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Anonymous wrote:OP you can do whatever you want but you’ll never find a perfect house. So maybe tell the realtors about this requirement up front so they can cut you loose.

I’m op. I know I’ll never find the perfect house. But if certain major items are not disclosed up front like flooding issues or foundational issues, is it so wrong to raise a red flag? Are people just supposed to take anything?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$5-10k in drainage and landscaping can solve most water problems. Walking for this amount on a 1.5 million home speaks of penny wise- pound foolish

Says the person who obviously never had to deal with flooding issues. It can be a lot more than just a 10k fix.

Agree, redoing a poured concrete or cinder block basement is no fun.
Even having a leaky egress basement window is a major and costly “fix.”

But let’s get real. The seller and agent chose not to disclose this ongoing water damage and structural issue. Who knows what else they lied about.

I swear there are people who post here about flooding and "structural" issues who have no idea what either means.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$5-10k in drainage and landscaping can solve most water problems. Walking for this amount on a 1.5 million home speaks of penny wise- pound foolish

Says the person who obviously never had to deal with flooding issues. It can be a lot more than just a 10k fix.

Agree, redoing a poured concrete or cinder block basement is no fun.
Even having a leaky egress basement window is a major and costly “fix.”

But let’s get real. The seller and agent chose not to disclose this ongoing water damage and structural issue. Who knows what else they lied about.

I swear there are people who post here about flooding and "structural" issues who have no idea what either means.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$5-10k in drainage and landscaping can solve most water problems. Walking for this amount on a 1.5 million home speaks of penny wise- pound foolish

Says the person who obviously never had to deal with flooding issues. It can be a lot more than just a 10k fix.

Agree, redoing a poured concrete or cinder block basement is no fun.
Even having a leaky egress basement window is a major and costly “fix.”

But let’s get real. The seller and agent chose not to disclose this ongoing water damage and structural issue. Who knows what else they lied about.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$5-10k in drainage and landscaping can solve most water problems. Walking for this amount on a 1.5 million home speaks of penny wise- pound foolish

Says the person who obviously never had to deal with flooding issues. It can be a lot more than just a 10k fix.

Agree, redoing a poured concrete or cinder block basement is no fun.
Even having a leaky egress basement window is a major and costly “fix.”

But let’s get real. The seller and agent chose not to disclose this ongoing water damage and structural issue. Who knows what else they lied about.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you won't find a perfect house WITH a custom build. Trust me, I've built two homes. No home is perfect and you always have to compromise. Even when money is not an object, there are limitations. And builders, even the great ones, aren't perfect either. There is simply a certain degree of error in home building. We live in reality, not a fantasy.

Some issues are big enough of a red flag to be worth walking away. Finding out a house regularly floods because of it's location, that it is dire need of a costly repair and the sellers will not provide a subsidy for it, etc. But it sounds like you are ready to walk the second any issue comes up. In that case, I think you may not be cut out to be a home owner because something always comes up.

Even if you found a house went zero issues, I guarantee you within a year or two of buying, something would come up and you'll be livid and talking about suing the seller or whatever. You honestly might be better off renting.

I will say one advantage to building a custom home (with the right builder) or buying a new build is that with a builders contract, as opposed to a sellers contract, there is usually a warranty period where if you find issues, you can have them remediated by the builder. This can be useful both for small things like finishes and for major issues.

Walking away from a house with flooding issues means you’re not cut out to be a homeowner?


You sound like a greedy realtor. You probably are.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$5-10k in drainage and landscaping can solve most water problems. Walking for this amount on a 1.5 million home speaks of penny wise- pound foolish

Says the person who obviously never had to deal with flooding issues. It can be a lot more than just a 10k fix.

Anonymous wrote:$5-10k in drainage and landscaping can solve most water problems. Walking for this amount on a 1.5 million home speaks of penny wise- pound foolish

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I am in a similar boat to you. What is working of for me is finding a quality builder and being involved as much as I can in the process. Obviously more time and $$$, but the end product is worth it. So many of the spec homes out there are mediocre to crap, even in the high-end range.

Honestly, I don't think there are quality builders. They are all motivated to sell while cutting corners. I'd much rather buy an old home that was built right and fix it up.