Downstairs neighbours AWLAYS complaining about normal day-to-day noise. Real Estate |
- Downstairs neighbours AWLAYS complaining about normal day-to-day noise.
- Is going temporarily "homeless" really the only way?
- How can I help my mom get more potential clients?
- Floated down to 2.75% 30 years but not in float down period? (CA)
- Have you bought or sold a mid-century modern house?
- Best site/resource to find out about neighborhood info.
- How to find the best buyer's agent
- Shady repairs done from seller
- Can I get (my neighbors) utility lines moved if there is no utility easement? (And I don't want them across my land)
- Real estate investment model
- Thoughts on waving inspection
- Is now the worst time to buy a home?
- How did you prepare yourself to buy a house and your experience buying your first house
- Buying a FSBO House. What Do I Do?
- How to verify property ownership for renter during time of covid
- Is this enough kitchen counterspace?
- Walkthrough tips?
- Best trade publications for real estate industry?
- Botched remodeling job?
- What’s the best route to go?
- Old Seattle house with sloped floors
- How to prevent credit to be hurt too much during long house hunting periods?
- My lease will not be renewed because the landlord messed up on something
- My home is currently closing on 20 JUL. Inspection passed, so no more contingencies. How likely as a buyer am I now able to get an offer accepted on a new home in a “sellers market”? Southern NH/North of Boston area.
| Downstairs neighbours AWLAYS complaining about normal day-to-day noise. Posted: 03 Jul 2020 03:04 PM PDT I live in Canada, Ontario. Firstly, We are a family of 5. The downstairs neighbours are a family of three with only one son (age 1). Before moving in, I, the eldest son, gave them my number so that they can message me anytime regarding noise or anything else like turning the AC on/off, heat on/off etc. Anyways, at the beginning they were reasonable. They would message me once every couple weeks I believe. Totally reasonable. They would message me regarding the chairs being dragged along the floor loudly. I said okay and I purchased Hommii Chair Leg Feet Wood Floor Protectors on Amazon to eliminate that noise. Done. A couple weeks later they told us to "keep it down" after 10 pm. Done. We are all in our rooms after 10pm. Fast-forward a couple months later, I started getting a couple messages every week. Mind you, our noise-level remained the same, if anything, we are even quieter than before. They are complaining about us walking during normal hours, talking during normal hours, and even laughing..WTF? At this point I am getting a bit annoyed but I still tolerated it. It got even worse during quarantine as they would tell us to keep it down during the afternoon as he is "in a meeting". All we were doing was normal day-to-day activities like chilling in the living room and talking! So I put them on mute, or "do not disturb" on iPhone. But I still read their messages and tried my best to keep quiet. We also know that they have a child. We get it. We try our best to keep quiet but the thing is we rarely if ever hear the baby cry. So I think we're doing a descent job in being quiet, right? The ONLY noise that can possibly be made during the day on the weekdays is my younger brothers going to the kitchen to drink water or get food. Other than that they hibernate in their rooms playing video games, listening to music on their headphones etc. I am outside most of the day and I rarely make noise. I chill in my room after work. Today I received a text message from my landlord saying that the downstairs neighbours have complained about "loud noise". This was around 6am...I asked my family members and the only one who was up was my mom who was going to work. I asked were you walking loudly or doing something loud? All she did was go downstairs, wash a couple dishes, then go to work. Behind my back they complained to the landlord which is bizarre because they could have just messaged me and I always respond! We haven't complained once to the landlord about them. They have also done stuff that really annoyed us like dumping the garbage out onto the street for us to clean up but we didn't complain to the landlord because we are nice people. My question is, how should I deal with this? Are we in the wrong? I have temporally put them on mute because they are complaining about every little noise now. I am an inch away from blocking them. Any advice would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Is going temporarily "homeless" really the only way? Posted: 03 Jul 2020 08:11 PM PDT FTHS: The significant other and I are looking to sell, aiming for August. Our place is currently ready to sell (living light with most of our stuff packed, place is fixed up and painted and should be ready to go). His mom has been in real estate for a long time but her primary focus for the last 20 years has been property management and investment properties, not exactly residential agent specific. When we talk about the process she has laid it out that basically we have to put our house up for sale and then cross our fingers and hope we find something in the time it takes to close. Or we move out, sell and then move in with parents or become nomads until we find something. One sounds like a ticking time clock into a disaster story of "we were running out of time so took this place and regret it" and the other essentially sounds like being homeless. So why am I told to keep an eye on the listings daily if I have no shot at them since we don't have a contract yet...??? How do people find their dream house then if they cannot browse before hand? Are there alternatives to the methods she listed above? [link] [comments]  |
