what's most expensive thing you've had to fix in your house (foundation, furnaces)
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It's actually the skylight that's leaking. i've had several roofers come and they all said we need a new roof b/c the last time the roof was replaced, the first layer was never removed and that's what's causing the skylight to leak.
Hmmm, would question why the inspector didn't catch that? If he had you could have worked th amount of the sale into the price of the home.
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we bought our house about 1.5 years ago not realizing there is a leak that has been going on for years (inspector did not mention it and it was not disclosed). it's gonna cost at least $10K to put on a new roof. i'm new to home ownership. are there things that are more expensive than this to fix?
That doesn't seem bad. That was our biggest fix, a new roof that cost $10,000, in 2002. Seems like it would be a lot more now.
Moved into my new husbands' "lovely" farmhouse. $40k and counting for all of the reno to bring it up to the 20th century. Yes..20th. I was one pissed off bride for the first ten years...don't ask. NEVER move into anothers' house without an inspection. Houses are money pits....eventually.
Remodel for around $250,000. This includes new appliances and some new furniture.
Consider this a fix as that is what it took for us to want to stay in this house the rest of our lives.
we bought our house about 1.5 years ago not realizing there is a leak that has been going on for years (inspector did not mention it and it was not disclosed). it's gonna cost at least $10K to put on a new roof. i'm new to home ownership. are there things that are more expensive than this to fix?
Expensive repair type costs
Roofs
HVAC
Structural damage
Septic systems
Remodeling kitchens and bathrooms
I've diy anywhere from 40-60k. Full remodels with good quality items and new appliances. I personally have seen billed out 2-300k in remodeling. But that's really some high end stuff.
Roof, $14K. It had three layers and was 20+ years old when I bought the house, so I expected it. Remodels of kitchen and bathroom cost more but weren't _repairs_. I guess the deck sort of counts as a repair and cost $20K, but I had it expanded as well so that wasn't all repair costs; just replacing the top planks and the one bad post would have been a lot cheaper.
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