Should I buy a house with an ~old roof?
Buying a house that needs a roof is fine, if the price of the house reflects that it needs a roof replaced. But you are maybe missing a couple of important pieces of information. 1) How much the roof replacement will actually cost — that will probably take calling some reputable roofing companies and getting at least ballpark estimates; your $10k figure sounds really high to me, but maybe there is something unusual about the house or the roofing business in your area that warrants that figure. Get real figures before proceeding. 2) Does the roof really need to be replaced? Life expectancies of roofs can really vary, depending on the quality of the materials and workmanship, how tough of a life that roof has had, and so on. The age is only one factor — again, you would want a reputable roofing contractor (ideally more than one) to climb up there and say to you how long they thought the roof might last. My gut sense is that if the replacement is going to be needed in half a decade or s
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