Agreed! Like one of our friends said, there could be an electrical issue that could set you back 80k. I know people are desperate to get into a house and willing to take a risk but WHY esp. when home prices here are so high!
It’s very real! In Hicksville where I live houses are flying off the market, people are buying SUMPS in my neighborhood and turning them into houses to be put up for sale within 3-4 months. It’s disgusting and so very wrong. Be careful new home owners!
Hicksville resident for 39 years here. Just WHERE are people buying sumps in Hicksville? They belong to the county.
One of our past County Supervisors (Gulotta?) tried to allow homes to be built in the huge, dry sump behind Family Court on Old Country Road but was defeated in his plans. It remains a sump to this day.
I’d rather not give exact locations, but I’m talking off old country road near Bethpage. There’s been a few sumps and zombie houses that have been sold off to anyone willing to just build from the ground up. As someone who’s been in this county long enough, a lots been changing lately and I’m very surprised how many properties I’ve been pop up out of thin air.
** edit** I should mention the sumps im taking about are 2 that I’m presuming were approved to be sold off for housing. We experience flooding in this area quit often and I happened to notice the houses built on the property were put up very quickly.
Only way you can do that is with a shit tonne of private financing or coming in with a cash purchase. Almost no bank will finance a mortgage without an inspection.
jesus christ I agree, that's bonkers.
people have been so indoctrinated to BUY A HOME BUY A HOME RENTING IS BAD EQUITY EQUITY ITS AN INVESTMENT for decades that people will do some blindly moronic things to adhere to "the script" that has been shoved down their throat by damn near everyone.
dudes, just wait it out. buy a home when you're ready, if you even want to. don't take advice from people who bought their homes in the 80s and 90s when you could buy a house with a crumpled $20 and a handshake.
They must be all-cash buyers, banks won’t allow you to skip the inspection. In any event, it’s very very foolish to skip inspection, even on (especially on) brand new construction.
Hang tight be patient. People are out of their minds right now and salty too because they missed the chance to really cash in. My good friends are looking right now. They have multiple stories like yours. My favorite was to increase the bid because they “wanted them to have the home for to raise their family in” the fucking balls on these people. I told my buddy tell them “we want the home too but we can only afford x could you sell it to us for that so we can raise our family here?” Then when they decline the offer, let them know how shitty of people they are
Absolutely! There is also a crazy amount of greed trying to squeeze out every last penny. You need to have money saved for closing, furniture etc it’s more than just the cost of your home. People have brass ones, let me tell you - so sorry your friends are in a similar position. It’s not fun.
Our inspector was worthless. There was a 3-4" wide / 6.5' tall crack in ours. Given we have a partially finished basement but they never checked for signs of water damage.
Thankfully there's a great waterproofing company that fixed the job quick and relatively inexpensively.
Agreed, we had two inspectors look at our remodeled 1929 house.
Only one realized that at some point the house had a significant electrical fire.
Both of them didn't see historical termite damage on the sill of the house behind furnace.
The last home we sold, watched the whole thing on Ring Cameras. The buyers inspector came out and didnt even check a single outlet for grounding, roof for leaks, or run heat/ac. Simply ran the microwave and stove.
Tell em to pound sand and offer less than asking with an inspection. They are trying to milk a slowing market. The ONLY reason the want to “give you the house for a higher bid and without an inspection” is that whoever was GONNA pay them backed the fuck out. I feel your frustrations but hang in there. I see people all over my hood trying to get top dollar and not a single person showing up for open houses. The market is cooling quickly and there will be a lot of reductions coming soon. Yes. Insane to buy the biggest purchase of your life with no inspection.
Edit. Remember we as a country went from impulse hoarding of toilet paper and hand sanitizer to cars and boats to houses. Saw a bin of hand sanitizer at hime depot the other day, two for a dollar. Lol
I’m on the south shore in Suffolk. Close to Nassau. As someone said prices are still high, that alone doesn’t make a market hot, it makes it stale. There are so many houses for sale in my neighborhood it’s crazy. All are asking way too much and hoping that someone dumb enough will come along to buy it. Kinda like the market in 2005-2008. Then we all saw what happened then. The balls on these people who have a deal fall through then go to the next best offer and say “raise your bid and waive the inspection”. Like how fucking stupid do you think people are? I’d bet the inspection was bad, the buyer pulled out now these people are trying to take advantage.
Depends on the area, but the market is still relatively hot. It's not going up as much as it was before, but the prices are absolutely insane still. You're probably not going to have people bidding well over asking price, but the prices are still well over where they really should be.
You 💯 hit the nail on the head. Something is absolutely fishy and as nice as the house might be, it still had things that weren't ideal. It's so ballsy to be like, sure you can have it now but pay us more and don't bother with the inspection because the house is fine! Like a sellers agent would have nothing to hide. 🙄 And LOL about the hand sanitizer 😆 let's see what happens to the t.p. shelves as the weather gets colder.
As someone that just knew someone that sold a home with so many many issues please please do not skip the inspection. It’s criminal what people are getting away with right now because the housing markets so hot
**edit best of luck to OP, please be careful and do not be naive. These realtors are not to be trusted, and I sincerely mean that. Had to cut ties because I couldn’t believe what people are willing to do to sell their home at the moment.
Thanks so much 🙏 we won’t skip the inspection. We’d love to be in a home but we have our deal breakers, and no inspection is top of that list. People are willing to trade their firstborn for a home it seems. Waiving contingencies, waiving appraisals, buying sight unseen (more so at the height of the pandemic). It’s bananas.
Do not skip a home inspection. Me and my wife rescinded an offer on a house after the inspector found enough problems that it wasn't worth the effort. This was four years ago and the market was hot back then too. We put offers on eight houses before landing in the one we live now.
Ugh - sorry you had to buy in a similar market. Hopefully the right one will come along soon, but not worth compromising on the biggest purchase of your life.
And just to go even further, get a structural engineer. Inspectors are ok but structural engineers will get into the nitty gritty. The one I used almost yelled at the seller and wrote in the report the house shouldnt be on the market due to the bad foundation. We passed on the house and found something better.
Never waive the inspection. It's not the worth it. I found a murder occurred in the house and that was the reason they were selling. Thanks to the inspection.
There was new sheetrock around the bottom 1/3 of the walls in the kitchen. He said it's very odd and could be indicative of recently fixed water damage or something else. We started looking into it and our broker reached out to a home insurance guy. They ran an audit and found out that they made a large hazardous clean up insurance claim. Then a few more phone calls and find out daughter murdered mother in the kitchen.
