OFFICIAL real estate bs discussion

[SnailBums]

Anyone have any experience with using Hartz home builders? Wife and i are looking for a new houae and are leaning towards building. Any reccomendations? South suburbs, mokena, frankfort, monee area.

Mike

[Andrew222]

Originally Posted by ThirdgenTa

Have a question. I've had a few people tell me to have a lawyer at closing. Are there any benefits to having one there on a new construction home? I just don't want to fork out hundreds of dollars and have them do nothing.

I'm sure, if you address a lawyer, you won't regret your choice. My wife and I sold a house two years ago. As we were clueless about many questions, especially legislative ones, we used a real estate lawyer service (https://gklaw.ca). We were lucky to have deal with the professionals and didn't have to worry whether everything was done within the law or not. Also they offered consultations on many questions concerning taxes, documentation, permissions and additional payments. In my opinion, it is worth it to have a lawyer and be calm during all the process of buying, selling or renting properties.

[Yaj Yak]

thanks australia andrew

[Mook]

Spambots have come a long way.

[ThirdgenTa]

Had our walk through yesterday. Bunch of little touch ups here and there but no big deal. One thing I am unhappy about is our deck. It literally looks like a child put it together and used scrap wood with chunks missing. I told them it needed to be fixed. It needs to be completely rebuilt as far as I'm concerned. I guess we will see what they actually do about it.
One week until we close

[Shawn1112]

Originally Posted by ThirdgenTa

Had our walk through yesterday. Bunch of little touch ups here and there but no big deal. One thing I am unhappy about is our deck. It literally looks like a child put it together and used scrap wood with chunks missing. I told them it needed to be fixed. It needs to be completely rebuilt as far as I'm concerned. I guess we will see what they actually do about it.
One week until we close

Any pics of the deck?

[ThirdgenTa]

Originally Posted by Shawn1112

Any pics of the deck?

That's just some of it.

[Yaj Yak]

[SirMarco]

Fucking Hack Job

[SirMarco]

Outside of the cracked post, split wood and hug gaps, it looks like they used a dull ass blade to cut all the wood.

[ThirdgenTa]

Originally Posted by SirMarco

Outside of the cracked post, split wood and hug gaps, it looks like they used a dull ass blade to cut all the wood.

They made a mistake mitering the rails, re- cut it and still used it. The supports, which are in cement have cracks in them as well. I work with wood all day and I've seen some bad wood in my time and this takes the cake. Also used a nail gun for everything.

[Shawn1112]

WOW!!!!!
Yeah I would definitely demand they start from scratch.

[tinfoilhat]

Yeah that's a shit show for something that's supposed to be brand new

[Flyn]

When you list the home again, you can be proactive and mention the stains and reason for them yourself. Or, you can remediate them to the point there's no chance an inspector will say anything. Or you can do nothing and hope. It's your choice.

[Flyn]

I just finished my PSA (Pricing Strategy Advisor) classes. As soon as I send Florida their blood money, I can add the designation to my title. That makes me Realtor, GRI, PSA.

This was a useful class and seminars that teach advanced pricing techniques. I think I already do a good job with CMAs but now I will be able to closely match the way appraisers do their appraisals. That should make it easier for an appraiser to agree with my pricing of homes. One less obstacle during closing is worth the time and effort to learn the techniques. Getting the extra letters after my name is just a bonus.

[ThirdgenTa]

Closing tomorrow. Can't wait!

[Shawn1112]

Originally Posted by ThirdgenTa

Closing tomorrow. Can't wait!

Whats the outcome of the deck issue?

[ThirdgenTa]

Originally Posted by Shawn1112

Whats the outcome of the deck issue?

Emailed the construction manager about how unhappy I was and all of the issues with it. He replied that deck nails are standard and that remains. He would also take a look at the deck. I then got another email saying he ordered new wood and a new post and it will take a week. Not happy about the nails and we will see what happens with the new wood

[Great White Drake]

It doesn't even look like treated wood? I'm not seeing any hint of green.


On another note, does anyone know how accurate cma's (comparative market analysis) are?

[Shawn1112]

Originally Posted by ThirdgenTa

Emailed the construction manager about how unhappy I was and all of the issues with it. He replied that deck nails are standard and that remains. He would also take a look at the deck. I then got another email saying he ordered new wood and a new post and it will take a week. Not happy about the nails and we will see what happens with the new wood

Is this something that you will bring up at closing? Sorry if it's a dumb question as I never had a house built. Just curious how that kind of shit works.

[importcrew]

Originally Posted by ThirdgenTa

Emailed the construction manager about how unhappy I was and all of the issues with it. He replied that deck nails are standard and that remains. He would also take a look at the deck. I then got another email saying he ordered new wood and a new post and it will take a week. Not happy about the nails and we will see what happens with the new wood

Giving you a heads up since you have the same builder as I do. Once you close and move in, you have a 90 day and 120 day (or 6 months, can't remember which), to check the house and have them come for repairs. The house will settle a bit and drywall will more than likely get hairline cracks (it's normal). You can have them repair them but they will only do it once. So either at the 90 day check list or 120 day check list.

Now one thing you have to stay on top of....make sure they do the check list. I scheduled my 90 day.... and nothing. Played phone tag and then calls went unanswered. When I finally got a hold of somebody they said just to wait for the 120 day check list since it was literally around the corner. That came and same shit. Needless to say, they never came. Luckily it was minor things that I could take care of myself, but sucks that they didn't come to do them their selves.

Lastly, when it comes to the drywall patching (if you have them do it), they will only patch. You will need to sand it yourself as well as paint.


One thing I wish I would have thought of when my house was being built....adding a couple more dedicated circuits for a couple locations as well as a pipe chase from the area where all the lines come into the house to the media closet (then to the attic as needed).

Oh, and good luck

[ThirdgenTa]

Thanks guys. Yes I will be on top of things. I was told by another resident that if they don't, report it to corporate. Heading to the final walk through now.

[Flyn]

Originally Posted by Great White Drake

On another note, does anyone know how accurate cma's (comparative market analysis) are?

Depends on how good the Realtor is who is doing the CMA.

Any Realtor should be able to give you a much better CMA than the AVMs do (Zestimates, etc.)

A good Realtor can get you a CMA price range that should be similar to an appraisal value.

[Great White Drake]

Originally Posted by Flyn

Depends on how good the Realtor is who is doing the CMA.

Any Realtor should be able to give you a much better CMA than the AVMs do (Zestimates, etc.)

A good Realtor can get you a CMA price range that should be similar to an appraisal value.

Really? Hmmm....she gave us a 30k window between high and low. Doesn't seem very accurate?

[ThirdgenTa]

Officially homeowners . Now I just have to move our whole apartment and hang 13 blinds and be at work at 6am tomorrow lol