| How can I help my mom get more potential clients? Posted: 03 Jul 2020 06:11 PM PDT I do not know the first thing about real estate and I keep trying to ask my mom how I can help her get more clients but she's not really sure how I can help except hand out cards and word of mouth. Her and my dad are on the verge of losing the house due to my dads income getting cut in half by his company that got rid of his position cause of Covid. (He's currently looking for a second job) My mom is a teacher and has recently gotten all of her certifications to finally start selling homes. Im also contributing to help keep the family afloat. Any advice on how I can help her get more potential clients? I love my parents and want to help them any way possible. [link] [comments]  |
| Floated down to 2.75% 30 years but not in float down period? (CA) Posted: 03 Jul 2020 10:01 PM PDT Hey everyone! The wife and I just locked a rate of 2.75% for 30 years conventional, down from an extended lock of 3.5% with one float down option within 45 days of closing. We're waiting for our new home to be constructed (we're about 2 months and 1 week away from closing) and we decided to do an extended lock back in March for 3.5% hoping rates go down. Our lender called today and offered 2.75% 30 years with 0 points. Needless to say, we were ecstatic! Now that we've calmed down a bit and celebrated enough, we're wondering why we were given the option to float down >60 days from closing. Our lender said there might need to be a fee for extending this rate lock given how far out we are from closing date, but even that was waived/covered by the lender too. My guess is that we're a strong mortgage application and the lenders wanted to lock us in (780+ credit, 20% down, about 2 years worth of payments in cash after closing costs+DP -- we really need to invest some of this soon). I can't imagine rates going much lower, but I'm not oblivious to the state of the economy in the country either. It is also entirely possible that we simply have a great lending officer and got very lucky. What do you think? [link] [comments]  |
| Have you bought or sold a mid-century modern house? Posted: 03 Jul 2020 01:45 PM PDT Any agents, brokers, lenders or others in the industry with experience facilitating the sale of true mid-century modern homes (not just older homes that happen to be built in the mid-century)? Any insights to share on the experience working on a MCM home sale? What were the biggest and most unique challenges with the process? Getting a fair appraisal for such a unique property, getting the lending or insurance in place for an older property from the 50s-60s with unique MCM qualities (like the flat roof or floor to ceiling glass)? Did the home sell for more, less or about the same as other comp homes ('regular' non-mid-century modern) in your market? [link] [comments]  |
| Best site/resource to find out about neighborhood info. Posted: 03 Jul 2020 07:09 PM PDT Putting offers on home but realizing we need more info about the neighborhoods. Besides walking and driving around the area on the weekend/weekday/night/day are there any other resources that are reliable to find out more about neighborhood crime rates? Specifically looking at pockets of LA, Long Beach, and Signal Hill. [link] [comments]  |
| How to find the best buyer's agent Posted: 03 Jul 2020 05:22 PM PDT So I am a first time home buyer in a really hot market. I want to put as many odds in my favor by finding a great realtor. I kept striking out with even looking at houses with my previous agent. I liked that my last agent was very knowledgeable but he just didn't have the time to make appointments for me quickly enough. I think part of it was he wasn't local enough to where I'm looking now. Where's the best place to find a buyers agent? Does the company they work for make a big difference? What should i look for to have the best chance at me buying something soon? Edit: I'm in PA looking in between Upper Bucks, Upper Montgomery or Southern Lehigh counties. Send me a message if you know anyone! [link] [comments]  |
| Shady repairs done from seller Posted: 03 Jul 2020 08:10 PM PDT I am currently in the process of purchasing a home as a first time buyer. During the inspection it was identified that there was structural problems with the roof. It was sagging in places and had a broken rafter that was snapped in half. I had the sellers complete the repairs, however, they only fixed the broken rafter that was identified in the inspection and did not fix anything else with the sagging roof. The repairs they made to the broken rafter were just splicing in a 2x6 on either side. The other parts of the roof that are sagging are held up by 2x4 braces that are on top of cieling joists. My question is can I back out of the deal and how can I make so the repairs are done correctly? I have stated and had in writing I want a licensed general contractor to the work. I have yet to receive any proof that this was done by licensed contractor. