one level. Think of the hampsters!
I have almost seriously injured my able-bodied self at our friend’s home with a step I messed in the dark. I really think all one level with no surprise steps up or down are much better than sunken or raised ANYTHING. I was also hobbling around with a walking cast and crutches for several weeks. I was/am VERY grateful our home us all one level.
The carpet, which doesn’t show up well in the pictures, is red, orange, and green shag that is at least 2" high. They have rakes to straighten out the pile.
The last picture is the flooring in the kitchen and one of the bathrooms. And one of the bathrooms had an orange formica countertop.
The dryer is harvest gold, which means it is 40+ years old.
Had our offer accepted today! Of course, now I can’t really afford to fix it up. B-) $-)
Niiiiiiiccccceeee… but! Hey, I have first dibs on CB if CB is ever up to traveling!! My rotten early eighties “masterpiece” needs some of her magic touch! I am so sick of herding contractors… Turns out, we need a set of custom windows… not in the budget… i feel like I am channeling CB…
How she can do this *@&$% it for a living is amazing!
Congrats, NRE, and welcome to the club of owners of rotted old houses. At least the deck looks new(er). Save a few samples of those lovely seventies decor materials.
Interesting fact about docks that I didn’t know: docks are stupidly expensive. It’s ridiculous. The dock builders we talked to are charging $300+ per square foot. And that doesn’t include the engineering, lawyer, and permit fees. A dock the size this place has could easily cost well over $100,000.
One of the joys of being one the water on Cape Cod is that everything within 100’ of the water is subject to the whims of the local Conservation Commission. I will have to pay to have someone from the Commission come out and tell me what I am allowed to trim.
I wouldn’t even bother getting a permit for a water heater replacement. What a pain in the butt!!! But thats just me.
I love the house on the lake/water. It has huge potential and was probably a great price. And with a dock!! How fun. Sure it might need fixing but at least you won’t have to go through some bureaucracy to get permission to have a dock. Had no idea docks are so expensive. Its probably a liability factor.
At the rate I’m going finding a project I’ll probably have to start begging everyone for some interim work! My carpenter keeps dreaming that I’m going to buy a house and flip in Hawaii:)
I know you cannot show us the listing photos for privacy reasons…but that house has just so much potential. Blow out the walls and open it up to the views.
We can’t have a dock at our place. There is a floating (wooden) ramp from the low bank to the water and rails from the beach onto the tidelands, but that’s all. We have done some repairs to it and hope to do some very gradual modifications to it, eventually getting to some sort of metal system. If the County notices, we’re sunk. Trees can have branches removed from the ground up, but can’t be removed. No bulkheads. Property a couple of lots down just went on the market. There’s a 340 sq ft “house” on it that hasn’t been touched in at least 20 years. I have no clue how any new owner will be able to get a path down to the water; new stairs of any kind require permitting. Docks, unless they are existing, aren’t allowed anymore. Just around the cove, in another county, setbacks from the water are 160 ft.
The joys of waterfront/shoreline management in WA state!
I’m just curious…how do you get caught with a new water heater??? I cannot even figure out how someone would know. Do buyers demand it when you sell your house? Do home inspectors for the buyers demand to see the permit?
What amazes me is Home Depot’s ad “get it installed today”. Maybe the installer submits a permit online or something. But who stands around 2 days later for an inspection??? That can get expensive if you are paying a plumber to stand there for 4 hrs waiting.
We can’t touch any “significant” tree on our property because we have a swamp. Even the stupid little trees that the previous owner planted next to the garage if they are bigger than 6 inches in trunk diameter. They must have looked cute back then when they were twigs. Mr. looked at them and whipped out his chainsaw. They were about 6 inches… so they went. Garage is no longer endangered. We saw one house that was literally broken in half by the roots of the 100+ yr Douglas fir growing next to it, so we are not taking any chances.
Yes, how on earth were you found twice not to have a water heater permit @notrichenough? No one has ever asked to see permits we gave or don’t for things at our home. We trust the installers do what they’re supposed to do and have had no problems to date.
My rotten early eighties “masterpiece” needs some of her magic touch! I am so sick of herding contractors… Turns out, we need a set of custom windows… not in the budget… 
i feel like I am channeling CB…