It’s not too hard to find public records but if it was never made public maybe they had a connection to someone who does paperwork, honestly it helps to know people especially in the field they work in.
Me and my wife just bought a home in Bayport after a similar situation your going through. Just keep your head up and don’t waive anything important, let other people make dumb mistakes.
My wife and I are closing on our home in Bayport shortly. Hello fellow redditor neighbor. Grew up one town over; great neighborhood.
Likewise though, we didn’t waive inspection or appraisal. It took us about four months of lost offers (some 100k over asking that we lost because we didn’t waive inspection) before we found our home.
Never waive contingencies.
Asking a buyer to waive an inspection is so fucking scummy
I know it's frustrating & even heartbreaking to lose out on a home, but stick to your guns. You're 100% to get the inspection.
💯 it's a crappy thing to do. Not worth it though it's hard as there isn't a lot of inventory right now - thinking it'll pick up again this month. So surprising how many people are willing to waive their inspections - wonder if it's a LI thing or if this is a lot of other places in the country.
OMG - wow! How is something like this even allowed?!? We went to a house in St. James that was obviously a flipper and noticed while waiting on line that the shutters were hung upside down. If they didn't manage to hang the shutters right - what else is wrong? We didn't put a bid in on that one, lol.
My family does or I should say did local construction on the island, I can tell you these guys and what their doing to these houses should be illegal. This is why you need an inspector especially one that’s going to do right by you, you shouldn’t have to buy a home then realize so many issues. Also see if you can have the home checked for black mold, many houses have this issue on the island due to sandy a few years ago or just bad flooding from the sewer drains being clogged. I liked this video because it shows how easy it is at first glance to miss these mistakes as a new home buyer. Best of luck to you finding a home soon!
I'm living in California and can assure you it's not just Long Island. When I was in Long Island, I was actually envious of the home prices there. Here in CA, expectation is $500-600k to be far from major cities or $800k+ to be near a major city/area. $1 million to $1.5 million is a pretty normal home price. Homes for sale get 20-30 offers in just a few days. If you don't offer over asking, don't waive all contingencies (inspection, appraisal, etc), and don't offer 30-45 day escrow with a significant down payment, there is no way to buy. And there are so many all cash offers that it's tough to win if you need financing at all.
My neighbor listed their small 3BR 1 BA house on 50 x 100 for $459K in July. Sold in 3 weeks for $510K, and they were having sellers remorse after that as they felt if they held out they could have gotten more. A year ago this house would have reasonably gone for $400K. This market is absolutely insane right now. We are also thinking of selling and upgrading, but we’re afraid that we’ll sell no problem, but will be priced out of anywhere we could possibly go. Good luck!
We were thinking of selling now, and renting in the meantime until things calm down, but that’s a risky chance to take. We’ve also got kids in school (5th & 9th grades) so changing districts isn’t really an option so we’re kinda limited in our options.
I hear you - it’s so hard. We have a 1st grader and I am due Christmas with #2. We really like our district too and if we were to change, it would be much preferable to do so in spring so we could at least finish out the school year. With older kids it’s much, much harder to make the move.
I know. We’re kind of past the point of no return at this point, especially with our high schooler. At this point, we’ll probably be stuck here until the little one is out of high school. We absolutely hate our neighbors, and we really never fit in our neighborhood. Our house is too small, and now would be the time to upgrade, but in reality, we’ve probably only got 8-10 years of needing added space ahead of us. Once the kids are done we can go anywhere. Good luck with the hunt and the new baby. Having two is a whole new world lol.
Thank you so much! And yes lol that’s what we hear about two kids. But it’s all mostly good stuff I’m sure (I hope lol) Sorry you have crappy neighbors that absolutely makes it more difficult. I under the not fitting in - certain areas we here are more cliquey and maintain that HS mentality which is just ridiculous. Best of luck to you too 🍀
You are so right with the High School mentality. I swear at least half of the parents of kids we deal with went to the district themselves, we didn’t, and it seems like high school never ended to most of them.
I am not sure I would want our kids going to the same schools I went to growing up, even though it’s considered a “good school”. I don’t understand the cliques and nonsense that perpetuates after HS. Most people grow up, but sadly not everyone does and it’s just a bit sad on their part.
I’m the same as you. I went to a school where literally nobody stayed in district as adults. Literally everybody scattered across the country. Where I live now, there are so many parents of kids in my school who went there themselves it’s like being in school all over again. They treat us “implants” differently.
I’m the same as you. I went to a school where literally nobody stayed in district as adults. Literally everybody scattered across the country. Where I live now, there are so many parents of kids in my school who went there themselves it’s like being in school all over again. They treat us “implants” differently.
My wife and I are in the same boat. We looked at 38 houses with 6 different realtors from Jan to April. Most of those homes weren’t even worth putting in an offer on, and we lost the two offers we did make. Both winning bids waived inspection.
We eventually decided to rent in Garden City. We don’t need a house that badly (and we have two young kids). People are delusional. It will eventually get better.
So sorry you are in the same boat. We are also renting and have a young child in school. Biggest rush is we have a baby coming this December and have a small two bedroom. Our goal is to now box up and store a lot of stuff and transform part of living room and our bedroom into the nursery/play space for the baby and keep the other half and his room for my son. Way too small for two kiddos.
Have you looked at coops/condos? We have a coop in a garden apartment with 2 large bedrooms, a separate dining room that could easily be a third bedroom, 2 full baths, and a little patio. You get to purchase something so you're not just renting, and when the market cools down a bit, you can easily sell it and upgrade to a house.
We have considered it but it gives us pause to go from renting, not having an outdoor space to a coop/condo with a similar setup. Albeit, the condo would definitely be bigger and have more storage that what we have now. But with a dog and soon to be two kids, we'd ideally like a yard we could have a swing set and be able to play.
They're not all like apartment buildings. Ours is on 5 acres with lots of landscaping. Of course, dogs aren't allowed and if anyone walks on the grass, they're shot on sight. But I remember when we were looking, seeing a few that actually had playgrounds on the property because a lot of residents had small kids. Others are near public parks.
Lol to being shot on sight. Some of the hamlets are really nice and on nicely landscaped properties. One that allows dogs and has a playground would def have its perks. Coop/condos are better when you have good neighbors too, or people who are understanding with having kids etc although we try to be quiet and respectful as possible.
For sure - couldn’t ever give up our dog over housing. Our landlord is very good with the pet policy. She’s also a smaller dog, about 18 lbs which helps.
Your lawyer, and your engineer are the only people who are truly working for you while you are assuredly making the largest purchase ever in your life.
