Archive for 'Real Estate and Foundation Repair'
Get Several Bids for Foundation Repair
A friend of the family is down-sizing and has put his home up for sale. He and his wife have too much house and are looking to move into a condo. A real estate agent was engaged and the process started.
The home inspector said there was a “dome” on the floor of the master bedroom. [...]
Posted: November 23rd, 2009 under Real Estate and Foundation Repair, You might need foundation repair if...
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Foundation Repair Job Down the Street Still Good
In 2006 I wrote about my then neighbor Dennis’ foundation repair job. The contractor used the “pressed piles” method of repair. He then sold the house to a young woman we’ll call Shelia and moved.
I was passing by last week and saw that a garage sale was going on at this same house. I figured [...]
Posted: December 18th, 2008 under Methods of Repair, Real Estate and Foundation Repair.
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El Cheapo Foundation Repair Inc
The house behind and across the alley from mine is up for sale again. A fellow named Bobby used to live there but he just left one day. I know Bobby had once owned the house because he had converted the garage into a den, added a swimming pool and had made other improvements you [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2008 under Choosing a Contractor, Real Estate and Foundation Repair.
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Bobby Disappears. The Foundation Gets Drilled Piers.
You can tell when a guy sells the house, packs up and moves away. You can also tell when a guy just leaves. Bobby, the guy who lived behind me, has up and disappeared.
Bobby was having no luck selling his house because it needed foundation repair. He deducted the cost of fixing the slab [...]
Posted: July 17th, 2007 under Choosing a Contractor, Real Estate and Foundation Repair.
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Foundation Inspection Protects Both Agents and Home Buyers
Frank Kneller is involved in licensing the Cable Lock method of foundation repair and wrote the following for the Houston Business Journal:
“The floor plan is perfect, the landscaping is beautiful and the amenities are ideal. A prospective home buyer is sold on the appearance of a home, but there are questions about what is [...]
Posted: September 25th, 2006 under Choosing an Engineer, Real Estate and Foundation Repair.
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