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Article #5804Re: Urgent comment - termites & house value concern
From: Morris Luk
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:56
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:56
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Thanks for your inputs. I won't rush into buying this house because it does have a drainage near the house which is at the lowest point of that development area. Thanks. Mark Smythe <smythe13@home.com> wrote in message news:<3B5BC4F8.5090A640@home.com>... > 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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10db0a,2576677c4f92c35d X-Google-Attributes: gid10db0a,public X-Google-Thread: 106595,2576677c4f92c35d X-Google-Attributes: gid106595,public X-Google-Thread: 107fe4,2576677c4f92c35d X-Google-Attributes: gid107fe4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-23 04:56:05 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: morris_luk@my-deja.com (Morris Luk) Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house,ba.market.housing,ba.consumers Subject: Re: Urgent comment - termites & house value concern Date: 23 Jul 2001 04:56:04 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 35 Message-ID: <e3ccc19b.0107230356.2d6df55a@posting.google.com> References: <e3ccc19b.0107221735.a7afb85@posting.google.com> <3B5BC4F8.5090A640@home.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.10.18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 995889365 951 127.0.0.1 (23 Jul 2001 11:56:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-support@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Jul 2001 11:56:05 GMT