Ever attended an "Open House"?

[Ron Evers]

This has new meaning.

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I found it funny.

 

[tirediron]

 

[Designer]

Yes, funny for sure, but also sad knowing that somebody will buy it, and that the realtor is going to get a commission on the sale.

 

[Overread]

Well only sad if they don't check it out
Asides that house would be a DIY addicts dream!

Two run down brick houses down the road from me which have been derelict for over 30 years recently got bought - roofs fallen in; glass smashed up; boarded up all over. Now they are being torn down and a new house rebuilt on the land (currently the houses are right on the road, the new house will be using the land further back so it has a front garden - or rather carpark).

 

[mishele]

lol Well, that is a new twist!

 

[Designer]

Well only sad if they don't check it out
Asides that house would be a DIY addicts dream!

Having seen way too many wrecks like that, my first impulse is to simply finish tearing it down and start over. Fairly nice view out back.

Whoever buys it will likely find more problems after the purchase than he saw before. Additionally, I have a deal-seated aversion to builder homes, and the ones where the builder doesn't know what he is doing are even worse.

 

[bribrius]

half done.....
depending on what house go for there and the lands worth could be a good deal

 

[Ron Evers]

Well only sad if they don't check it out
Asides that house would be a DIY addicts dream!

Having seen way too many wrecks like that, my first impulse is to simply finish tearing it down and start over. Fairly nice view out back.

Whoever buys it will likely find more problems after the purchase than he saw before. Additionally, I have a deal-seated aversion to builder homes, and the ones where the builder doesn't know what he is doing are even worse.

This is even worse, it is a do-it-yourself project that has been going on for 10 years. Some folk do not know what they don't know & they sure as hell did not know.


Edit: you have seen the reality, now here is the advertisement:

http://www.remax.ca/on/new-tecumseth-real-estate/na-6973-7th-line-treb_n2828527-lst

 

[Photographiend]

That! Is a Million Dollar Home!!!? You have to be ****ting me. Well, there go my plans for home ownership.

 

[Overread]

That's when its finished - seems its $600,000 half finished - plus it comes with 10 acres which is probably where the bulk of the money is going

 

[Designer]

The advertisement claims they will finish it for the million bucks, but I'd want to make darn sure.

And have it inspected.

As if i had a million bucks! :mrgreen:

But they're still stuck with the undoubtedly very dumb floor plan.

 

[Ron Evers]

It has taken them 10 years to get this far. God help anyone expecting them to finish it in the next ten. If I were advising a potential purchaser, it would be to buy "as is" & hire a competent contractor to finish it.

 

[Designer]

If I were advising a potential purchaser, it would be to buy "as is"

For a LOT LESS MONEY, of course.

And only if they liked the floor plan.

 

[Ron Evers]

If I were advising a potential purchaser, it would be to buy "as is"

For a LOT LESS MONEY, of course.

And only if they liked the floor plan.

The mother, who was an architect in Hungary designed it.

 

[Designer]

It still looks like a builder house to me, but perhaps there is something inside worth saving.

Have you been inside?