uying a home is a big person selling a home isn't going
investment. You should use to act differently. This is why
a checklist when sizing up you want to take a close look at
potential homes. In this article, the exterior paint and stucco on
we cover a home buying checklist a home.
for paint and stucco.
1. The first thing to look for is
Paint and Stucco peeling or flaking of paint on
the exterior walls. If you see
The exterior of a home typically this in an obvious place on a
makes the biggest impression when wall, run for the hills because
you first view a potential buying the house needs a total repaint.
opportunity. Many homebuyers, Typically, you are not going to
however, often make the mistake find such obvious problems.
of looking at color schemes as Instead, you need to poke around
the principal issue. In truth, a behind bushes, up under roof
close review of the exterior of overhangs and in nooks and
the prospective home can tell you crannies. If you find problems of
a lot about the quality of the this sort, it tends to mean the
structure. paint job on the home was not
applied correctly. Once these
A person selling a home is not problems start occurring, you can
stupid. Before putting a home on count on them getting worse over
the market, they are going to time.
take steps to spiff it out to
raise buyer interest and the rate 2. The second thing to look for
you are willing to pay. There is is stains around perforations in
nothing devious about such the paint. For instance, look for
conduct. It is natural to want to an area where bolts or nails
put your best foot forward and a penetrate a painted surface. If
you see rust around the hole, you of a stucco wall. This can mean
may be seeing an indication of there are problems with the
poor maintenance. Even worse, you drainage screen behind the stucco
may be seeing an indication of a wall and water isn't getting out.
water drainage problem. If water isn't getting out, the
Investigate such occurrences very stucco will continue to degrade
carefully. and you may have a mold problem
at some point. Both situations
3. With stucco homes, you are can be very expensive to fix.
typically going to find some
cracking do to earth movement and When checking out perspective
temperature changes. As long as home buying opportunities, the
these areas are relatively small, exterior of the home should be
you shouldn't have problems looked at very closely. In this
patching them for a nominal case, the merits of the home all
price. The bigger problem, come down to the details.
however, is if you find stains or
soft spots on the bottom section
About the Author:
Raynor James is with the FSBO site - http://www.fsboamerica.org - FSBO homes for sale by owner. Visit our home buying page - http://www.fsboamerica.org/buyer.cfm - to view and buy homes, houses, condos, land and real estate.
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