Would this house turn us into Tom Hanks and Shelley Long?
Thanks for the advice so far. Just to clarify a few things: A 70 year old house doesn’t sit on steel pilings. A few architects I know up here did say that pilings were pretty common in Minneapolis houses in the 30s; they suggested that the original survey for the property should say for sure. The creek is eating away the ground under that house. Well, by “nearby,” I meant “within half a mile.” The creek in question is 6 blocks away. The ground might be swampy because of the creek, and something’s definitely eating a hole, but I don’t think it’s actually the creek doing the eating. How long has the house been on the market? About 40 days. The realtor knows less about the house than you [you just had an inspection done, which she did not] AND she has a financial interest in lying to you. This is not a trustworthy individual.) I definitely don’t trust the seller’s agent as far as I could throw her, but at this point I don’t necessarily think that our realtor is out to screw us– she origi
