Topic 5 of 29: buying a house
Sun, Jan 5, 1997 (18:37) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
How do you look for and buy a house? Relate your experiences.
What are the pitfalls? What are some tips for new buyers?
What about trading houses? Does this work?
27 responses total.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 1 of 27: Yves G. (yves) * Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (00:57) * 1 lines
As a married guy, it is very simple to buy a house. I drove her to. My job was to look at phisical or logical problems like beeing to close from a highway (too much noise) etc. The major tip that I could give to someone who're buying an existing house, is to pay a specialist to inspect the house. I have experience in home repair, but I'm NOT a specialist. I could'nt find hiden failures.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 2 of 27: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (10:36) * 3 lines
Good advice. I'm both buying and building a house right now and contemplating
starting a little Internet village/subdivision next door to where I live.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 3 of 27: Sylvester Bennett (conha) * Mon, Jan 19, 1998 (09:59) * 4 lines
Both suggestions are absolutly necessary. After buying a house 4 years
ago it was discovered that abestos was used extensivly. There was no
disclosure of that fact, so now expenes must be found to fight a battle
that would not have been necessary with a good independent housing inspection.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 4 of 27: Yves G. (yves) * Mon, Jan 19, 1998 (14:20) * 1 lines
Was abestos used for insulation purpose?
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 5 of 27: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Jan 19, 1998 (14:20) * 1 lines
File through the Manville Trust -- that's what all that money is there for!
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 6 of 27: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Jan 31, 1998 (00:55) * 15 lines
I'm thinking of buying a house on South Congress right across from
St. Eds, what do y'all think of this neighborhood compared to North
Austin or Hyde Park/University Heights. I'm torn because I like the
house but I work and workout in North Austin around the Arboretum.
It's a 5 bedroom 2 story 2800 sf house with no garage.
Tough choice. This? Or a more modern house with a pool and two car
garage and 3-4 bedrooms in North Austin. Or a smaller house in central Austin
The advantage of the St. Ed's place is that I could rent out 4-5 rooms and
have a real good income off the place with a ready supply of students
right across the street. Is there any advantage to living this close to
St. Ed's otherwise?
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 7 of 27: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Feb 3, 1998 (16:12) * 3 lines
I'm not familiar enough with the area to say, but
the wife says that the Sout Congress area has
a higher crime rate. Her psychic lives there, though.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 8 of 27: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Feb 4, 1998 (14:53) * 1 lines
You've hit on my biggest reservation at this stage.
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Response 9 of 27: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Feb 23, 1998 (20:03) * 1 lines
Crime or wer's wife's psychic?
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Response 10 of 27: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Feb 23, 1998 (23:13) * 3 lines
Crime, it's fine to have a psychic in the neighborhood. I have a "short
list" of about 20 houses now, most with pools and views and at least 4
bedrooms.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 11 of 27: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Feb 24, 1998 (13:28) * 1 lines
nice, Autumn...
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Response 12 of 27: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Wed, Feb 25, 1998 (20:31) * 1 lines
What's the view of? Here the bay view property is sought after (and priced accordingly)
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 13 of 27: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Feb 27, 1998 (01:21) * 6 lines
The views are mostly of the City of Austin, which is the view I'm looking
for, wouldn't that be paradise, a 5 bedroom place with a pool, hot tub
and sauna with a view of Austin?
I can dream. Maybe I can even realize it.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 14 of 27: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Fri, Feb 27, 1998 (22:03) * 1 lines
What would you put in the other 4 bedrooms? (Or whom?)
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 15 of 27: Wolf (Wolf) * Sat, Feb 28, 1998 (18:37) * 1 lines
i know what i would do with an extra bedroom or two......*wink*
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 16 of 27: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Feb 28, 1998 (23:45) * 1 lines
breakfast nook and formal dining room?
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Response 17 of 27: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (08:50) * 2 lines
room mates, to answer Autumn, to help pay the mortgage. Like I'm doing
now in the Cedar Creek place.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 18 of 27: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (20:52) * 1 lines
Ugh. I can't imagine living with anyone I'm not inextricably bound to. I guess because I never have.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 19 of 27: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (20:53) * 3 lines
Found it today. The perfect place. Huge pool and backyard. Six
bedrooms, and a gorgeous split level floor plan. North Austin.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 20 of 27: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (21:00) * 1 lines
Washer/dryer near bedrooms??
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Response 21 of 27: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (21:17) * 2 lines
did i hear 6 bedrooms? man....anything with 4 and any square footage runs in the
mid to upper 100K's, way more than i can afford *boo hoo* one day, huh?
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 22 of 27: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (21:19) * 1 lines
You need to get rid of that deadwood at your house and get you some payin' guests, Wolf!! :-)
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 23 of 27: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (21:22) * 6 lines
There is a laundry hookup on the first floor but intentionally no
washer/dryer so the room mates have to go two blocks to the laundromat.
There reason was that it might be going and disturbing folks too much.
I'll cross this bridge when I come to it. For now, I've got to make an
offer and go through a lot of stuff. By no means a done deal yet.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 24 of 27: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (21:35) * 4 lines
so you really are making a community, kinda like those places in the netherlands,
huh? i think that's where it was. dunno read about it a few years ago, they
had a community kitchen and stuff and the families had their turns to cook and
stuff. not a bad setup on the surface, but don't know how it would really work.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 25 of 27: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (21:47) * 1 lines
Actually, there are lots of intentional communities all over the US.
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 26 of 27: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (23:30) * 1 lines
and a whole lot more accidental ones...
Topic 5 of 29 [home]: buying a house
Response 27 of 27: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Mar 2, 1998 (00:29) * 6 lines
Not exactly that structured, structure follows personalities and such.
By the way, I just did a bunch of host type stuff in the restaurants
conferences, including making sure WER was set up as host, and played
around with the various welcome and goodbye messages, which wer is now
free to change.
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