Hi Bill, Thanks for the tips and information. It sounds like you had quite a staff working on your behalf. grin.
On Jun 14, 2010, at 8:49 PM, William Stephan wrote: > Scott: you've gotten a lot of good suggestions here. My house was built in > 1927, and has generally been well maintained. My wife was living in > southern California and I was bivouacking in an apartment in downtown Kansas > City when we bought the place in 2004. We were planning significant > remodeling, and so the choice of a contractor as well as the inspection were > critical for us. My personal practice is to try and only do business with > people who have the resources to either pay up or settle if I have to sue > them later on, and apparently the inspection outfit I dealt with understood > that. I think I paid about $600 for the inspection and the resulting > report, which was thorough and very professionally done. I actually used > the report as a basis for preparing the request for offer for all the little > minor stuff, e.g. replacing the garage door, some paving etc. > > The team I had consisted of a structural engineer, a plummer, an > electrician, a roofer, a heating and ac guy and a pest control fellow. > Apparently these guys are all engaged in their respective trades but are > partners in the inspection company. In addition to finding stuff I would > surely have missed, they were also able to date the major appliances and > predict how much longer they'd live before I needed to replace them, and so > far, they've been mighty close. My realetorwas/is a niece of a good friend, > so I let her pick the inspection service. Had I not had that kind of > relationship I > > Probably would have done the research and hired my own inspection firm just > to keep everybody honest. > > I'd be a little leary about the carpet too. I have a friend who took up > carpet in the house she just bought, and apparently, the hardwood floor > underneath it had been burned pretty badly and had to be replaced. > > Good luck. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Scott Howell > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 14:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] older homes - what to look for > > Tom, I'm in Maryland and they are asking $349,000, which honestly the land > alone is probably worth that much itself. > > On Jun 14, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Tom Fowle wrote: > > > Don't know where in the country you are, but if there is any risk of earth > > quakes, I think presumably un reinforced brick would be a real earthquake > > problem. > > > > Otherwise it sounds very nice, maybe you shouldn't tell us > > where you are and what they're asking, many of us would probably cry! > > <GRIN< > > Tom Fowle near San Francisco which is still either overpriced or no where > you'd > > want to live. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
