u/Retro_Relics

how does homeowners work with a 203k to purchase?

lets face it, my house budget is very much at the "nothing is move in ready" level. the one house that was move in ready at my budget went 25k over asking. everything im looking at in my budget is a fixer upper, but my partner is also a contractor so...fixer upper is not the worst thing on earth. but one of the houses on our radar was a hoarder home, that will need the kitchen and bathroom completely redone and the flooring and drywall to get stripped to the studs. I was wondering how homeowners works with that since like, we're obviously going to be doing major renovations if we go with that option.

like, is the premium based off the sale price, or off what the expected valuation will be after reno? What if there is something that is currrently making it "uninsurable" such as electrical issues that we need to remediate anyway?

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u/Retro_Relics — 4 days ago

Is there a place to find harvest gold shag carpet by the sqft?

putting an offer in on a house that has been a single owner since it was new in 1965 until they died, that has had lovingly maintained shag carpet throughout that I want to keep at least in the room i intend to use as my home office which has that wonderful harvest gold shag carpet with wood panel walls, and i really intend to go whole hog on it and maintain it and decorate it to match. (i essentially found the great value version of https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/1-million-florida-time-capsule-103000815.htmlhttps://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/1-million-florida-time-capsule-103000815.html this place.)

But my god, I'm trying to find a source for it so I can have some on hand in case I need to patch it or something and every google search I am finding is for area rugs.

u/Retro_Relics — 10 days ago