"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
09/12/2016 at 21:34 • Filed to: None
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"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
09/12/2016 at 21:34 • Filed to: None | 1
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I found a house that I didn;t particularly like but it was in a quiet neighborhood so I figured it was worth a look. It was about the same price as my house would sell for so no additional mortgage. As an architect i’m somewhat snobby about design. It was a raised ranch which is like the minivan of house design. no thrills, just appliance like design. I was goignt o concider it for the location. Well from the frist step in something felt off. It was built in the 70's but the floors cracked like a teens bed whos parents are out of state. The basement floor (concrete slab) seemed awefully wavy, like something you would expect out of a 1800's house. I found the problem. In the Northeast you need to extend the foundation at least 4' below ground to protect the ground under the house from freeze/thaw/ this is what I saw:
that is the bottom on the foundation. there wasn;t even a fucking footing. someone fucked up. I feel bad for these people but they are going to have a shit time selling this thing.
Conan
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/12/2016 at 21:43 |
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Pre purchase inspection is important!
shop-teacher
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/12/2016 at 21:51 |
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No footing!?! Nope, nope, nope!!!!
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/12/2016 at 21:52 |
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Grounded to the ground
Birddog
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/12/2016 at 21:54 |
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First. The “Raised Ranch” needs to die. You want a Ranch? ONE LEVEL! No basement. Basements need to die too.
Okay.. My knees feel better now.
You would have an aneurysm if you visited the house I’m currently renting. It was built in the 1950s as a Summer Cottage. And was converted to a full time home at some point. It’s on a slab and cinder blocks. It had a full 1st floor “basement” up to the 1993 Mississippi flood.
There isn’t a square wall or level floor in the entire place. And it’s a shame. The place has potential if the Army Corp of Engineers didn’t own the land it sits on.
Dangit.. Im rambling. Sorry.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/12/2016 at 21:58 |
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~You can move in with me~
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> Birddog
09/12/2016 at 21:59 |
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well if you going down 4 or 5 feet a full basement just makes sense for the additional couple feet down you’d have to go. this is what it looks like
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> Conan
09/12/2016 at 21:59 |
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this was just at an initial viewing. not going any further. i’m also done with pre purchase inspections. i was finding more than the guy we hired was
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> shop-teacher
09/12/2016 at 22:00 |
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yea no way in hell
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
09/12/2016 at 22:00 |
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lol actually quite the opposite
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/12/2016 at 22:01 |
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lol not now that the winters coming. that place must turn into a frozen ghost town. i’ll take you up on that next summer
NostalgicCarLife
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/12/2016 at 22:03 |
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I’m no builder, but how does one even pour a foundation without a footing?
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> NostalgicCarLife
09/12/2016 at 22:07 |
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with extreme neglect. all a footing does is spread the load out so the soil doesn;t have to carry as much weight per area. like a regular garage could probably just get by with no footing (altho I wouldn;t) because the footing would only be supporting the foundation wall, garage wall and roof (the slab bears the floor load). I think the bigger isue is that it didn;t extend below the frost line.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/12/2016 at 22:08 |
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My rented studio is big enough for you, your wife, and three kids I promise
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Birddog
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/12/2016 at 22:13 |
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I just realized what you meant by “minivan of house design”.
I couldn’t live there just by that image. Theres no character. It looks just like every 1979+ subdivision in the Chicago metro area.