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[quote=bearishgurl]
Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.[/quote]

Hello, you haven’t been in there! I didn’t say the sf was taken from a bedroom. I said the family was an addition. Also one of the bedrooms seem to be an addition. This was originally a 1100-1200 sf SFR.

GO SEE it, look carefully up and down and then talk. The floorplan was really bad. Forget about the garage – we could live with it. That wasn’t the deal breaker Let’s even assume the foundation was fine and the termite damage was limited – which I don’t think was. I described them only to make a more complete report not to argue about it.

You dismissed my comments about what WAS the deal breaker and talk about me not thinking about out of the box on minor points – when YOU have NOT been inside the place.

A lot of walls would have needed to be torn down and the floorplan completely redesigned to make 3 suitable bedrooms and decent sized kitchen. It wasn’t simply moving only one or two walls to partition better. We thought about it, we even looked to see if we can make an additional room to the house. So THAT was the deal breaker.

I don’t think that tearing down the house and rebuilding costs only 100K do you? I highly doubt that one could get the house for 350K. Only the land is worth more I believe, in UC.

No thanks, I’ll pass. Let other people who don’t mind the hassle do it. Minor cosmetic fixers, this was NOT.

There will ALWAYS be other houses. If not here, then someplace else. Why go to such extreme lengths to fit a square peg in a round hole?

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No, it’s in UC and built in 60s. Why? What was the issue with the house you mentioned?

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No, it’s in UC and built in 60s. Why? What was the issue with the house you mentioned?

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No, it’s in UC and built in 60s. Why? What was the issue with the house you mentioned?

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No, it’s in UC and built in 60s. Why? What was the issue with the house you mentioned?

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No, it’s in UC and built in 60s. Why? What was the issue with the house you mentioned?

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I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

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I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

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I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

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I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

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I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

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Thanks! I’ll try my best to see it this weekend.

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Thanks! I’ll try my best to see it this weekend.

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Thanks! I’ll try my best to see it this weekend.

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Thanks! I’ll try my best to see it this weekend.

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