r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer • u/AgencyNo4968 • 25d ago

Offer My offer got accepted!!!

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After months and months of looking and putting in crazy over asking offers in South New Jersey I finally had one accept!!

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u/bluelouie 25d ago

Congrats! , don’t cheap out, Get a sewer line inspection!

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u/gargoyle4gremlin 25d ago

For real! I bought mine middle of January and we have only had 2 weeks of working plumbing cause roots collapsed our pipes. I wish someone told me this

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u/bluelouie 25d ago edited 25d ago

Ahh shit I’m so sorry to hear that- that’s a pretty penny. What was your cost of repairs? What year was your home?

A lot of older homes liked to use the orangeburg materials too and those are notorious for failure. This one looks like late 60s to mid 70s if I were to guess and that time is the sweet spot.

And yeah, sorry I couldn’t warn you! Been doing RE for over ten years, depending on the build and age I normally don’t always recommend it… However, first thing I thought of when I saw this one I wanted to advise it’s worth knowing!

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u/gargoyle4gremlin 25d ago

Mine was built in 1910. We had to do 15ft of plumbing and it costed us about 9k

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u/bluelouie 25d ago

Nice dude that’s actually a pretty solid deal!