Forty61
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Wifey and I are looking to move with our new baby out of the city a little bit. My job isn’t tied to an office so we have a little liberty which has lead us to essentially 2 options.. we push our budget a little and get something nice or we pay less and hold onto some cash to do upgrades and repairs.
We both really like a house we found, it was built in ‘67 and it’s kind of rough but it’s on a great lot, quiet neighborhood and walking distance to a local lake. I am planning on digging into it this weekend to see if it’s worth paying for an actual inspector, I know at minimum it needs floors throughout (hopefully subfloor is still good, I can actually see it in a lot of places but there’s one soft spot in a bathroom which concerns me), probably a roof some time soon and every surface inside needs a clean/paint/touch up. So it’s a solid project, needs love throughout but it’s also cheap for what it is. I would plan on doing all our own work with the exception of roofing and maybe the windows.
So who out there has bought a house project before? Was it worth it? We’re torn on it and obviously everybody says we’re crazy to even consider it but neither of us can shake the feeling of doing up a house together and really settling in as a family.
We both really like a house we found, it was built in ‘67 and it’s kind of rough but it’s on a great lot, quiet neighborhood and walking distance to a local lake. I am planning on digging into it this weekend to see if it’s worth paying for an actual inspector, I know at minimum it needs floors throughout (hopefully subfloor is still good, I can actually see it in a lot of places but there’s one soft spot in a bathroom which concerns me), probably a roof some time soon and every surface inside needs a clean/paint/touch up. So it’s a solid project, needs love throughout but it’s also cheap for what it is. I would plan on doing all our own work with the exception of roofing and maybe the windows.
So who out there has bought a house project before? Was it worth it? We’re torn on it and obviously everybody says we’re crazy to even consider it but neither of us can shake the feeling of doing up a house together and really settling in as a family.