Was at a viewing today for a house that the enforcement authority was supposed to sell. The papers stated that it was valued at 50,000 and that it was water damaged. I thought the price sounded low even due to water damage, but oh how wrong I was.
What had happened was that a toilet had frozen and burst, and water had sprayed for several days before the neighbor saw it and got the municipality to turn off the water. This was about two years ago.
Now I was at the viewing today because I thought it might be possible to get it at a good price since it's a bankruptcy auction. But when I saw the house, I realized that it wasn't for me. But a few questions came up.
One room on the ground floor had mold on the ceiling, walls, and floor, reeking horribly, and maybe 30-50% was covered in mold. But when we went down to the basement, I saw the worst thing I've ever seen when it comes to neglected houses. It was wet everywhere and water droplets hung on everything, even the electrical cabinet was drenched with dampness and water droplets. I probably wouldn't want to turn on the power just yet. Everything was wet with a lot of mold everywhere.
Now I have some questions about this. And no, I'm not going to buy it. Can you clean up when there is so much mold? Probably the entire ceiling in the basement, the joists to the ground floor are completely destroyed and need replacing, but can you get rid of the mold without it coming back or smelling in the future?
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What had happened was that a toilet had frozen and burst, and water had sprayed for several days before the neighbor saw it and got the municipality to turn off the water. This was about two years ago.
Now I was at the viewing today because I thought it might be possible to get it at a good price since it's a bankruptcy auction. But when I saw the house, I realized that it wasn't for me. But a few questions came up.
One room on the ground floor had mold on the ceiling, walls, and floor, reeking horribly, and maybe 30-50% was covered in mold. But when we went down to the basement, I saw the worst thing I've ever seen when it comes to neglected houses. It was wet everywhere and water droplets hung on everything, even the electrical cabinet was drenched with dampness and water droplets. I probably wouldn't want to turn on the power just yet. Everything was wet with a lot of mold everywhere.
Now I have some questions about this. And no, I'm not going to buy it. Can you clean up when there is so much mold? Probably the entire ceiling in the basement, the joists to the ground floor are completely destroyed and need replacing, but can you get rid of the mold without it coming back or smelling in the future?
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I would say you are paying for the plot, maybe the framework can be salvaged.
but if you have the time and desire to work with protective gear to try to save as much as possible or if you should call the fire department and let them "practice"
but if you have the time and desire to work with protective gear to try to save as much as possible or if you should call the fire department and let them "practice"
I work as a firefighter and I can say that it's quite restrictive regarding which houses are burned, there can't be anything nearby that can get damaged. Then there must be a training value in the house, and it must first be decontaminated from things like electrical cables and other items. We burned a house last week that was mold damaged, it simply couldn't be decontaminated.
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But it looks like a stone house (looking at the phone). Then you should be able to "gut" everything and build new beams and rafters, right? (don't forget to burn away the dry rot...)
Then the assessed value is only 260,000. What would the market value of a fully renovated house be?
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Then the assessed value is only 260,000. What would the market value of a fully renovated house be?
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Sorry, just saw it was a wooden frame...
Tear down, build a place with timber and sell to rich Germans ;-)
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Tear down, build a place with timber and sell to rich Germans ;-)
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