Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: Any ideas for a guy buying fixer-upper house t
[ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by buickanddeere on September 01, 2004 at 14:03:23 from (192.75.48.150):
In Reply to: Any ideas for a guy buying fixer-upper house to re posted by Bryan on September 01, 2004 at 09:31:56:
Run, don't walk away. I've spent everything I've made and all my time plus have a smoking line of credit fixing up a house that looked pretty good over the past 14 months and still more to do. Only 30 years old, brick and new roof. Under that new paint was rotten/moldy drywall. When it began to rain in the fall we found where the water was running in the front windows and door. Then the “new” pond in the back yard began backing up to the patio door. The original drain ran from the “pond” bottom uphill then down again the exit. At the same time after the smoker's tar was washed of the walls and painted over. The house still stunk from another odor. The &^$%&*&* cat had marked territory on all 3000 sq ft of the carpet. Then when taking up the carpet we found the drywall black and crumbling behind the baseboards in the basement. The wiring to the garage heat, light, welder were all done home handyman/farmer style without mechanical protection, proper junction boxes, proper wire colour coding or even using box connectors. The deep well pump was beat to death because they didn't know how to drain the water logged pressure tank. The pump started for every glass of water and would cycle on/off 1/2 dozen time afterwards. The shed turned out smaller than they stated on the sales bill and the workable acres only 2/3 of what they claimed. The local Conservation Authority won't let me put a bridge across the creek to get to my fields either. Don't matter my pair of 6 ft dia reinforced tile are large than the other seven bridges over the same creek within 3/4 of a mile from my place. Might damage the fish habitat and spring run off they say. I've been walking across the creek bottom in work boots and not even betting the treads wet since June. Buy a place the way you want. In a related topic. Some people make the same mistake thinking they can marry someone and change them for the better too.
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
A Lifetime of Farm Machinery - by Joe Michaels. I am a mechanical engineer by profession, specializing in powerplant work. I worked as a machinist and engine erector, with time spent overseas. I have always had a love for machinery, and an appreciation for farming and farm machinery. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not a place one would associate with farms or farm machinery. I credit my parents for instilling a lot of good values, a respect for learning, a knowledge of various skills and a little knowledge of farming in me, amo
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|