All Forum Posts by: Maimouna Sow

@Peter T.

😂😂😂😂😂

Very insightful!

@Satha Palani

Thank you. I have someone coming to look at it this Saturday. I will ask them to clearly where the water is coming from

@Karl B.

Thanks. Very helpful

@T P.

I just moved to Newark NJ.... I’m interested and learning more about the playing field out here...

Any meet-ups happening out here?

@Nicole Heasley

Thanks!

@Maimouna Sow

Another important factor is that I don’t want the mold to reach the rest of my house. As of right now the baseboards of my basement is not only water stained, but it’s also molded.

I guesss I could rip out all of the finished walls, and put mortar (waterproof) on the actually basement walls, and baring the masonry will help me keep an eye out for the rest of the structure and to make sure it doesn’t reach the rest of the house?

What do you guys think?

@Nicole Heasley

My bad I wasn’t clear... I was gonna take those 5 months to save some money, or I could get a home improvement loan right away, or I could get an interest credit card to fix it and pay it off before the internet kicks in.

Hey guys.

I just bought my first house, moved in last month. A couple of weeks ago, we had a very wet weekend and I noticed water stains in the baseboards of my finished basement. No French drains, no sump pumps. I’m located in Newark NJ. It’s gonna snow soon, really bad.

What should I do, and any advice on where I can get the money to waterproof the basement? Can I afford to wait a couple (5) of month before I get a contractor in there.

I already plugged in a dehumidifier, it seems to be pulling out 5 pints every 36 hours.

What should I do?

@Steve Vaughan

Is that really it. Just replace the toilet?

Good morning.

My names mouna. I’m 25.

I’m currently u under contract for a one family home I plan to house hack. This is my first time.

We were supposed to close on the 15th. But the seller sneezed in a required code compliance inspection from the city. And they had to fix somethings and (paint) and they reinspected and is waiting for the c of o due on Tuesday. We will be supposedly closing a few days later.

But as of right now we don’t have a closing date. And it’s really bothering me. On the contract we decided to set the closing date on “around the chosen date” instead of the exact date. So I’m afraid the seller can drag this on forever.

I’m kinda anxious to move because, well I live in a crappy room in a basement right now for 8 months now, I lived here to save money for the down payment. Now that I will potentially have a house I just want to move.

What should I do?