29 March 2013 | 5 replies
I know lenders are picky about financing properties with foundation issues, roof issues, electrical issues, and plumbing issues.

31 March 2013 | 10 replies
You should have an attorney assist, I'd suggest a better note than what is usually found at title companies, but they work as well.

1 April 2013 | 6 replies
You're right though, learning the process is how best to build your foundation, along with knowing your local market.

17 February 2014 | 8 replies
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6 March 2014 | 13 replies
Welcome @Xavier Yepez sounds like you have a good foundation!
13 February 2014 | 8 replies
As a "gut job" I'm buying little more than the value of the lot/foundation so I'd start there with price and then build up based on soundness of those two factors and the other major systems of the home (plumbing, wiring, hvac, windows, etc.).
19 February 2014 | 11 replies
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15 February 2014 | 7 replies
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10 October 2016 | 44 replies
That might be a winner (and @John Semanchuk feel free to chime in here as a contractor) because I have piers/foundation that has been in functional operation since 1875 when it was built (it's a "Freedman's Cottage") and though they needed repointing very badly when I got the place, they are now repointed successfully (so I believe).

16 February 2014 | 6 replies
So i rebuild the addition from the foundation up, kitchen, bathrooms, roof, landscape.