On Jan 24, 8:47*am, aemeijers wrote:
Chris Tsao wrote:
http://www.odbrmls.com/scripts/mgrqi...t&PRGNAME=MLSP...

$184,900

Oneonta, NY

'Historic' often = 'Money Pit'. Obviously has been updated inside, but
was it just cosmetic, or have the HVAC and plumbing actually been
updated as well? And unless they did a really careful job patching the
old walls, doesn't look like much insulation. I notice they do not show
the roof or foundation in closeup, either. Could be a hell of a deal,
caused merely by the local economy there going south, but I suspect
there is a reason the price is so low. *While I don't care for the tiny
rooms in older houses like that, I do love the interior woodwork a lot
of them had, like those stairs, and that striped floor.

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aem sends...

Hire a good home inspecter to go over the home to check for insulation
issues, flooring , water piping, such as copper, not lead, where does
the water come from, is it well water or city,septic tank, or city
sewerage, roof shingles, how old, and most important, electrical
wireing, such as nob and tube or new wireing. When u find a home
inspector, make sure there is some sort of guarantee that if he said
everything is ok and it turns out to be a big ticket item to fix, what
is he lible for, and 1 more thing, is it an historic house, subject to
the town rules before it will meet with town or city ruleing before u
can do anything with the house. My opinion take the pictures u took
and put them in a scrap book and look for something that u will not be
working, NIGHT & DAY on. Life is to short to devote your entire time
to fix, and u will, belive me because i bought 1 of these fixer
uppers, and thats all i did for 5 years+. Good luck, henry