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Going to inspection for my first house tomorrow! (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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prayers up please. It's kinda rundown bc that's all I can afford so I'm scared there will be something really big that makes it unviable to purchase. My neighborhood is starting to gentrify but the current owner wants to sell to me because she has only gotten offers from developers who want to tear it down and build some featureless cube. It's a really pretty old old brick house. I always wanted to live in a brick house and this might be my best chance.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keep the walls down until the wiring is done you will save yourself some coin

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lowkey I like the look. It's still lathe left on some of the walls and it's very beautiful to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Modern materials are soulless. A lot of people will buy historic homes and the first thing they do is rip out the old windows, or replace the plaster with drywall, then they're shocked when the character of the house completely changes.

You can teach yourself to plaster as well, it's not that hard. It won't come out perfect but imperfection is part of the charm. There's a good channel on YouTube for this called See Jane Drill I think

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZ8wFQIQPU

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: