On Sun, 22 May 2016 04:30:48 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

On Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 12:03:43 AM UTC-4, Micky wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2016 17:50:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 1:07:52 PM UTC-4, bob haller wrote:
if anyone has K&T in a home, call state farm or other homeowners insurance companies, and ask about buying a new policy.

sorry no will be the response.

since anyone who buys a home with a mortage must have homeowners insurance. it makes the home impossible to sell......

Unless it sells for cash...

Hmm. I have a friend who bought a house like that about 4 years ago
and I don't think he had enough money to pay cash.

I liked it, because it was old, but he replaced all the wiring
himself, and a lot of other stuff. I don't know what he did about
insurance. I'm sure he bought some.

hey may have been required to replace all the wiring within a timeframe like 30 days

I'm pretty sure it took him 3 or more likely 6 months. He was probaby
preparing for other repairs too, redoing the kitchen, new furnace,
repairing the barn. Plus he runs his own business, including doing
sales, "management", and often service calls because it's so hard to
find competent technicians. He also often takes emergency service
calls during off hours. He also rides a horse 2 to 4 times a month,
and to get a discount on the horse, he mucks stalls, which takes time,
though he might not have done any of that when he first got the house.
He also takes vacations, including one where he was on a miniature
cattle drive. Plus one to a car show in upstate NYS. Plus he's
married, though maybe he has no time for his wife! But he does do
chores for his mother-in-law, who's a widow. Oh yeah, he was
president of the Buick club for years, but now I think he's only in
charge of their shows, whatever they are called. (Once a year they get
a Buick dealer to lend them space for a day, etc. and get 30 or 40
restored or partially restored or never needed restoring Buicks from
members to display.) He used to be a boy scout leader too but he
gave that up. He restores old Buicks but that's been on hold since
he bought the new used house.

I don't like to "pry" into his business life, but I think this is the
kind of question I can ask him. But I'm not going to call him
special. I plan to post more details once I get them.