Comments on: This Old House Needs Work: Buy It or Leave It?

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:43:14 +0000

OMG…I saw a picture of this house and thought, “Man, that looks like the house down the street from us.” You can imagine how shocked I was to see it WAS! Pittsburg (without the H) represented!!!

My parents lived down the street and restored their house, then moved because it was too big. I live just a few blocks away. I so wanted to buy this house and “flip it” with my mom. I couldn’t believe how “cheap” it was for the neighborhood. I hope if she did buy it, she’s restoring it and we could see some after shots. If only the housing market was better, we would have done it.

LOVE your blog!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:15:00 +0000

This house is hideous!!! Even if you poured the much needed $50k it needs to just to get back to average, you’d never get the resale value for it. The outside is very unattractive as well. For $150k, you could find something much better

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:37:19 +0000

Looks like a steal to me. If the house needs Foundation Repair it should run around $8-$12K. But more than likely the cracks can be filled with epoxy and painted over. Tearing out the wall paper and repainting should also add a nice flair, great find!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:35:27 +0000

I would not hesitate to buy this house! You can’t replicate this kind of historic charm. Wallpaper and paint are easy to update and the results will surprise you. It’s always a good idea to buy the least expensive house in the neighborhood which has such potential. You will always get your money out of it! And since it’s so dated, you don’t mind ripping all of those old finishes off! Good Luck!!

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:08:39 +0000

It has magnificent curb appeal. It says “I’m a charmer, come on in and see the rest of me”. The bones are good and I could even work with the green in the bath and the older kitchen. Our seller went “a la cheap” in fixing up our house and we paid for her junky and ugly redo materials and then pulled them out and started over. Why pay for someone’s awful materials when you can just deal with the old materials and not pay the higher price?

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:32:03 +0000

I think I would move there just to have this house, and for $150,000, that is a crazy good price! It has loads of potential!

By: hookedonhouses

hookedonhouses — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:20:35 +0000

CJF–
You should be able to just click the “previous comments” link right up there to get to the rest of the comments. Sorry if it isn’t working! -Julia

By: CJF

CJF — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:56:01 +0000

Hi,
How do I get access to posts 51 – 104, I’d love to read them.
Thank-you

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:18:45 +0000

Snatch up this house! It’s a gem with incredible potential. So long are there are no significant structural issues, the price is an absolute steal and I suspect you’d regret it if you let the opportunity pass…best of luck and here’s hoping that before/after pictures get posted!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:29:43 +0000

I adore this house and see so much potential. It reminds me so much of my own when I first saw it- all sparkly wallpaper, built-ins and tiled bathrooms.
While the wallpaper was the first thing to go- I love the charm of all the architectural details and we even kept the purple and black tiled bathroom. I say buy it and keep that green bathroom too!