What Should You Avoid when Buying Property?
Buying a property is always overwhelming. Often this process is really time consuming and complicated process. This could be understood, because everything has to be checked thoroughly, not to omit something important. Of course there are potential buyers, who do not care about property condition. Most likely their plans are to renovate/remodel property and sell it to gain profit. For them most important is property location and size. But they have always been amid minority on the market of real estate. Majority still belongs to those who are planning to buy property to live in. For this reason it is so important to check the condition of your “future home”. In this article we would like to draw your attention to several problematic points which have to be avoided when buying a property. Or, if you still okay with those points, please be prepared that fixing those points will be costly.
One of the most dangerous failures is structural. It is essential part of the home and structure has to reliable, without any slopped floors, cracked ceilings and walls, failing beams and posts. Trying to repair such problems could cost a fortune, and sometimes are not even worth fixing.
Another problem is foundation cracks, and because of this wet basement. Water founds its way through those cracks and as a result of it house got leaking basement. Fixing this type of the problem is very expensive as well.
In addition to that water damages caused by the water from the outside, there is another danger to buy a house with a leaking pipes, or drains (internal water). This is serious health issue, as far as it leads to mold development. In some cases could be treated easily, but sometimes needs excessive renovation.
Bathtubs and showers leaks are not good for your home as well. Those are cracks in grout or tiles, shower doors closing not tight, etc.
Talking about cracks and gaps, old and worn/damaged/installed in a wrong way windows and doors are worth mentioning in our article. Why? Cause cold air and moisture coming from the outside could cause damage to your interior.
One more serious danger is leaking roof. Typically when the house has a leaking roof, it is not always easy to detect with help of stains on the second floor ceilings. The cost to change roof and the problems that it caused- could be well more than 10k.
Asbestos presence in home insulation, plaster, tiles, pipes, etc. is another serious health issue to avoid, when consider on buying an old house. Proper removal of asbestos waste is very expensive.
At the end we would like to say, that no matter what your plans are on your new property, you can always count on Acon Renovation with your renovation adventures. We work with reputable home inspectors and designers, who are going to help you to do the right choice.Useful Information About Renovations:
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