Cross your fingers for me!

[SwAMi75]

We have another one in mind--it is in an even better area and more of a fixer upper, but cheaper. Also no garage though. I'd have to buy/build a shed to at least have a brewery. No bar though.


As far as?

In the inspection report, they recommended quite a list of things. We proposed a seriously whittled down list to the owners, but specified we wanted the work done by certified roofers/plumbers rather than "handymen". They balked at that. We are waiting to hear back from our rebuttal, where we remained firm on our list.

Makes me wonder what they are trying to hide.

EDIT: Oh, herrroooo..... LOL....

If they won't budge on the inspector's recommendations, I'd let them keep it.

 

[Truble]

Just started stopping by again and saw this post.

Congratulations Dude, That garage certainly is a home brewers dream.

Kai

I was off the board a bit- you are now in MA?!?!?!?!??

 

[Dude]

If they won't budge on the inspector's recommendations, I'd let them keep it.

Yeah, we are going to execute a release if anything we asked for comes back again. Bums me out.

 

[Truble]

It is one of those things that you NEED to be ok with. An out-building is nice, but you are going to spend the majority of your time in the house, and if you are not ok with their position, then it is not worth it.

 

[Dude]

UGH. Back to the drawing board. The owners came back and said no way, we aren't required to fix anything. Uh, okay. Let's see if they get an offer anything close to what we gave them.

So we are signing the release today--which means we start looking all over again. I'm totally bummed.

Obviously they know something is wrong. They are afraid a professional roofer is going to come by and tell them the whole thing needs to be replaced, or are hiding something that would come back and bite us in the a$$es later on. This is a good thing, but not what I was "bargaining" for. Not looking forward to starting this whole process over.

Arrrgh.

 

[todd_k]

Welcome back to the looking-for-a-house club. I'm going out again tonight to look for a house.

 

[Brewpastor]

That really is too bad. I will drink a beer in solidarity with your struggle. That is the kind of guy I am. Never to busy to drink a beer for a friend in need.

 

[Dude]

That really is too bad. I will drink a beer in solidarity with your struggle. That is the kind of guy I am. Never to busy to drink a beer for a friend in need.

 

[Ize]

UGH. Back to the drawing board. The owners came back and said no way, we aren't required to fix anything. Uh, okay. Let's see if they get an offer anything close to what we gave them.

So we are signing the release today--which means we start looking all over again. I'm totally bummed.

Obviously they know something is wrong. They are afraid a professional roofer is going to come by and tell them the whole thing needs to be replaced, or are hiding something that would come back and bite us in the a$$es later on. This is a good thing, but not what I was "bargaining" for. Not looking forward to starting this whole process over.

Arrrgh.

Sorry Dude, but yeah, better to let em' keep it. It sure sounds like they don't want to sink any more money into the joint. Just wait and see how long it sits on the market.

It sucks, but it just wasn't meant to be. You'll find one.


Ize

 

[Brewpilot]

God opens and closes doors for us, sometimes we do not know why, but if we did, who would need faith. You will end up where you belong, have faith and trust in the Almighty.

Brewpilot

 

[Truble]

Sounds like they have something else going on, like you said. I hope the hunting goes well for you.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

That's a tough one, Dude. I know it's hard to believe, but cool houses are all over the place. You'll find one.

 

[SwAMi75]

That sucks, but it sounds like you made the right decision. You'll find something!

[answering machine].....there are other fish in the sea.[/answering machine]

 

[Dude]

That sucks, but it sounds like you made the right decision. You'll find something!

[answering machine].....there are other fish in the sea.[/answering machine]

LOL...Swingers references are always great.

"This is place is dead anyway...."

 

[Orpheus]

Dude,

That sucks dude. I remember when searching for a house all the ones that got away. I'm glad they did, though. We found the best house for us, and a much better one than we could have settled for.

You'll find something better. I bet the owners just didn't want anyone finding all the bodies in the crawl space.

 

[Kaiser]

Welcome back bro--let us know how you are doing. Settled in yet? How's the job? More important, are you brewing yet?

I gess most of what I have to tell is about selling and buying a house, so I'm not really hijacking your thread.

When we had the home inspection of the buyers for our house in NC, a tropical storm moved through the area. It dumpes 7 inches in a few hours and whole neighborhoods were flooded. And that is the worst time to have a home inspection as a seller!!! needless to say that they found water where there has no water been before. And I was pissed when I heard what the sellers asked to be fixed. Mostly because they were not local and their agent was their representation at the home inspection. So they were very picky.

Another problem that I noticed well before we were putting the house on the market was a crack in the foundation. Oh sh!t, I thought and asked a contractor friend for some input on that. He showed pics and measurements to a structural engineer of his. The SE told us that there is nothing to worry. It's a non-supporting wall and settlement like this is common in the aera. Just grout the crack and done. If I wanted that in writing he could do this for $125. So I felt easier about the crack and when we put the house on the market I asked him to come out and give me the assesment in writing. Well he didn't realize how far I was away and it would cost me much more than $125 for him to come out and write a report. But he referred me to a more local engineer which would be able to do this cheaper. Well, this engineer suggested that the issue be fixed. Doooh!!. When I asked him If I can fix this myself by jacking up the settled piece of the wall he actually said yes and we went over specs on what to do. Basically 2 18x18x8 footers supporting 4 ton hydraulic jacks:

The remaining cavity (under the foundation) was then filled with concrete. Needless to say that this was a lot of digging and concrete mixing in a humid NC summer . But it fixed the problem for $200 (jacks, concrete, mixer rental) as opposed to $2200 for 2 helical piers. Surely not the best solution from a buyers point of view, but I got a letter from the engineer saying that the work was to spec and the buyers were happy with that. I guess they really wanted to have that house after they offered full price on the day it went on the market !!!. Mostly because they have been looking around for a long time and had to head back to CA the same day.

