1.- When the Mrs said "buy it, it's going to be awesome"... it was just bcos she was having a good day and really didn't mean buy it. She really meant "I hate it, and I will feel scared living here".
2.- The gas water heater is broken.
3.- The evaporative AC is broken.
4.- Every rug and painting was hiding some defect, like a huge patch in the floor.
5.- The whole f'ing front door frame is loose... I really should have tried closing the front door.
6.- The previous owners took ALL the pool appliances/cleaning tools, and the kitchen cupboard/draw inserts... I'm gona need some help figuring out how to clean the pool and change the light in it.
Maybe burn the house down and use the insurance money to buy a house with less problems.
Select to expand quoteFlySurfer said..
1.- When the Mrs said "buy it, it's going to be awesome"... it was just bcos she was having a good day and really didn't mean buy it. She really meant "I hate it, and I will feel scared living here".
2.- The gas water heater is broken.
3.- The evaporative AC is broken.
4.- Every rug and painting was hiding some defect, like a huge patch in the floor.
5.- The whole f'ing front door frame is loose... I really should have tried closing the front door.
6.- The previous owners took ALL the pool appliances/cleaning tools, and the kitchen cupboard/draw inserts... I'm gona need some help figuring out how to clean the pool and change the light in it.
Unless the contract stated they were taking fixtures or they did not work you should legally have a leg to stand on mate thats pretty ****ed having that happen when you negotiate in good faitht but even in a hot market you got to do due dilligence and get an expert in to check over, by that i mean pay an insured expert you can also sue if something is wrong that they should have brought to your attention.
That's why you do a thorough walk through inspection before settlement with an inventory of what is for sale. There is no law against selling crap to somebody that wants to buy it.
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4.- Every rug and painting was hiding some defect, like a huge patch in the floor.
^ this
Two burned patches on the carpet where someone dropped a hot iron. of course covered by strategically placed rugs.
we had building inspection done prior, but I'm not entirely sure it was worth the money. One lesson learned was not to rush through the final handover prior settlement. I had my check sheet (many exist on the internet) but we felt quite pressured by the agent and owner to make it quick.
The previous owner left lot of cr@p behind, which one of the their tennants came to claim as theirs. I said technically it was ours but we were happy for them to take it as we didn't want the stuff in the first place.
It got little tense when they rocked up again about a month later looking for some paper mache monstrosity, which I dumped into the skip bin when nobody showed up to pick it up for 6 weeks (after settlement). 
Select to expand quoteFlySurfer said..
When the Mrs said "buy it, it's going to be awesome"... it was just bcos she was having a good day and really didn't mean buy it. She really meant "I hate it, and I will feel scared living here".
house will fall apart over time
her nagging will last forever
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Two burned patches on the carpet where someone dropped a hot iron. of course covered by strategically placed rugs.
But you were going to rip up the carpet anyway? Carpet is a conspiracy of the manufacturers of vacuum cleaners. Which only make a gesture at cleaning the stuff anyway.
rainbowintl.com/blog/what-s-hiding-in-your-carpet
Select to expand quoteFlySurfer said..
1.- When the Mrs said "buy it, it's going to be awesome"... it was just bcos she was having a good day and really didn't mean buy it. She really meant "I hate it, and I will feel scared living here".
2.- The gas water heater is broken.
3.- The evaporative AC is broken.
4.- Every rug and painting was hiding some defect, like a huge patch in the floor.
5.- The whole f'ing front door frame is loose... I really should have tried closing the front door.
6.- The previous owners took ALL the pool appliances/cleaning tools, and the kitchen cupboard/draw inserts... I'm gona need some help figuring out how to clean the pool and change the light in it.
Don't get too worried about it. Lots of things end up breaking in houses, so consider it a good thing that you get to get a new hot water heater and a new aircon. I would take the opportunity to get a split system installed now before summer and it will be better anyway.
I remember paying for a building inspection, only to find out that it pretty much covers nothing as they have all these exclusion clauses, so that would mean nothing, not that it helps with anything you have found.
My brother bought a house with nice landscaping, only to find out a few months in that they had placed some topsoil over concrete paths and then added some plants and some mulch to hide it. Its a shame people do this stuff, but I am sure its common.
Before you buy you need to ask the current owners if they watch all the wonderful Reno trickery shows on how to make the place present well on the market.
Buyer beware
Work mate had to spend $38K to repair his rood 4 weeks after buying... mine are pretty minor.
My inspection actually said "Loose render in front of the door", but some how I failed to grasp the severity. He also highlight a major defect with the balcony which the owner fixed for $2800.
7.-this is what the ants think of their new landlord.
As formula nova said... sh1t falls apart anyway.
Look at the positives of location, potential growth, the neighbourhood and a good reason to get divorced
" Things you discovered after settlement ? "
That the aboriginals really didn't want us here or change their life to suit us.
OOppps, sorry, I don't think that was what the original question was asking.
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OOppps, sorry, I don't think that was what the original question was asking.
yeah, well, you know, that's just like
your opinion man
I paid for an expensive building & prest inspectior.
He checked the roof (Most dont)/ internals and provided a 25 page pdf report which I used to negotiate a dicount on the price.
The only issue we had post purchase was the pool sand filter cracked, but no one would have known that was going to happen.
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Work mate had to spend $38K to repair his rood 4 weeks after buying... mine are pretty minor.
My inspection actually said "Loose render in front of the door", but some how I failed to grasp the severity. He also highlight a major defect with the balcony which the owner fixed for $2800.
7.-this is what the ants think of their new landlord.
I think they are known as Cauncy Ants