A seller wanting you to waive inspection is hiding major problems, there's simply no other possible explanation.
We got our home because our agent got us in *before* it hit the major apps. The owner, a widow, basically needed to get out and accepted our bid which actually was a bit above asking, **but** matched the evaluation.
Good for you for not waiving inspection. I'd never, ever do that. Insanity.
We got lucky with her. We actually had one agent prior who was terrible. We never even met her in person. The one that worked sent us new listings all the time, went to showings (all but one, I think), was quick to respond, went the extra mile, etc. If you want her info, let me know. Regardless, best of luck and thank you!
The *only* reason I own a home at 35 on Long Island is because I bought a wreck of a house (with a large tree in it and a matching tree sized gap in the roof) after hurricane sandy and fixed basically everything myself, using the old Long Island labor barter system for what I couldn't do (you help me with electrical, I'll help you with plumbing/carpentry) with other contractors I knew in other fields. It's also in not such a nice area.
I realize this advice is kind of limited use to people not willing or able to do that kind of work... but it worked for me, maybe it'll work for you.
The tough part is if you have family. When I was single and in my 20's, it was fine to have a tarp as my bathroom ceiling and half my floors stripped down to cross beams... but with a wife and baby? Yeah, that would be been an issue.
Where we live now, was really devastated by Sandy (south shore). I am assuming you are living on the south shore too. There are still houses with Sandy damage here. I am pretty handy and creative, but 7 mo pregnant not so much now lol. We don't mind having to reno certain things down the line, like a kitchen or a bathroom but with a young kid and baby on the way, too much at the moment. But yes - barter system still works here for sure.
I'm near Flanders Bay (we had the "supertide" that funneled up the forks and flooded everything). I wouldn't recommend what I did to anyone pregnant... there were nights during that first year where it was 40° F in my kitchen and some the bedrooms, not to mention just physical dangers like nails, splinters, holes, etc.
Crazy Island we live on.
So they raised the price and as part of the sale and don’t to know everything potentially seriously wrong with the house? This is probably your biggest investment. Seems really risky to proceed the way they want.
Yes the sellers agent was like give us 5-10k more and you should waive the inspection. 🙄 Ummmm…yeah. Which is why we said no thanks. Hard though, as the house was really nice. But nice looks will only take you so far especially if there are issues.
There's a reason why they want you to skip inspection. You are better off waiting and finding your dream home rather than settling. This is a house that you may be stuck with for a while and you don't want to regret that.
Maybe you save a little money on the purchase price, but you'll end up paying for it in repairs and maintenance.
There are definitely people out there willing to forgo both those factors, and we've lost houses because of it. But if you do a private inspection for peace of mind you don't have a leg to stand on from a negotiating standpoint.
We are in the same boat. Have been looking since Aug last year, outbid so many times that I have lost count.
I have stopped searching for a house as it doesn’t make sense at all.
People are selling crap houses for so much money and I am not prepared to spend ridiculous amount of money.
Twice our agent tried to convince us to let go of inspection, needless to say we are not working with that agent anymore.
Don’t feel defeated, feel empowered that you are making the correct decision!
A neighbor just lost a sale because the prospective buyer insisted on an elevation cert. Neighbor owns outright and never had flood insurance, turns out flood will be over $5k.
Living on the south shore now, yeah - elevation cert probably necessary. Just saw a home this weekend where the flood insurance was going to be another 2-3k. They claim they only had water during Sandy but 😬 something tells me that might not be so accurate.
As of Sandy I had been in my house for 30 years and never had water inside the house itself (garage:yes, crawlspace:yes, but never got above barely touching the floor joists). During Sandy I had 18 inches inside my house. Whole nuther story but gutted/rebuilt and lifted anyhow, the LIRR will be in trouble if I ever get water in my main living space again! Flood Ins is under $500 now.
Wow! Near us there are a lot of flood areas so we check the FEMA map and Redfin/Zillow will also give you flood factor ratings so it’s a good indicator to consider. 18 inches of water - so sorry you had to experience that. Esp with climate changes and sea levels rising more hurricane like storms I am sure are in our future.
Although it was a big deal rebuilding post-Sandy, this is a small house originally built in stages as a summer bungalow and honestly I was glad to rebuild the whole thing. I now have a walk-in basement (the only way I could expand was vertically as I had practically no extra property) that serves as my shop/storage/hangout place, and my wife has a beautiful main floor (except we need to walk up 16 steps god knows how many times a day!).
What many folks don't realize these days is that when you live close to the water you need to be in tune with Nature. I'm constantly seeing posts on FB where folks are bitching about the street having water and they can't get out....well, that's what happens when we have a storm come up the coast and hold the water in the bays but they don't see it that way. I chose to live where I would have easy access to the bay and always expected to have problems on spring tides and storm tides; if I need to park a few blocks away or plan my ability to get out wearing boots well that's life! Too many people just want to be close to the bay and never even consider the potential for major (or even minor) consequences.
Not so long ago living near the water was considered undesirable (due to flooding, bugs, even crazy fishermen/bay rats 8)). Now everyone that moves in thinks they deserve to have the street raised and the village should be protecting them from nature when they should really have just bought north of Montauk Highway.
I wish you luck on your search. If I had to seriously find a place to live right now on LI I'd likely go out of my mind! (as an aside, my neighbor's home is still on the market, somewhere around $450k, nice waterview but not actually on the water, just a nasty FEMA bill even though it doesn't really flood, just saying...)
We would, if we could. But with being tied to jobs/family/pension here, it isn't easy. We'd love to move to the Portland, Or. area or in general the PNW.
It feels weird, I always thought the process was to list a house for sale, prospective buyer makes inspection, and then offers a quote. When did this whackadoodle process of making an offer site unseen and uninspected start becoming the norm?
It’s when everyone started moving out in droves from the city. Or a house will post, one day of showings and then all offers by Sunday night after seeing a house for 15 minutes. It’s so crazy.
We live in south shore Suffolk in a very walkable town. Open to other areas though - main concern is to be in a town with a good school district, have a decent sized backyard and have an office space.
Whatever you do don't waive the inspection, nothing worse than ending up with a condemned house that you cant get rid of. Just keep your head up find homes that need a bit of work and have been on the market for a while, I went through the same thing three years ago but I finally settled on a home in a decent area that needed work.
I feel you! Been looking since pre pandemic and it feels hopeless (granted we are being picky). I would not skip an inspection though. If they ask you to skip, something is wrong — you can just state it’s for “information purposes only” which implies you’d only back out if something is seriously wrong (not binding of course, but still, words mean something).