Then we came to MA where it is so much of a buyers market right now. Houses are on the market for 6+ months, but sellers are not willing to drop the price significantly to sell the house faster. When we were looking we weren't in a rush at all. Thanks to a corporate moving plan that put us in temp housing for 2 months. We found that we can get much more for our money if we look further away from where I work. So we made an offer on a great house in Pepperell. After the air radon test came back high, we wanted to have the water tested for radon as well. But the sellers didn't agree to that because they were financially so stapped that they would not have been able to mitigate anything and didn't want to risk having to disclose such a test result as well if it would have come back high. The same day the house second on our list dropped by $30,000. The sellers of this house already left and wanted to get rid of it quickly. Knowing that we can still hold our closing date, we executed a release and made an offer on the other house which turned out to be the better house.

Now I have a 35min commute each way and lots of time to listen to the various brewing podcasts out there.

But I'm busy at the new job (AMD) so I have to stay away from the HBT during work.

Even while I was in temp housing I was still brewing. But hats off to all you appartment all grain brewers . It is much different when you have to mash and boil on the balcony and chill in the sink b/c there is no faucet outside.

But once I moved into the new house I started brewing full force again. And I had a lot to catch up.

So, that's how I'm doing.
(I'm not going to spend time on a spell check now )


Kai

Did you know that smilies count as images !!!

 

[Dude]

Putting in another bid tomorrow.

WOW. Kind of glad the other place fell through to be honest. This one isn't as nice looking on the outside but it has had some NICE improvements done in the last 2 years and it is just HUGE. I'm getting some pics of it tomorrow, but the layout is a slam dunk as far as a brewery and a bar. The bar room is an addition, and the previous owners actually used it as a bar. It has its own bathroom and it even has the pool cue racks still on the wall. I'd rough guesstimate the room is about 15x25 and it has a wood stove in it. It is going to be absolutely perfect. Then off of that bar room, it has a huge utility closet that will house the brewery. Tentatively I'm hoping to be able to put a chest freezer in that room and run beer lines through the wall into the bar room, and put taps right on the wall.

Oh yeah, the rest of the house is nice too--3 decent sized bedrooms and a remodeled kitchen that SWMBO is very happy with.

Ummm...another awesome part is a 660 sq. ft. detached garage. It is kind of ugly looking from the outside but with some paint and a new door it'll be nice. The damn garage is HUGE. It is unreal.

I'll get some pics tomorrow afternoon.

Here is an old pic I got off the city property value page. Central air now, and new windows. Better pics tomorrow too.

 

[RichBrewer]

Good luck with this one Dude. Everything happens for a reason. This place sounds like it has more potential anyway.

 

[SwAMi75]

Does the Nova transfer?

Good luck!

 

[Kaiser]

, and new windows.

That's a big plus sine it saves you money in the long run

Kai

 

[Walker]

Kaiser! Are you back for somen triple decoction discussions?

 

[BeerLuvnGrl]

so howd it go on that home?? gosh id be a wreck if i was home shopping.. im glad greg did that before we ever met.. i just moved to his place and look for ways to improve it.. lmao!!!

 

[Dude]

so howd it go on that home?? gosh id be a wreck if i was home shopping.. im glad greg did that before we ever met.. i just moved to his place and look for ways to improve it.. lmao!!!

Your timing is uncanny!

Just found out she accepted our first offer, no counter-offer for anything. :rockin: Inspection is Monday morning.

The good thing about this place is that an inspection was done in September and all of the concernable "problems" were fixed at that time. Hopefully at our inspection everythign goes much smoother because of that. I'm much less anxious about this one than I was the last.

I'm reluctant to post pics of this place until the inspection is done--but I have to. We got so much more house this time--for less money. We are so psyched. Losing that other one seems to be a blessing. :rockin:

 

[todd_k]

that's good news! you're having better luck than we are.

 

[the_bird]

That's awesome, Dude. Good luck with the inspection. You know, it's corny as f*ck, but sometimes bad sh!t does happen for a reason.

Maybe you should send some pics and a thank-you note to the last jackasses who wouldn't get the roof fixed!

 

[rdwj]

Congrats Dude!

Things happen for a reason - don't ever think that's not true.

 

[Dude]

Well, we had the final walkthrough today, all went well with the fixes. We officially close on Halloween!!!!

I can't believe it--it is finally starting to hit me. I wish I knew an electrician though...we have some work to do there. Need to get dedicated power out to the garage and install some GFCIs too.

SWMBO picked out paint the other day--we'll prolly start renovating next week already. We are ripping out all the carpets and putting in hardwood laminate flooring, and of course repainting everything top to bottom. When SWMBO tires for the night (like a wuss), I'll head down to the shrine and work on that. I'm thinking much earlier than St Paddy's day now for the Bratwursts and Shillelagh's grand opening. I decided to keep carpet all around in that room--so that will save some time. Mainly I've got painting, and hanging to do. I'm having a retired military guy build me a bar. That should be done by January. I'm still designing it.

Anyway...I'm pretty excited, as you can tell!

 

[the_bird]

That's awesome! So glad it worked out for you, this place seems so much better than the first.

 

[Fiery Sword]

congrats on the whole process, dude. looks like you got a great place to watch the Pack play!!!!!

seriously though, looks excellent.

 

[rdwj]

Great news! Congrats!!!