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 08:06 PM PDT Neighbors utility lines stretch across my land. They were strung up in 1950 when it was all one giant parcel. Now they run through the middle of my property, trees, view. No utility easement for this particular line. The lines are old need replacing, can I tell the utility company to run them somewhere else? Can I have em disconnected? There's no easement, and I don't want em there. Do I have any rights to tell em no? I spoke to the neighbor about this first by the way. The guy was a super jerk. I offered to even share the payment but this guy is angry on principal. He knows that there isn't an easement and that it's just a leftover from 50 years ago. He would rather be mean about it than discuss it. This is why I'm asking for options [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 05:34 PM PDT Hi! Not looking to reinvent the wheel here so I am asking if anyone has an excel model they use to determine if a property is a good investment. If so, would love to get my hands on it! Thank you in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 11:03 AM PDT So, we just lost our 4th offer. Winning offer waived inspection. Our realtor has been adamant about not waiving inspection and his thought process is that if the seller is confident in there house they will not care if there is an inspection. In this climate, our offers are very competitive and always in consideration but we are losing out because of the home inspection. What are your thoughts on waiving inspection if the house is fairly new? As in, less than 10 years old? How about doing an inspection for informational purposes only? Or having a clause that states I will have an inspection but not ask the seller to cover any findings? Will that give me the leg up? Any thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Is now the worst time to buy a home? Posted: 03 Jul 2020 12:19 PM PDT I know the covid situation has made everything really unpredictable, I am looking for my first home on month 4 of this process. With housing supply even lower than it was I'm assuming people are able to ask even more than usual. Is this an absolutely terrible time to try and buy a home and get a reasonable price? Should I wait for things to stabilize more? [link] [comments]  |
| How did you prepare yourself to buy a house and your experience buying your first house Posted: 03 Jul 2020 11:59 PM PDT
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| Buying a FSBO House. What Do I Do? Posted: 03 Jul 2020 11:10 PM PDT My wife and I found a house we like. It is FSBO. There is also no buying agent involved. Not sure if the owners would work with one or not. We are looking at it again tomorrow, and then plan to make an offer. We know it will have to be apprised and inspected, but is there a resource for a kind of step by step on what to do? What should we do before we make an offer? In FSBO should we even discuss a verbal offer with the seller before we send over anything official? Any help would be awesome! Edit: This is in Georgia [link] [comments]  |
| How to verify property ownership for renter during time of covid Posted: 03 Jul 2020 04:26 PM PDT Here in Philadelphia I'm not able to tour any of the units I am interested in for short-term rental. There are loads of scams in this town during normal times and I feel particularly vulnerable now that everyone has the position of saying sorry we're not allowed to give tours. It doesn't help that they also all seem to be out of state. I'm wondering what you would advise me to ask these owners/ real estate agents who are attempting to rent their place? Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Is this enough kitchen counterspace? Posted: 03 Jul 2020 09:43 PM PDT Counterspace in question: https://imgur.com/a/Z4KC4pm The house is a semi at a decent price, but I worry I might get annoyed with this amount of counter space. It looks like there's just the corner area to the right of the sink and a small area to the right of the stove. Is this something one should compromise on? I know dealbreakers are a very personal thing but I'm just curious what people's throughts are. I like to cook, but I live in a studio apartment right now with practically zero counterspace so this looks massive to me haha. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 08:38 AM PDT We're doing a walkthrough on our second home next Monday. We have the same agent as we had for the first house, and he is awesome but we missed some things in the final walkthrough (we were absolute newbies) that would have been nice to know (e.g., we didn't even know there was an attic, and it was a complete mess. Newbies...). We did a ton of renovating, so in the end it didn't matter too much, but still. So -- what should we be looking at during the walkthrough? Should I check outlets? Turn on all the faucets? Flush the toilets? Test the heater? We think the place is in pristine condition (and aren't planning any renovations), but we've seen it for a grand total of about half an hour (this is the part that always boggles me -- you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase something you see for less than an hour!) We're in NorCal, where it is perennially a sellers' market (we were the 2nd best bidder, as the first fell through, and there is at least another alternate right behind us ready to take the deal if ours falls through). That is to say that we aren't going into this looking to find anything wrong, but we do want to make sure we don't get caught off guard if (for instance) the bathroom faucet has no water. This is our dream home, and I think even if the roof was about to fall in (it's not) we would still want to close late next week. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Best trade publications for real estate industry? Posted: 03 Jul 2020 08:27 AM PDT Are you in the real estate industry (lending, real estate agent, broker etc.)? What would you say are some of the better / widely read trade publications for the industry? