saks
August 28, 2012, 7:36pm
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Re: Your First Home
we bought an old house but thats also because we live in New England, houses are VERY old here.. I know people who are buying the house that was built in 1879!! so its very common! ours was built in the 50s, renovated and expanded in the 80s! It had a new electric panel (1996), finished basement in the 80s, so you know what we got.. wall paper, and wood panels!!! I hate both of them but we are working on removing and painting them so its not a big deal to us! We got everything solid wood, new plumbing, new electric panel and a new 2 car garage!
so what we were looking for.. it HAD to be on town sewer, yes we live in the coutry side so most of the houses have their own septic systems, we didnt want tod eal with that hassle so yeah our priorties might very well be different than yours! we have houses here for 400K+ with septic system and I wont take that for free
so yeah we made a list of that that we wanted in the house..
of bedrooms
#of bathrooms
and a few more things!
We got some, we didnt get some but no regrets for what we didnt get because we knew we could make the best out of it!
and most importantly, dont skimp on home inspection.. we used the best one out there and they helped us to make teh final decision!
Oh wow! When I said old, I meant like 15-20 years lol. So I guess there shouldn’t be problems with old houses as long as we get a thorough home inspection done.
Thanks so much for the list, it’s really helpful. Thank god we don’t have to worry about septic tanks though, that would be a big hassle!