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To preface this, my wife and I are casually looking at new homes because we have outgrown our starter home. It’s frustrating at times, but livable so we’re in no rush.
Last night, we found a house we absolutely love. Great neighborhood that has a few of our friends and some of my family in it, beautiful home, plenty of room, etc. Price is definitely capping our budget, but the math says it will work. Listing says it was “newly renovated” and I noticed that in the pictures, the range still had stickers on the door. While I’m running numbers, my wife is asking her realtor friend when we can go see it.
We live in a small but quickly-growing suburb, and most people here aren’t more than 2 degrees of separation from each other. I went online to look up the property taxes, and saw the names of current owners. The name sounded familiar, but didn’t know them. My wife looked them up on facebook. There were only a few posts open to see, but one was from about a year ago with pictures of the house after it caught fire. Looks like it started in the fireplace and spread through the attic. There were pictures in the living room, kitchen, and a couple of bedrooms where the ceiling had fallen in.
I’m suddenly very leery about this house and have tons of questions, but is there anything specific I should be asking or can request? I’d like to see every inspection report down to each stud and a full list of the work done if it’s possible. Should I just leave this home behind and move on? Can I use this as leverage to make a low offer? I feel there are a few scenarios for the sellers: they either want to cash in on the renovations they did with insurance money, don’t want to revisit trauma of their home fire, or they know something is up with the home now and don’t want to live in it.
TLDR; my wife and I found a house we love, but then found out it caught fire a year ago. Seller just renovated the whole interior and never moved in. Is this still worth pursuing?
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Last night, we found a house we absolutely love. Great neighborhood that has a few of our friends and some of my family in it, beautiful home, plenty of room, etc. Price is definitely capping our budget, but the math says it will work. Listing says it was “newly renovated” and I noticed that in the pictures, the range still had stickers on the door. While I’m running numbers, my wife is asking her realtor friend when we can go see it.
We live in a small but quickly-growing suburb, and most people here aren’t more than 2 degrees of separation from each other. I went online to look up the property taxes, and saw the names of current owners. The name sounded familiar, but didn’t know them. My wife looked them up on facebook. There were only a few posts open to see, but one was from about a year ago with pictures of the house after it caught fire. Looks like it started in the fireplace and spread through the attic. There were pictures in the living room, kitchen, and a couple of bedrooms where the ceiling had fallen in.
I’m suddenly very leery about this house and have tons of questions, but is there anything specific I should be asking or can request? I’d like to see every inspection report down to each stud and a full list of the work done if it’s possible. Should I just leave this home behind and move on? Can I use this as leverage to make a low offer? I feel there are a few scenarios for the sellers: they either want to cash in on the renovations they did with insurance money, don’t want to revisit trauma of their home fire, or they know something is up with the home now and don’t want to live in it.
TLDR; my wife and I found a house we love, but then found out it caught fire a year ago. Seller just renovated the whole interior and never moved in. Is this still worth pursuing?
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What to look for with a house that caught fire
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