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Anonymous wrote:Smells.

This. Smells of piss / rotting floorboards which were attempted to be covered up with scented candles.

And

Street noise which was attempted to be covered up by classical music

The staircase rails weren’t to code.
Realtor told us, “oh, the same family has owned since ‘89, the family owns a plumbing business” - figured there was a lot of unlicensed work done over the last 30 years that we didn’t want to untangle. This was last year where inspections were being waived left and right in our market.

Smells.

Anonymous wrote:The friend realtor we were working with suggested a very low ball price on our house, making the gap too large for the house we wanted to buy. We should have talked to more realtors. We would have gotten a wider range and could have made the deal work.

Because that house we wanted didn't work out, we ended up buying a vacation home, which changed the trajectory of our lives. Everything happens for a reason.

Well now I'm curious! how did buying a vacation home change the trajectory of your life? I'm asking this sincerely, not in a snarky way.

We got outbid.

The floors were not.level, it felt.like there could be bodies buried underneath

Anonymous wrote:Squeaky floor noises.

Tell me you're joking

The friend realtor we were working with suggested a very low ball price on our house, making the gap too large for the house we wanted to buy. We should have talked to more realtors. We would have gotten a wider range and could have made the deal work.

Because that house we wanted didn't work out, we ended up buying a vacation home, which changed the trajectory of our lives. Everything happens for a reason.

Faint “basement smell.” I hate that smell and have a low threshold for detecting it. Even though it was probably just old carpets and not real water damage, it was the deciding factor against and otherwise lovely house. The house we chose had zero basement smell, and still none 12 yrs later.

Columbia Heights.

I was worried about the neighborhood

Rude owner, pushy realtor and things on inspection they won't fix. I should've swallowed my pride and bought the house. It was a beautiful house.

Outbid by all cash offers.

Squeaky floor noises.