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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I’m built differently, but when it comes to a home, I want to make sure that things are correct. Such as foundation, walls, plumbing, electrical, drywall, flooring. I want everything to be as right as can be or I don’t want the house.

I’m about a year in with the home building process. Looking in either Montgomery County or in NOVA (Fairfax/McLean)Recently we really liked a house that met all the checkboxes, but there was an issue with drainage and flooding that the seller didn’t care to disclose…they always tried to avoid the subject. So I walked. My realtor got upset with us to the point where she isn’t speaking to us and said we should’ve taken it anyway. But if I find one red flag, I’m out. The way I see it, this is my biggest purchase of 1.5 million+ dollars, I want it to be right and not run into a trap that’ll costs time and money down the road. Now I know I’ll never find the PERFECT house without doing a custom build, but I just expect the quality to be on par with the price.

But is my realtor right? Am I too picky? I’m just patient in making sure we find the right place for the right fit. Am I asking too much to want a quality home? [/quote]

You are smart - we’re in Fairfax/McLean and were not picky about drainage and flooding and the seller didn’t disclose. Let me tell you, mopping up the basement and bailing out the window wells during downpours over the past decade or so has been no fun. Not to mention the fear every time it rains. We’ve made improvements so it isn’t so bad but when it comes time to sell, we are definitely disclosing and going as is. We figure the buyer will tear it down anyway, because that happens to about 50% of home sales in my neighborhood.[/quote]

And when we move we are looking to buy a house WITHOUT a basement. I’m so over basement issues and it just gets crammed up with stuff we didn’t bother to get rid of because there was room for it in the basement.

Kills me when I see renovated properties where the sellers actually dug out the basement - OMG, NO…… if you visit on a rainy day, you can smell the potential issues…..[/quote]

Now that is stupid. My front yard is a hill. My basement is nine feet deep. But my house is 12 feet up from street so my basement floor is three feet above street level. My whole basement is wall to wall carpet installed in 2010. Bone dry.

My house actually when pours water in backyard rolls away too. [/quote]

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