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Article #5803Re: Urgent comment - termites & house value concern
From: Mark Smythe
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 06:17
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 06:17
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Morris Luk wrote: > Hi: > > I'm a first time home buyer and would need your urgent comment ASAP in > order to make a very quick decision. I'm interested in buying a > house. But the house I like (in Massachusetts) was termite-treated > about 8 years ago. The termites were found only in the garage. My > question is even it may pass the termite inspection, but would this > kind of house be hard to resell or this will lower the resale value of > the house if I want to sell it one day in the future. If it's hard to > resell, I may not want to buy it. So your comment would really help. You just wrote that you are interested in buying it even though it had termites 8 years ago. there is a large probability that someone else would be interested if the house doesnt have damage or active infestations. You may want to check water drainage around the foundation since that causes damage and entices termites. that would be the long term problem, if the drainage allows for accumalation of moisture. > > > Any comments or inputs will help. > > Thanks in advance.
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