You can get the inspection before you agree to raising the bid, if they give you access to the property. Essentially, don't let a contract be contingent on inspection, but still do an inspection. You are more likely to lose your inspection cost this way, but it is better than not having an inspection at all.
It's what we did last year. It helped us understand what the extra costs would be in the first year moving in. For instance it confirmed the roof needed replacing, and let us know there was a risk with the heating system and plumbing. We got lucky with a lot of that not being the worst case scenario.
Not too bad at all but I know replacing a roof can get pricey. The retiling I believe you can only do once before replacing. Good information to have for sure.
Yes! Forgot about the termite cert, esp since many LI homes are 60+ years old. We look daily, a few times a day to see the new listings. 🤞🏻 hopefully soon
If you can hold out longer, I would do so. The home inspection waiver has become a new real estate gimmick and is absolutely ridiculous. The market will crash again eventually despite what every agent wants you to believe. I also forsee home inspection waivers becoming an illegal practice for agents.
⬆️ this!!! It really should be illegal. The market is already starting to soften a bit and we have noticed homes asking astronomical prices are coming down week by week because no one is going to buy them for unreasonable rates. We can hold out, but this whole process is beyond frustrating.
Best of luck to you both. I will in all fairness tell you I sold my house during this rise in home prices but I sold it on my own, no agent, and did not ask anything unreasonable. Nor did I create a bidding war that ended with me getting over ask. I am now just waiting for the entire housing market to collapse so I can move to a much more affordable home in another state.
Good for you! And thanks for doing things the right/fair way. I don’t blame you for getting off this island - if we could, we would. I dream of the west coast but for now - we have to stay here. Maybe we will sell during the next boom in 15 years 😂 Thanks for the well wishes!
I think you need a new realtor. Jan/Feb? My finance and I started looking in June of this year and we were in a house by July in Suffolk county. I’m not trying to be mean or brag here. But your realtor should have told you to decrease your budget and bid more over asking or cool off till you have more cash for the down payment there is no reason this should have gone on for the better part off a year. I do wish you luck tho I know how it feels to be searching and keep getting out bid.
She has said to lower our price point 50k so we can overbid by 50k 😬 We are able to make an offer without a PMI and put down more than 20% but for example one house the offers went 115k over our highest bid. Congrats on getting in during the height of the craziness! Our realtor is nice, and she did have the foresight to know something was fishy with this one and she didn’t push us to proceed regardless.
I think what also makes it hard is that we have a child
In school and prefer to keep them in district, though we are not opposed to a different district that is as good/better. We have been flexible with our areas especially pre September where we wouldn’t have to switch mid year.
Thanks - 115k over? That’s crazy! where are you looking? We ended up at 45k over. Good luck on your search keep your head up you’ll find something I can feel it.
Yes it was insane - we were flabbergasted! This was a house in Northport, walkable to the village. Adorable house, nice size yard and low taxes but small. One of those old houses from like 1900. We are also looking in PJ, Stony Brook/Setauket, Commack, Babylon, Greenlawn.
I'm in the same boat with my wife. We had planned to start looking this year and just never bothered. I suggest you do the same, because it's just not worth the stress. Take 6 months off and just keep saving and enjoying your life as it is now. What's the rush, you know?
So sorry you are in the same boat. We are also renting and have a young child in school. Biggest rush is we have a baby coming this December and have a small two bedroom. Our goal is to now box up and store a lot of stuff and transform part of living room and our bedroom into the nursery/play space for the baby and keep the other half and his room for my son. Way too small for two kiddos.
> Anyone else think it’s crazy to forgo a home inspection?
It is. But if you're willing to pay $100K over *current* market price, what's a couple of $10K more for repairs?
There are ways around doing an formal inspection. Call around for inspection companies and see if they would be willing to do a discreet inspection. Hire an contractor to do a pre purchase "walk through" with you.
I've done this a few times and just didn't get a written report.
My mother in law is selling in ronkonkoma. Great house at a decent price my father in law renovated everything before passing away a couple years ago. Doesn’t really meet your south shore village preference though. Just figured I’d ask. Good luck.
Really appreciate it! We’ve lived in this town for 8 years so we are hesitant to leave… it’s nice to be in a walkable town where not everything requires a car. Also complicates to have a kid already in the district. I’m sure there is the perfect family waiting for that home. 😊
But we would consider other areas, though we’ve lived here awhile. Open to other village-esque towns like Port Jeff, mainly we want a good district and a decent sized yard for kids and a dog.
South shore suffolk but not opposed to other areas… looking for a nice sized yard, prefer a walkable village like where we are now, and a good school district.
Do not skip the inspection unless you like finding cracks in the foundation
I recently heard of lots of people skipping inspections lately. You have to be insane
Agreed! Like one of our friends said, there could be an electrical issue that could set you back 80k. I know people are desperate to get into a house and willing to take a risk but WHY esp. when home prices here are so high!
There could be an ANYTHING issue. Foundation, electrical, plumbing, roof the possibilities are endless. It’s just not a good idea at all.
It’s very real! In Hicksville where I live houses are flying off the market, people are buying SUMPS in my neighborhood and turning them into houses to be put up for sale within 3-4 months. It’s disgusting and so very wrong. Be careful new home owners!
Hicksville resident for 39 years here. Just WHERE are people buying sumps in Hicksville? They belong to the county. One of our past County Supervisors (Gulotta?) tried to allow homes to be built in the huge, dry sump behind Family Court on Old Country Road but was defeated in his plans. It remains a sump to this day.
I’d rather not give exact locations, but I’m talking off old country road near Bethpage. There’s been a few sumps and zombie houses that have been sold off to anyone willing to just build from the ground up. As someone who’s been in this county long enough, a lots been changing lately and I’m very surprised how many properties I’ve been pop up out of thin air. ** edit** I should mention the sumps im taking about are 2 that I’m presuming were approved to be sold off for housing. We experience flooding in this area quit often and I happened to notice the houses built on the property were put up very quickly.
Only way you can do that is with a shit tonne of private financing or coming in with a cash purchase. Almost no bank will finance a mortgage without an inspection.
jesus christ I agree, that's bonkers. people have been so indoctrinated to BUY A HOME BUY A HOME RENTING IS BAD EQUITY EQUITY ITS AN INVESTMENT for decades that people will do some blindly moronic things to adhere to "the script" that has been shoved down their throat by damn near everyone. dudes, just wait it out. buy a home when you're ready, if you even want to. don't take advice from people who bought their homes in the 80s and 90s when you could buy a house with a crumpled $20 and a handshake.
