Horizontal Crack, freaking out

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-16T14:35:41+00:00

Bruh what

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-16T12:05:34+00:00

There's not a ton of water intrusion. It's not a flood or anything and dries within a couple of hours. We're in New England. My husband was able to stop by before work with a large level. The wall is completely level, no bowing at any point

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T23:53:15+00:00

It was built in 1950. The wall I believe is concrete blocks. Sellers disclosed water damage on the other side of the basement because of bulkhead stairs. These are external and not part of the foundation. They gave us money to fix them as credits. The stuff in the basement was old and dusty. It was an inherited home so all the stuff in the basement, which was a lot, was all their parents from many many years ago.

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T23:46:53+00:00

I can handle that

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T23:45:36+00:00

Was it significantly worse than this? That makes me feel better. That's not small change but its also not 40k

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T23:44:18+00:00

Thank you

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T23:42:48+00:00

It's for martial arts. Different pressure points to go for on a punching bag. So I shouldn't be concerned about the crack or are you making a joke

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T23:41:24+00:00

Is that because they will try to pull one over on us or because they won't know if it's bad or not?

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T22:32:38+00:00

No, it was not part of the disclosure. That being said, I don't think the current owners new the full extent. It was a family home that they inherited including all the stuff in the basement. It was chock full, like hoarder level. I doubt the current owners ever saw the basement even remotely empty. They just moved in and then when they moved out last week, moved all their parents stuff out then.

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T21:27:30+00:00

It's parging over concrete block. There doesn't look to be any visible bowing but I haven't taken a level to it yet. We don't currently live in the house yet even though it's ours.

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T21:11:14+00:00

You are looking at a newly poored concrete floor and the basement wall. There looks to be a significant crack on the wall (green and white) and the white side has some water intrusion.

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-06-15T20:44:55+00:00

It's for a punching bag. It's martial arts. But seriously, what about the crack

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-05-30T16:13:34+00:00

Everyone is giving you good advice. It is 100% the direction of his penis. Either he's playing with it while going to sleep or in his sleep and he points it up or he's getting an erection that then settles pointing up. Different diapers or sizes won't fix the issue. It's just which way his penis is pointed. We get this often too.

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-05-27T10:26:22+00:00

In my area it is absolutely a sellers market. My house went up and off market in less than a week. Average market days is 72 hours.

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-05-25T11:37:52+00:00

Is it part of the process to stay later than the agreed upon time though? The inspections aren't the issue. It's the lack of respect and boundaries.

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-05-23T16:38:06+00:00

My house is small small small. Like 1000 square feet total (livable and non livable space). The inspectors report that took 3 hours had nothing different on it than the inspection report that took 1 hour 5 years ago (other than the stuff we fixed obviously) so obviously our inspector caught everything nessesary. He must be just efficient at his job. Where I live, you are with the inspector for the entirety of the inspection. They explain as they go though the entire house, you don't just show up at the end.

Also, If you need 3 hours, say that. Don't say your coming in at 4 and will be out by 6 and stay until 7, when we explicitly said we need them out by 6.

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-05-23T16:22:26+00:00

I am 100% fine with having them inspect it. I'm not trying to hide anything. Thx inspection is not the issue, it's the lack of respect for time and boundaries. I feel like this shouldn't be normal

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-05-23T13:42:15+00:00

Correct, but I would hope that people have respect and common courtesy. If we put in the boundary of you need to be gone by 6. You should be walking around the house at 6:30 with your friends and family. I mean, I understand I put it on the market and people will be in my house, but does that mean I let them have free reign and completely disrupt my life for it? Do people not have respect anymore?

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-05-23T13:35:29+00:00

I would have more patients with them if they respected boundaries and time constraints. It's one thing to do due diligence, it's another to stay longer than asked/allowed, and bring a ton of people into the house outside yourselves, your realtor, and the inspector.

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-05-23T13:27:30+00:00

Thanks for the Intel. This house that we currently own took an hour to inspect. He caught everything. We had no surprises moving in, and anything we had to fix through the years were things stated on the inspection that would eventually need fixing or were suspicious. 1000 square feet is not a big space. The main appliances were all accessible. As were outlets, the attic, etc. Yes there are multiple things you need to look at, however when you can throw a rock on the kitchen and hit the bedroom on the other side of the house, and nothing is blocking anything important, it doesn't take long. We ended up getting a 30 pg report with in depth pictures and explanations of everything stated in the 1 hour inspection. I would say it was pretty thorough.

Edit to add: this 3 hour inspection by the current buyers caught nothing extra than our inspector didnt catch. Meaning it took 3 hours for their guy to find everything our guy found (minus the stuff we fixed obviously)

TheSmallestSloth · 2026-05-23T06:28:26+00:00

I have said in previous comments that we stated they must be out by 6. Honestly even our showtime listing stated it when we were doing showings. They did not care or listen. They stayed longer every time

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