Hi, I just got into a fourplex property and found living room has a sagging floor. I am not confident how much it would cost and wonder if it is wise to pass this property to fix if I am not familiar with this issue. ...
I saw a post last week where someone lamented how many success stories and how few horror stories get posted on here. So I thought I'd start one to give a little potpourri of what I experienced in the last week in my...
so this is my first property. It's now under contract and we have just gone through the comprehensive inspection which found signs of foundation movement. The signs were vertical cracks around the brick veneer on the ...
Found a nice property in a nice area with foundation issues. Anyone flipped a property with foundation issues? I feel like it will be harder to unload and scare potential buyers away with this type of issue, even af...
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Having a new guy come in and do an inspection on a potential purchase of a 10 unit apartment building with retail storefronts (including a restaurant). Building is close to 100 years old.
What would...
Hi all. Posted a different question about the same project earlier. It's a plumbing/electrical/remodeling project for a mixed use building in CA. The structural engineer is saying that the building's original architec...
So I've been running into a lot of houses lately that have bowing foundation walls or other foundation problems (in my case it has mainly been from frost heave and poor grading on the exterior of the house) and have b...
I’d like to remove a wall at my personal residence, I want to do it the correct way and pull permits so later down the road when I sell the property they will see that the work done was inspected. Just looking for som...
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I bought a "triplex" 2 years ago in Tempe, AZ, which has 2 main units and 1 studio in the back. A few days ago I received an email from the city saying there was a complaint about the studio which they now reali...
I’m not sure if I should close on the house. It has foundation problems and the seller said he would not pay for the foundation repairs even if it only needs little repairs. It’s my first house so I’m not sure if I sh...