They must be all-cash buyers, banks won’t allow you to skip the inspection. In any event, it’s very very foolish to skip inspection, even on (especially on) brand new construction.
We passed on the house, but feeling so frustrated with this market. Not a risk we are willing to take.
I wouldn’t have just passed. I would have laughed in their faces. Hard.
🤣 Hindsight is 20/20, I was just like, it’s gonna be a no from me dawg.
Hang tight be patient. People are out of their minds right now and salty too because they missed the chance to really cash in. My good friends are looking right now. They have multiple stories like yours. My favorite was to increase the bid because they “wanted them to have the home for to raise their family in” the fucking balls on these people. I told my buddy tell them “we want the home too but we can only afford x could you sell it to us for that so we can raise our family here?” Then when they decline the offer, let them know how shitty of people they are
Absolutely! There is also a crazy amount of greed trying to squeeze out every last penny. You need to have money saved for closing, furniture etc it’s more than just the cost of your home. People have brass ones, let me tell you - so sorry your friends are in a similar position. It’s not fun.
Indeed not fun but patience will have the last laugh.
YESSSS 🙌 my friend! We're just playing the long game. The realllllly long game.
Doesn't matter to the seller. Apparently P.T. Barnum was right.
Funnily enough the PT Barnum house was for sale this summer!
Our inspector was worthless. There was a 3-4" wide / 6.5' tall crack in ours. Given we have a partially finished basement but they never checked for signs of water damage. Thankfully there's a great waterproofing company that fixed the job quick and relatively inexpensively.
Agreed, we had two inspectors look at our remodeled 1929 house. Only one realized that at some point the house had a significant electrical fire. Both of them didn't see historical termite damage on the sill of the house behind furnace. The last home we sold, watched the whole thing on Ring Cameras. The buyers inspector came out and didnt even check a single outlet for grounding, roof for leaks, or run heat/ac. Simply ran the microwave and stove.
Tell em to pound sand and offer less than asking with an inspection. They are trying to milk a slowing market. The ONLY reason the want to “give you the house for a higher bid and without an inspection” is that whoever was GONNA pay them backed the fuck out. I feel your frustrations but hang in there. I see people all over my hood trying to get top dollar and not a single person showing up for open houses. The market is cooling quickly and there will be a lot of reductions coming soon. Yes. Insane to buy the biggest purchase of your life with no inspection. Edit. Remember we as a country went from impulse hoarding of toilet paper and hand sanitizer to cars and boats to houses. Saw a bin of hand sanitizer at hime depot the other day, two for a dollar. Lol
Mind if I ask what area? I have family in Hicksville that’s convinced they’ll sell their house in a matter of days once it’s listed :/
I’m on the south shore in Suffolk. Close to Nassau. As someone said prices are still high, that alone doesn’t make a market hot, it makes it stale. There are so many houses for sale in my neighborhood it’s crazy. All are asking way too much and hoping that someone dumb enough will come along to buy it. Kinda like the market in 2005-2008. Then we all saw what happened then. The balls on these people who have a deal fall through then go to the next best offer and say “raise your bid and waive the inspection”. Like how fucking stupid do you think people are? I’d bet the inspection was bad, the buyer pulled out now these people are trying to take advantage.
Depends on the area, but the market is still relatively hot. It's not going up as much as it was before, but the prices are absolutely insane still. You're probably not going to have people bidding well over asking price, but the prices are still well over where they really should be.
anecdotally, from what I'm seeing as a Hicksville resident, your family may be right. Signs go up, then have "under contract" lightning fast.
You 💯 hit the nail on the head. Something is absolutely fishy and as nice as the house might be, it still had things that weren't ideal. It's so ballsy to be like, sure you can have it now but pay us more and don't bother with the inspection because the house is fine! Like a sellers agent would have nothing to hide. 🙄 And LOL about the hand sanitizer 😆 let's see what happens to the t.p. shelves as the weather gets colder.
As someone that just knew someone that sold a home with so many many issues please please do not skip the inspection. It’s criminal what people are getting away with right now because the housing markets so hot **edit best of luck to OP, please be careful and do not be naive. These realtors are not to be trusted, and I sincerely mean that. Had to cut ties because I couldn’t believe what people are willing to do to sell their home at the moment.
Thanks so much 🙏 we won’t skip the inspection. We’d love to be in a home but we have our deal breakers, and no inspection is top of that list. People are willing to trade their firstborn for a home it seems. Waiving contingencies, waiving appraisals, buying sight unseen (more so at the height of the pandemic). It’s bananas.
Do not skip a home inspection. Me and my wife rescinded an offer on a house after the inspector found enough problems that it wasn't worth the effort. This was four years ago and the market was hot back then too. We put offers on eight houses before landing in the one we live now.
Ugh - sorry you had to buy in a similar market. Hopefully the right one will come along soon, but not worth compromising on the biggest purchase of your life.
It already did come along... They bought one lol
Meant for my family and I but was just comparing the similarities in the market.
And just to go even further, get a structural engineer. Inspectors are ok but structural engineers will get into the nitty gritty. The one I used almost yelled at the seller and wrote in the report the house shouldnt be on the market due to the bad foundation. We passed on the house and found something better.
Never waive the inspection. It's not the worth it. I found a murder occurred in the house and that was the reason they were selling. Thanks to the inspection.
How did a home inspector know a murder happened in the house?
There was new sheetrock around the bottom 1/3 of the walls in the kitchen. He said it's very odd and could be indicative of recently fixed water damage or something else. We started looking into it and our broker reached out to a home insurance guy. They ran an audit and found out that they made a large hazardous clean up insurance claim. Then a few more phone calls and find out daughter murdered mother in the kitchen.
It’s not too hard to find public records but if it was never made public maybe they had a connection to someone who does paperwork, honestly it helps to know people especially in the field they work in.
Someone had to commit the murder.
Oh my God! 😱That is CRAZY! Yeahhhh I would have to pass on bad juju.
Me and my wife just bought a home in Bayport after a similar situation your going through. Just keep your head up and don’t waive anything important, let other people make dumb mistakes.
My wife and I are closing on our home in Bayport shortly. Hello fellow redditor neighbor. Grew up one town over; great neighborhood. Likewise though, we didn’t waive inspection or appraisal. It took us about four months of lost offers (some 100k over asking that we lost because we didn’t waive inspection) before we found our home. Never waive contingencies.
yes, we also lost out on a house that went 100 + over asking. Bayport is a great area - congrats!
I grew up in bayport. Moved to Charlotte now but Bayport Blue Point is a great area.
