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4 December 2020 | 0 replies
During the rehab, pipes leaked and had a well-known plumbing company came out 3 times for fixes.
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6 December 2020 | 7 replies
During the rehab, pipes leaked and had a well-known plumbing company came out 3 times for fixes.
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5 December 2020 | 2 replies
We installed a new roof, new flooring, lighting and plumbing fixtures, resurfaced countertops and painted the walls and cabinets.
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10 December 2020 | 11 replies
However I know nothing about plumbing/mechanical and seeing the back room was daunting.
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7 December 2020 | 1 reply
Unfortunately, I do not live in a market where house hacking is easy to do but my ideal house hack would be an ugly 2-4 plex built after 1978 with good electric and plumbing.
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5 December 2020 | 0 replies
I did the math and realized that even a total overhaul of the plumbing system in the house would still allow for this deal to work so I pursued it.How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?
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17 December 2020 | 13 replies
You will need to comply with local construction laws including well water if there is no city water, plumbing, electrical, sewer, and wind resistance.
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22 April 2021 | 7 replies
The home needed foundation and plumbing repair which shot up the repair expense.
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6 December 2020 | 3 replies
New roof, foundation and plumbing.
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9 December 2020 | 8 replies
Part of the reason is that, you need to reconfigure the whole building from plumbing, walls, electrical, etc.