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Three days ago, my wife and I (late 20’s) walked away from our second house contract. We felt a deep sense of relief. The first contract went belly-up when we
by iambateman 8y ago
Three days ago, my wife and I (late 20’s) walked away from our second house contract. We felt a deep sense of relief.
The first contract went belly-up when we got a phone call from our lender the day before closing: “there is a cemetery on the property.”
It turns out some people were buried under the carport a few decades ago and we were told we would have to dig them up.
Who am I supposed to call and ask: “hi, can you help me move a body?”
As you may imagine, we walked away.
The second house was going along swimmingly until the HVAC inspector said that our ducts had asbestos tape on them and needed $4-6k in remediation, plus a rotten bathroom. The sellers claimed they didn’t have any money to fix it, so we left that contract as well.
Needless to say, buying houses isn’t my favorite activity at the moment.
- mrguyorama 8y ago>The sellers claimed they didn’t have any money to fix it Did you ask whether they could just discount the sell price of the home or was it just not worth the time and effort at that point?
- jrnichols 8y ago> and we were told we would have to dig them up. …. well that's something that I've not seen on HGTV recently. :O How did anyone find this out?