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[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]

Expecting perfection in a house is unrealistic. That said I might have walked over drainage and flooding issues too.

That said, most things are fixable and you need to know the difference between cosmetic blemishes and incurable defects.

So I am going with ridiculous. Team Agent. [/quote]

The agent should have been more helpful with determining blemishes vs. incurable defects. If OP is walking because something will cost $500 to fix, then that's ridiculous. But it sounds like OP just sees there's a problem that the seller didn't disclose and doesn't know what it would take to fix the problem. The agent isn't providing the experts to give OP the data that she needs, and is instead just pushing OP to buy. That's the agent's fault. [/quote]

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