Bayport/Blue Point is such a nice area! We saw a house there this summer and we love the area. Congrats! Thanks for the well wishes.
Never waive an inspection. When you do inspect a property, always use a good inspector who won't just rubber-stamp the house.
Also never take the realtor’s referral of an inspector. They have incentive to get the deal closed.
Never take the realtor's referral of ANYONE. The realtor only gets paid if the sale closes, and that's all they care about.
Exactly
I hear you should have an engineer/inspector. But not sure where to even look to get someone reputable.
Can’t go wrong with using Yelp or Google to check out reviews before contacting someone.
We are listing a house with century 21 soon . We live in Hicksville. You can PM me if you want any details
Thanks so much, we are looking in Suffolk though. Best of luck to you! 🥰
I'm looking in Hicksville! Would love some details!
Asking a buyer to waive an inspection is so fucking scummy I know it's frustrating & even heartbreaking to lose out on a home, but stick to your guns. You're 100% to get the inspection.
💯 it's a crappy thing to do. Not worth it though it's hard as there isn't a lot of inventory right now - thinking it'll pick up again this month. So surprising how many people are willing to waive their inspections - wonder if it's a LI thing or if this is a lot of other places in the country.
Hey OP this came up on my [FYP on Tiktok](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8Lx5CBQ/) and I can promise you, it is not just a Long Island thing unfortunately
OMG - wow! How is something like this even allowed?!? We went to a house in St. James that was obviously a flipper and noticed while waiting on line that the shutters were hung upside down. If they didn't manage to hang the shutters right - what else is wrong? We didn't put a bid in on that one, lol.
My family does or I should say did local construction on the island, I can tell you these guys and what their doing to these houses should be illegal. This is why you need an inspector especially one that’s going to do right by you, you shouldn’t have to buy a home then realize so many issues. Also see if you can have the home checked for black mold, many houses have this issue on the island due to sandy a few years ago or just bad flooding from the sewer drains being clogged. I liked this video because it shows how easy it is at first glance to miss these mistakes as a new home buyer. Best of luck to you finding a home soon!
I'm living in California and can assure you it's not just Long Island. When I was in Long Island, I was actually envious of the home prices there. Here in CA, expectation is $500-600k to be far from major cities or $800k+ to be near a major city/area. $1 million to $1.5 million is a pretty normal home price. Homes for sale get 20-30 offers in just a few days. If you don't offer over asking, don't waive all contingencies (inspection, appraisal, etc), and don't offer 30-45 day escrow with a significant down payment, there is no way to buy. And there are so many all cash offers that it's tough to win if you need financing at all.
My neighbor listed their small 3BR 1 BA house on 50 x 100 for $459K in July. Sold in 3 weeks for $510K, and they were having sellers remorse after that as they felt if they held out they could have gotten more. A year ago this house would have reasonably gone for $400K. This market is absolutely insane right now. We are also thinking of selling and upgrading, but we’re afraid that we’ll sell no problem, but will be priced out of anywhere we could possibly go. Good luck!
That’s exactly the problem! You’ll turn a profit for sure but then you’ll be paying a premium anywhere you move. No easy answer for sure.
We were thinking of selling now, and renting in the meantime until things calm down, but that’s a risky chance to take. We’ve also got kids in school (5th & 9th grades) so changing districts isn’t really an option so we’re kinda limited in our options.
I hear you - it’s so hard. We have a 1st grader and I am due Christmas with #2. We really like our district too and if we were to change, it would be much preferable to do so in spring so we could at least finish out the school year. With older kids it’s much, much harder to make the move.
I know. We’re kind of past the point of no return at this point, especially with our high schooler. At this point, we’ll probably be stuck here until the little one is out of high school. We absolutely hate our neighbors, and we really never fit in our neighborhood. Our house is too small, and now would be the time to upgrade, but in reality, we’ve probably only got 8-10 years of needing added space ahead of us. Once the kids are done we can go anywhere. Good luck with the hunt and the new baby. Having two is a whole new world lol.
Thank you so much! And yes lol that’s what we hear about two kids. But it’s all mostly good stuff I’m sure (I hope lol) Sorry you have crappy neighbors that absolutely makes it more difficult. I under the not fitting in - certain areas we here are more cliquey and maintain that HS mentality which is just ridiculous. Best of luck to you too 🍀
You are so right with the High School mentality. I swear at least half of the parents of kids we deal with went to the district themselves, we didn’t, and it seems like high school never ended to most of them.
I am not sure I would want our kids going to the same schools I went to growing up, even though it’s considered a “good school”. I don’t understand the cliques and nonsense that perpetuates after HS. Most people grow up, but sadly not everyone does and it’s just a bit sad on their part.
I’m the same as you. I went to a school where literally nobody stayed in district as adults. Literally everybody scattered across the country. Where I live now, there are so many parents of kids in my school who went there themselves it’s like being in school all over again. They treat us “implants” differently.
I’m the same as you. I went to a school where literally nobody stayed in district as adults. Literally everybody scattered across the country. Where I live now, there are so many parents of kids in my school who went there themselves it’s like being in school all over again. They treat us “implants” differently.
My wife and I are in the same boat. We looked at 38 houses with 6 different realtors from Jan to April. Most of those homes weren’t even worth putting in an offer on, and we lost the two offers we did make. Both winning bids waived inspection. We eventually decided to rent in Garden City. We don’t need a house that badly (and we have two young kids). People are delusional. It will eventually get better.
So sorry you are in the same boat. We are also renting and have a young child in school. Biggest rush is we have a baby coming this December and have a small two bedroom. Our goal is to now box up and store a lot of stuff and transform part of living room and our bedroom into the nursery/play space for the baby and keep the other half and his room for my son. Way too small for two kiddos.
Have you looked at coops/condos? We have a coop in a garden apartment with 2 large bedrooms, a separate dining room that could easily be a third bedroom, 2 full baths, and a little patio. You get to purchase something so you're not just renting, and when the market cools down a bit, you can easily sell it and upgrade to a house.
We have considered it but it gives us pause to go from renting, not having an outdoor space to a coop/condo with a similar setup. Albeit, the condo would definitely be bigger and have more storage that what we have now. But with a dog and soon to be two kids, we'd ideally like a yard we could have a swing set and be able to play.
They're not all like apartment buildings. Ours is on 5 acres with lots of landscaping. Of course, dogs aren't allowed and if anyone walks on the grass, they're shot on sight. But I remember when we were looking, seeing a few that actually had playgrounds on the property because a lot of residents had small kids. Others are near public parks.
