We are trying to buy a fannie mae home. Great neighborhood but of course the house needs some help.
We are especially worried about this brick repair at the front of the house. It seems like it's a wildcard in terms of repair but it doesn't concern me enough to walk away from the house - should it?
There is evidence that water leaked down the window into the wall and then down to the basement where none of the wood is brittle but we had a woodworking (but not professionally) friend describe the wood as "pucky"? So it seems that when we pull the wall open we're not going to have to deal with fixing the foundation, but what if we do? Does anyone have a concept of the cost fixing this part of the home with brick or even vinyl siding? (there is vinyl siding on the top sides of the home we could match for aesthetics)
The home inspector said only this:
here's a video of the damage.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22769520/IMG_4021.MOV
We are especially worried about this brick repair at the front of the house. It seems like it's a wildcard in terms of repair but it doesn't concern me enough to walk away from the house - should it?
There is evidence that water leaked down the window into the wall and then down to the basement where none of the wood is brittle but we had a woodworking (but not professionally) friend describe the wood as "pucky"? So it seems that when we pull the wall open we're not going to have to deal with fixing the foundation, but what if we do? Does anyone have a concept of the cost fixing this part of the home with brick or even vinyl siding? (there is vinyl siding on the top sides of the home we could match for aesthetics)
The home inspector said only this:
here's a video of the damage.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22769520/IMG_4021.MOV