After a grueling 5-hour venture into 13 homes - one rose to the top and would work for us... eek!
Things to keep in mind:
It is off of Haynes Bridge exit 9 on 400, behind the apartments Austin lived at when he first moved here.
It has 5 bedrooms upstairs – the master, a bonus room, and three equally sized rooms. We’re thinking we would use the bonus as a room for Austin (a small den with his xBox), have two guest rooms and an arts/craft/scrapbook room. It’s a lot of space with at least 1-2 more rooms that we expected, all a great size, great paint, small closets, etc.
It has 2 full baths upstairs, and one half bath downstairs. The bathrooms are very 90’s – all white with brass hardware.
It is freshly painted in neutral colors throughout the entire house, but the dining room, a small hallway and the half bath are red and would need to be painted the tan color like the rest of the house. We can get the paint color from them, and found the paint in the pantry.
The carpet upstairs looks great – but from the bonus room/hallway there is some bumpiness. Could just need to be repaired/stretched… or it could need to be replaced.
Downstairs we would need to put hardwoods in the den to the right and the dining room to the left, and in the kitchen/den area in the back – there are two different hardwoods down. We would need to have that fixed.
The front 4 windows on the main had moisture in them. Amanda believes the seals are broken and thinks they will need to replace the windows.
The two ‘trees’ by the front door would need to be cut down some as they could invite pests (ew).
One wall is stucco – however, they said it is hardcoat stucco and has been inspected and bonded so we’ll need to see that documentation (and of course our inspector would check this out too).
It is fenced in – just not a privacy fence. The yard, front and back, look great and you can tell they put a good bit of money into landscaping.
The kitchen is great (would later want to replace the countertops, hardware and change out the fridge since it looks pretty old…) but the island is not permanent (the home is staged) but the kitchen definitely calls for an island and is just odd without one so we would need to purchase one.
The neighborhood is great – lovely homes- this is probably one of the cheaper ones in the area. It is across from the swim/tennis/playground which would probably do well on resale. It has sidewalks on both sides and is very picturesque.
There is an HOA - $425 annually. We’re waiting on the documentation to see what it covers, what it includes, etc.
Things to keep in mind:
It is off of Haynes Bridge exit 9 on 400, behind the apartments Austin lived at when he first moved here.
It has 5 bedrooms upstairs – the master, a bonus room, and three equally sized rooms. We’re thinking we would use the bonus as a room for Austin (a small den with his xBox), have two guest rooms and an arts/craft/scrapbook room. It’s a lot of space with at least 1-2 more rooms that we expected, all a great size, great paint, small closets, etc.
It has 2 full baths upstairs, and one half bath downstairs. The bathrooms are very 90’s – all white with brass hardware.
It is freshly painted in neutral colors throughout the entire house, but the dining room, a small hallway and the half bath are red and would need to be painted the tan color like the rest of the house. We can get the paint color from them, and found the paint in the pantry.
The carpet upstairs looks great – but from the bonus room/hallway there is some bumpiness. Could just need to be repaired/stretched… or it could need to be replaced.
Downstairs we would need to put hardwoods in the den to the right and the dining room to the left, and in the kitchen/den area in the back – there are two different hardwoods down. We would need to have that fixed.
The front 4 windows on the main had moisture in them. Amanda believes the seals are broken and thinks they will need to replace the windows.
The two ‘trees’ by the front door would need to be cut down some as they could invite pests (ew).
One wall is stucco – however, they said it is hardcoat stucco and has been inspected and bonded so we’ll need to see that documentation (and of course our inspector would check this out too).
It is fenced in – just not a privacy fence. The yard, front and back, look great and you can tell they put a good bit of money into landscaping.
The kitchen is great (would later want to replace the countertops, hardware and change out the fridge since it looks pretty old…) but the island is not permanent (the home is staged) but the kitchen definitely calls for an island and is just odd without one so we would need to purchase one.
The neighborhood is great – lovely homes- this is probably one of the cheaper ones in the area. It is across from the swim/tennis/playground which would probably do well on resale. It has sidewalks on both sides and is very picturesque.
There is an HOA - $425 annually. We’re waiting on the documentation to see what it covers, what it includes, etc.
The ceilings are not white - they're painted the brown color
Things that concerned us:
The cost of fixing the hardwoods on the main. If only the kitchen/den area hardwoods matched, we would wait on the front family room and dining room. However, it’s like if we’re having someone come out to fix the kitchen/den area so the pool table can go in – we may as well have them do the other two rooms. This could likely be a lot of upfront money. Then again, the house is listed at $300,000 and we feel we can get it for a lot less based on the comparables (link is above) and the fact that it’s vacant (don’t know if they’re motivated yet).
The stucco wall
The windows (is this a sign of bad stucco? Will they replace them?)
The carpet upstairs (the potential costs)
The location (it’s at the tippy top of homes that we’ve seen)
Next Steps
At this point we’re waiting to hear from Amanda as she’s trying to get in touch with the seller’s agent to see what the story is. We have the disclosure as well, and plan to go over it at length but so far we don’t see any major red flags and are requesting a copy of the stucco bond as well as the HOA documentation so we’ll know what that pays for and what it holds us to.
Things that concerned us:
The cost of fixing the hardwoods on the main. If only the kitchen/den area hardwoods matched, we would wait on the front family room and dining room. However, it’s like if we’re having someone come out to fix the kitchen/den area so the pool table can go in – we may as well have them do the other two rooms. This could likely be a lot of upfront money. Then again, the house is listed at $300,000 and we feel we can get it for a lot less based on the comparables (link is above) and the fact that it’s vacant (don’t know if they’re motivated yet).
The stucco wall
The windows (is this a sign of bad stucco? Will they replace them?)
The carpet upstairs (the potential costs)
The location (it’s at the tippy top of homes that we’ve seen)
Next Steps
At this point we’re waiting to hear from Amanda as she’s trying to get in touch with the seller’s agent to see what the story is. We have the disclosure as well, and plan to go over it at length but so far we don’t see any major red flags and are requesting a copy of the stucco bond as well as the HOA documentation so we’ll know what that pays for and what it holds us to.
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