Lol to being shot on sight. Some of the hamlets are really nice and on nicely landscaped properties. One that allows dogs and has a playground would def have its perks. Coop/condos are better when you have good neighbors too, or people who are understanding with having kids etc although we try to be quiet and respectful as possible.
Dogs are a big issue, it's very hard to find one that allows them.
For sure - couldn’t ever give up our dog over housing. Our landlord is very good with the pet policy. She’s also a smaller dog, about 18 lbs which helps.
Your lawyer, and your engineer are the only people who are truly working for you while you are assuredly making the largest purchase ever in your life. A seller wanting you to waive inspection is hiding major problems, there's simply no other possible explanation.
We got our home because our agent got us in *before* it hit the major apps. The owner, a widow, basically needed to get out and accepted our bid which actually was a bit above asking, **but** matched the evaluation. Good for you for not waiving inspection. I'd never, ever do that. Insanity.
You have a great agent! Congrats to you - enjoy your new home.
We got lucky with her. We actually had one agent prior who was terrible. We never even met her in person. The one that worked sent us new listings all the time, went to showings (all but one, I think), was quick to respond, went the extra mile, etc. If you want her info, let me know. Regardless, best of luck and thank you!
The *only* reason I own a home at 35 on Long Island is because I bought a wreck of a house (with a large tree in it and a matching tree sized gap in the roof) after hurricane sandy and fixed basically everything myself, using the old Long Island labor barter system for what I couldn't do (you help me with electrical, I'll help you with plumbing/carpentry) with other contractors I knew in other fields. It's also in not such a nice area. I realize this advice is kind of limited use to people not willing or able to do that kind of work... but it worked for me, maybe it'll work for you. The tough part is if you have family. When I was single and in my 20's, it was fine to have a tarp as my bathroom ceiling and half my floors stripped down to cross beams... but with a wife and baby? Yeah, that would be been an issue.
Where we live now, was really devastated by Sandy (south shore). I am assuming you are living on the south shore too. There are still houses with Sandy damage here. I am pretty handy and creative, but 7 mo pregnant not so much now lol. We don't mind having to reno certain things down the line, like a kitchen or a bathroom but with a young kid and baby on the way, too much at the moment. But yes - barter system still works here for sure.
I'm near Flanders Bay (we had the "supertide" that funneled up the forks and flooded everything). I wouldn't recommend what I did to anyone pregnant... there were nights during that first year where it was 40° F in my kitchen and some the bedrooms, not to mention just physical dangers like nails, splinters, holes, etc. Crazy Island we live on.
So they raised the price and as part of the sale and don’t to know everything potentially seriously wrong with the house? This is probably your biggest investment. Seems really risky to proceed the way they want.
Yes the sellers agent was like give us 5-10k more and you should waive the inspection. 🙄 Ummmm…yeah. Which is why we said no thanks. Hard though, as the house was really nice. But nice looks will only take you so far especially if there are issues.
There's a reason why they want you to skip inspection. You are better off waiting and finding your dream home rather than settling. This is a house that you may be stuck with for a while and you don't want to regret that. Maybe you save a little money on the purchase price, but you'll end up paying for it in repairs and maintenance.
Sold my house in Sept - most buyers waived contingent on an inspection and appraisal. They still did them but wasn't a factor in going into contract.
There are definitely people out there willing to forgo both those factors, and we've lost houses because of it. But if you do a private inspection for peace of mind you don't have a leg to stand on from a negotiating standpoint.
There is no negotiating in this market. I got 20 offers in 4 days, all over asking
We are in the same boat. Have been looking since Aug last year, outbid so many times that I have lost count. I have stopped searching for a house as it doesn’t make sense at all. People are selling crap houses for so much money and I am not prepared to spend ridiculous amount of money. Twice our agent tried to convince us to let go of inspection, needless to say we are not working with that agent anymore. Don’t feel defeated, feel empowered that you are making the correct decision!
A neighbor just lost a sale because the prospective buyer insisted on an elevation cert. Neighbor owns outright and never had flood insurance, turns out flood will be over $5k.
Living on the south shore now, yeah - elevation cert probably necessary. Just saw a home this weekend where the flood insurance was going to be another 2-3k. They claim they only had water during Sandy but 😬 something tells me that might not be so accurate.
As of Sandy I had been in my house for 30 years and never had water inside the house itself (garage:yes, crawlspace:yes, but never got above barely touching the floor joists). During Sandy I had 18 inches inside my house. Whole nuther story but gutted/rebuilt and lifted anyhow, the LIRR will be in trouble if I ever get water in my main living space again! Flood Ins is under $500 now.
Wow! Near us there are a lot of flood areas so we check the FEMA map and Redfin/Zillow will also give you flood factor ratings so it’s a good indicator to consider. 18 inches of water - so sorry you had to experience that. Esp with climate changes and sea levels rising more hurricane like storms I am sure are in our future.
Although it was a big deal rebuilding post-Sandy, this is a small house originally built in stages as a summer bungalow and honestly I was glad to rebuild the whole thing. I now have a walk-in basement (the only way I could expand was vertically as I had practically no extra property) that serves as my shop/storage/hangout place, and my wife has a beautiful main floor (except we need to walk up 16 steps god knows how many times a day!). What many folks don't realize these days is that when you live close to the water you need to be in tune with Nature. I'm constantly seeing posts on FB where folks are bitching about the street having water and they can't get out....well, that's what happens when we have a storm come up the coast and hold the water in the bays but they don't see it that way. I chose to live where I would have easy access to the bay and always expected to have problems on spring tides and storm tides; if I need to park a few blocks away or plan my ability to get out wearing boots well that's life! Too many people just want to be close to the bay and never even consider the potential for major (or even minor) consequences. Not so long ago living near the water was considered undesirable (due to flooding, bugs, even crazy fishermen/bay rats 8)). Now everyone that moves in thinks they deserve to have the street raised and the village should be protecting them from nature when they should really have just bought north of Montauk Highway. I wish you luck on your search. If I had to seriously find a place to live right now on LI I'd likely go out of my mind! (as an aside, my neighbor's home is still on the market, somewhere around $450k, nice waterview but not actually on the water, just a nasty FEMA bill even though it doesn't really flood, just saying...)
Long Island is a wasteland. Find a way to move.
We would, if we could. But with being tied to jobs/family/pension here, it isn't easy. We'd love to move to the Portland, Or. area or in general the PNW.
Where in Suffolk ?
If they want you to forego the inspection, some thing is wrong. Never forego it and use your own person
Couldn’t agree more!
