sadly, we are not going to offer on the property.
we went back on monday and spent about 3-4 hours with our agent and our inspector (plumber, electrician). too many things to discuss here, but at the end of the day, the house scares us in to thinking it’s just going to be money after money. if we had to move, we’d buy this house, but since this offer is a want and not a need, we just can’t put ourselves in a position to jeopardize what we’ve worked hard for in the states.
some issues;
the house was recently redone, with new wooden beams; however, the beams are still drying and shrinking and half the second floor has sunk, so all tile needs to be redone, cracks need to be fixed, etc. the water is spring water which is pumped to the house, but the pump is on the adjacent property that the sellers also own. what happens if they unplug our pump? the properties haven’t yet been subdivided. the house needed updating in all bathrooms, so were talking 5k per bathroom, 10-15k for the kitchen and add 10%. we haven’t yet discussed fencing our outdoor cleanup.
the is truly sad, we invested 1 year of our time in finding 62 properties to look at. we wanted to spend the money, but who knows how much the floor is and the extras will add up. so, 280k that we can get for maybe 240k will be 350k.
we needed a nice yard for our dog. we basically said that we’ll lightly keep looking, but maybe stick to the original plan of letting our dog live out his life where we are, then when he goes, we go. this will give us more leeway in buying or even renting in more metro areas and maybe just city hop 3 months at a time.
we will likely put maybe a couple of $$ into our existing place to add outlets and buy a microwave.