Investing in anything can be risky and there's as much money lost as made with poor portfolio management. There's no such thing as a risk-free investment - whatever the publicity and hype says. Generally, the more expansive the promises, the greater the risk and the claims of quick and easy returns are the ones that are most likely to be broken but, with good and careful methodology, there are some sound investment opportunities around - Real Estate in Sarasota Florida is one of the best of them.

Re: Is my house at danger?

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Subject: Re: Is my house at danger?
From: ..p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com
Newsgroups: triangle.general, alt.home.repair, misc.consumers.house
Organization: Road Runner - NC
Date: Oct 26 2005 16:55:02
References: 1 2

On 26 Oct 2005 10:41:40 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:

"Kim" <rtphousing@yahoo.com> writes:

Hi, All,

Last Feb., I bought a 2-story house with crawl space. The house is
about 12 years old. Recently I have discovered signs of foundation
problem (settling?) that worry me a lot.
1. The floors at the family room and master bedroom(2nd floor) begin
tilting. I did not notice this when we moved in.

That sort of settling evidence is worrisome and should be evaluated.

2. Cracking sounds from the wall with chimney. At night, especially
during earling morning hours, I can hear cracking sounds from the wall.
Recently, the temperature drops some, but not below zero yet. The
lowest temperature is around 36 to 40 degree.

Cracking sounds as the attic heats up are not unusual in my
experience.  But then again, I could be a leming just ignoring them.

Ummm... wouldn't that be an ostrich ???  :-)


3. some cracks at the corner of walls inside the house. Most of the
cracks at the corner of walls are hairy, but 1 or 2 are bigger than
that.

Corner hairline cracks happen fairly routinely.

4. A crack (1/5 inch wide, several feet long) at my back yard.

?

We just moved in this house for several months. The inspection report
said everything was fine. Should I call a construction engineer to have
an inspection? What's your idea?

I might cal your inspector back and ask him these questions.   He
might be willing to come back and have a nother look cheaper than
anyone else because he's somewhat invested in it with his name on the
inspection report.   A 2nd opinion at that point might give additional
assurance.   And assurance is worth the money spent--it's no fun to
live in a place you think might fall down.

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Date Subject  Author
26.10. * Is my house at danger?Kim
26.10. +* Re: Is my house at danger?Edwin Pawlowski
26.10. |`* Re: Is my house at danger?Kim
26.10. | +- Re: Is my house at danger?..p.jm
26.10. | `* Re: Is my house at danger?Todd H.
26.10. |  `* Re: Is my house at danger?Toller
26.10. |   `- Re: Is my house at danger?..p.jm
26.10. +* Re: Is my house at danger?FDR
26.10. |`* Re: Is my house at danger?Kim
26.10. | `- Re: Is my house at danger?jim frei
26.10. +* Re: Is my house at danger?Todd H.
26.10. |`- Re: Is my house at danger?..p.jm
26.10. +- Re: Is my house at danger?..p.jm
26.10. +* Re: Is my house at danger?Panos Popadopalous
26.10. |`- Re: Is my house at danger?Edwin Pawlowski
26.10. +* Re: Is my house at danger?v
26.10. |`* Re: Is my house at danger?Kim
26.10. | +* Re: Is my house at danger?Todd H.
27.10. | |`- Re: Is my house at danger?trader4
26.10. | `* Re: Is my house at danger?Joshua Putnam
27.10. |  +* Re: Is my house at danger?Banty
27.10. |  |`* Re: Is my house at danger?Joshua Putnam
27.10. |  | `- Re: Is my house at danger?Banty
27.10. |  `- Re: Is my house at danger?Kim
27.10. +- Re: Is my house at danger?Tightwad
27.10. +- Re: Is my house at danger?redhatnooblet
27.10. `* Re: Is my house at danger?Heathcliff
27.10.  `* Re: Is my house at danger?Kim
28.10.   +- Re: Is my house at danger?Banty
30.10.   `- Re: Is my house at danger?frippletoot

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