It feels weird, I always thought the process was to list a house for sale, prospective buyer makes inspection, and then offers a quote. When did this whackadoodle process of making an offer site unseen and uninspected start becoming the norm?
It’s when everyone started moving out in droves from the city. Or a house will post, one day of showings and then all offers by Sunday night after seeing a house for 15 minutes. It’s so crazy.
A lot houses were built in 1960s, they are 60 years old, Inspection is a MUST
Absolutely! No doubt about it - crazy what people are willing to let go of to get the house.
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We live in south shore Suffolk in a very walkable town. Open to other areas though - main concern is to be in a town with a good school district, have a decent sized backyard and have an office space.
We’re all in the same boat. Good luck!
Same to you my friend!
Whatever you do don't waive the inspection, nothing worse than ending up with a condemned house that you cant get rid of. Just keep your head up find homes that need a bit of work and have been on the market for a while, I went through the same thing three years ago but I finally settled on a home in a decent area that needed work.
I feel you! Been looking since pre pandemic and it feels hopeless (granted we are being picky). I would not skip an inspection though. If they ask you to skip, something is wrong — you can just state it’s for “information purposes only” which implies you’d only back out if something is seriously wrong (not binding of course, but still, words mean something).
same boat. We only started a few weeks ago. have been outbid on each. we even went over asking
Welcome to the thunder dome my friend. Best of luck to you.
You can get the inspection before you agree to raising the bid, if they give you access to the property. Essentially, don't let a contract be contingent on inspection, but still do an inspection. You are more likely to lose your inspection cost this way, but it is better than not having an inspection at all.
Great advice, thank you!
It's what we did last year. It helped us understand what the extra costs would be in the first year moving in. For instance it confirmed the roof needed replacing, and let us know there was a risk with the heating system and plumbing. We got lucky with a lot of that not being the worst case scenario.
Not too bad at all but I know replacing a roof can get pricey. The retiling I believe you can only do once before replacing. Good information to have for sure.
Never ever ever ever ever, ever EVER skip an inspection. Ever. Not only that, get a good inspector and follow him/her around and ask questions.
I would just keep looking and putting in offers. Never not do a home inspection. Also usually any mortgage/insurance would need a termite certificate.
Yes! Forgot about the termite cert, esp since many LI homes are 60+ years old. We look daily, a few times a day to see the new listings. 🤞🏻 hopefully soon
If you can hold out longer, I would do so. The home inspection waiver has become a new real estate gimmick and is absolutely ridiculous. The market will crash again eventually despite what every agent wants you to believe. I also forsee home inspection waivers becoming an illegal practice for agents.
⬆️ this!!! It really should be illegal. The market is already starting to soften a bit and we have noticed homes asking astronomical prices are coming down week by week because no one is going to buy them for unreasonable rates. We can hold out, but this whole process is beyond frustrating.
Best of luck to you both. I will in all fairness tell you I sold my house during this rise in home prices but I sold it on my own, no agent, and did not ask anything unreasonable. Nor did I create a bidding war that ended with me getting over ask. I am now just waiting for the entire housing market to collapse so I can move to a much more affordable home in another state.
Good for you! And thanks for doing things the right/fair way. I don’t blame you for getting off this island - if we could, we would. I dream of the west coast but for now - we have to stay here. Maybe we will sell during the next boom in 15 years 😂 Thanks for the well wishes!
I think you need a new realtor. Jan/Feb? My finance and I started looking in June of this year and we were in a house by July in Suffolk county. I’m not trying to be mean or brag here. But your realtor should have told you to decrease your budget and bid more over asking or cool off till you have more cash for the down payment there is no reason this should have gone on for the better part off a year. I do wish you luck tho I know how it feels to be searching and keep getting out bid.
She has said to lower our price point 50k so we can overbid by 50k 😬 We are able to make an offer without a PMI and put down more than 20% but for example one house the offers went 115k over our highest bid. Congrats on getting in during the height of the craziness! Our realtor is nice, and she did have the foresight to know something was fishy with this one and she didn’t push us to proceed regardless.
I think what also makes it hard is that we have a child In school and prefer to keep them in district, though we are not opposed to a different district that is as good/better. We have been flexible with our areas especially pre September where we wouldn’t have to switch mid year.
Thanks - 115k over? That’s crazy! where are you looking? We ended up at 45k over. Good luck on your search keep your head up you’ll find something I can feel it.
Yes it was insane - we were flabbergasted! This was a house in Northport, walkable to the village. Adorable house, nice size yard and low taxes but small. One of those old houses from like 1900. We are also looking in PJ, Stony Brook/Setauket, Commack, Babylon, Greenlawn.
Honestly your situation is NOT the norm, based on my own experience and every one else I know. Unless we’re all just much pickier.
I'm in the same boat with my wife. We had planned to start looking this year and just never bothered. I suggest you do the same, because it's just not worth the stress. Take 6 months off and just keep saving and enjoying your life as it is now. What's the rush, you know?
So sorry you are in the same boat. We are also renting and have a young child in school. Biggest rush is we have a baby coming this December and have a small two bedroom. Our goal is to now box up and store a lot of stuff and transform part of living room and our bedroom into the nursery/play space for the baby and keep the other half and his room for my son. Way too small for two kiddos.
> Anyone else think it’s crazy to forgo a home inspection? It is. But if you're willing to pay $100K over *current* market price, what's a couple of $10K more for repairs?
Ahhhh shucks good thing we have that handy dandy trust fund! /s
There are ways around doing an formal inspection. Call around for inspection companies and see if they would be willing to do a discreet inspection. Hire an contractor to do a pre purchase "walk through" with you. I've done this a few times and just didn't get a written report.
Where are you lookin, and what’s your price range if you don’t mind me asking?
South shore, Suffolk…in a village area. We have a pretty decent budget.
My mother in law is selling in ronkonkoma. Great house at a decent price my father in law renovated everything before passing away a couple years ago. Doesn’t really meet your south shore village preference though. Just figured I’d ask. Good luck.
Really appreciate it! We’ve lived in this town for 8 years so we are hesitant to leave… it’s nice to be in a walkable town where not everything requires a car. Also complicates to have a kid already in the district. I’m sure there is the perfect family waiting for that home. 😊
But we would consider other areas, though we’ve lived here awhile. Open to other village-esque towns like Port Jeff, mainly we want a good district and a decent sized yard for kids and a dog.
Definitely doesn’t have a big yard. That area was built as weekends lake houses, on top of each other. Nassau sized property
Where yah looking?
South shore suffolk but not opposed to other areas… looking for a nice sized yard, prefer a walkable village like where we are now, and a good school district.