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 07:32 PM PDT I'm considering making an offer on a house that was original single story but a second story was added about 5 years ago. The staircase to get to the second floor is right in front of the front door and there's a bedroom immediately to the right of the staircase but the bedroom wall sticks out so that the staircase gets narrower near the top. So basically for example the staircase is about 36 inches wide starting at the ground level but the bedroom on the second level protrudes over the staircase maybe about 6-12 inches on the right side. It's kind of weird, I'd post a picture but I don't think it's allowed. The second story addition was supposedly permitted but we haven't verified yet. Was this a botched remodeling job? Also, the bathroom on the second floor has two entrances. There's one entrance from the hallway and another from one of the bedrooms, but the both doors get in the way of each other if you try opening them both at the same time. It's kind of weird but the house overall seems pretty decent. It's in the general area that my partner and I want to live in and has been on the market for a long time. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 07:06 PM PDT Hi reddit, with me being in the house market I am paying much more attention to my credit and ofclourse my savings. Now with me only being 2k in on my 12k goal of saving and credit rising slowly but surly. I was curious though as far as getting prequalified what credit company do lenders look at determine your approval or denial and amount? Now to add to that if I apply now and possibly get approved if I continue to build credit and save will and can my approval decision change for the best? I ask because I wanted to wait u til I gain more of my savings and better my credit before I apply but I wanted to know if I apply before those steps will that be a good idea. My timeline is like 6-8 months. ORRRR should I wait as my plan was? [link] [comments]  |
| Old Seattle house with sloped floors Posted: 03 Jul 2020 03:05 PM PDT We are looking at buying an old Seattle house. The floors are sloped and we're contingent on inspection. Apparently the foundation began to fail ~20yrs ago. The floor slope is significant, ~1-2ft by my estimate from one side of the house to the other. Inspection considers it a "significant defect". The foundation was stabilized by a licensed engineer a long time ago and hasn't gotten worse since. The owner decided not to level the house at the time due to extra costs. Because of this, the inspector says a slope repair isn't necessary, more of a "can you deal with it" kind of thing. We're having an engineer and contractor look at the previous engineering report to get an estimate on how expensive it would be to fix the floor sloping (just fix the slope, not resulting flooring & wall repairs). According to original engineering report, it would require jacking up the house and adding material above an existing steel girder to support the raised home. No digging out or messing with the foundation since it was already stabilized. Do you feel it's reasonable to ask the seller for a credit to fix the sloped floors given our estimate? Or it unrealistic to expect the seller to contribute? [link] [comments]  |
| How to prevent credit to be hurt too much during long house hunting periods? Posted: 03 Jul 2020 06:50 PM PDT So we were looking for a house a while and had to stop because the market was too hot. Our credit was hurt by 45 points?! So if we want to keep looking our next mortgage preapproval is going to be so much harder. On top of it apartment rentals are saying that they might want to do a hard pull as well?? How do people manage to keep a high credit if they are house hunting for a long time? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| My lease will not be renewed because the landlord messed up on something Posted: 03 Jul 2020 06:47 PM PDT So me and some roommates have been living in a place for 2 years almost and there was an bed bug infection. We did a heat treatment and I haven't seen any bugs for over six months (since the treatment). I really think they are gone. However my landlord wants to get a certificate stating that the house is bed bugs free before he rents out the other bedrooms in the house. He can only do that once we move out. He is worried about having our furniture back in the place as he thinks bugs might be in our furniture. This is why he won't let us back in after the certification. I think that the bugs were in the house before I moved it as there was black marks on the baseboards when I moved in. Bugs can live for over and year without a meal. We saw them within a year of moving in. It took awhile to convince him to get rid of the bed bugs. It is a huge hassle to move and especially in the middle of covid and I don't want to pay application fees and put down a new deposit and run my credit again. What could I do legally to make him renew my lease or pay for moving expenses. I have on video when I moved in the black dots from the bed bugs. As a landlord he should have fixed the problem before renting to me. This is his negligence not mine for why he has decided no to renew the contract. Any help would be much appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 06:43 PM PDT We're seeing a few homes that fit our needs on Monday, but they just came on the market. Is there no hope for us here to even bother putting an offer in if we haven't closed our current homes sale yet? We're looking at a home for $400K and $475K. (If that matters) Guess I just don't want to get to excited if we need to wait until we close on our home. Also FWIW we'll be putting 20% down (with home sale profit) with a Conventional loan. Feel free to be honest haha.. if I have a better chance of winning the lottery than I do getting my offer accepted under these circumstances, then let me know! Edit: Will offer $25K over for each of those properties if we do love them. Can't go much higher. [link] [comments]  |
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