It happened again! Failed appraisal!
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Comments (15)I've just found the original paperwork for when this company instlled the boiler. It was 2003, so it's only FIVE years old, not seven. I also found a PM sheet from 2005 where that tech replaced the thermocouple. (Charge is $23 for the part, BTW.) Wednesday's bleed did NOT change anything. By Wednesday night/early Thursday morning the temp was back down to 62F, which is the forced air temp night setting. I was able to use googe's istructions of setting the thermostat down to 66F, then back up to 68F, and the boiler heat rose to 68F and stayed there last night into this morning. Now working fine -- staying at 68F. (Well, I think it is working fine; hard to say since 68F is also our normal forced air setting.) We're enjoying a foot of snow today. I've asked HVAC company to call me when they can come out again to try again. I've suggested what googe mentioned, that the mixing valve may need to be recalibrated. I'm at least able to 'make' this work, and it isn't our primary heat, so I'll play along and see what else this company can do as long as I'm not being charged and MORE for it. I've now nearly paid twice for this darn boiler: $900 in 2003 + $700+ now....See Moreshort sale ?? taxes on appraisal vs selling price
Comments (8)Some places use actual sale prices as the tax valuation, others use an average of sale prices in defined (at least at the tax office) adjusted for amenities (bedrooms, bathrooms, lot area, age of the structure, phase of the moon, whatever method they are allowed to use. Virginia generally requires averaging spread over some method (that the tax office does not want to discuss) but other places use sale prices. One thing that is common in areas that use 'market value' is that they often hold the valuation low enough to avoid a lot of appeals. I have never had a property (VA, NH, and other places) I would sell for the tax appraisal. It makes it hard to argue your valuation is high....See MoreDeal Hinges on Appraisal But There Are No Good Comps
Comments (44)Thanks guys! Lirodendron, yes, we're supposed to close THIS Friday! Then we're going up to Jersey on Tuesday and will close on the next one on Wednesday. My buyers are letting me stay in here for two weeks after closing but with all the trips back and forth, it's really not a lot of time. We're moving ourselves to save money. In the beginning we were going to get movers but every time I lost a buyer and we put it back on the market, we put it back on for less money and so now I'm coming out with less. Therefore we're doing all the moving ourselves. As far as the hay, we're going to take one load in the horse trailer, close to 100 bales, and the buyer will buy whatever is left over. She lucks out. I'm selling it to her for the same price I paid but she doesn't have to get it and stack it! It's not the winery house. When we lost one of our buyers (I can't even remember now which one because this has happened so much), the seller of the winery house wouldn't give us a house selling contingency even with a kick-out clause. After we found another buyer, we went up there again to look at it and look at some others while we were at it. It looked horrible after going through the winter and we were so relieved she didn't lock us in! We felt like we were given a second chance! We found a better place, more suitable for the horses, with more acres and nice pasture. It's an old house too. Not grand like the winery house but I'll fix it and make it really cool. Thanks for asking! Check out my blog again for a real interesting update about this stress I'm under and the message I got. Here is a link that might be useful: Greener Pastures--A City Girl Goes Country...See MoreSo what happens when the appraisal comes back 6% low?
Comments (34)If you invest 100's of thousands of bucks to 'only' make 6-8% return in a business.....you have 'no' clue how to make money. It's NOT an IRA or 401K. I have 3 degrees all in business I also have several business degrees, including a PhD, and spent a lot of time in a real business making real profit before becoming a professor. My advice to you is to seek a tuition refund. The entire S&P 500 only makes an average of 8.6% profit. The average for retail is only 4.4%. The average profit margin in the construction industry for publicly traded companies is only 7.1%. Furthermore, and even more importantly, it doesn't matter how profitable G.C.'s are. If G.C.s can make so much money what incentive would a G.C. have to make less on your job? You claim to have three business degrees but don't seem to understand the basics of supply and demand. Just because someone is in a profitable industry doesn't mean you get to pay less. Run right into the Mercedes dealer and let them know that what they charge is highway robbery and give them a check for what you think they should charge, then get in the car and just drive off. Let me know how that goes for you. How much the G.C. makes isn't relevant to your decision. All that matters is what you could get it for somewhere else. -------------------------------------------------------- To the OP and anyone else in this situation. Don't ask a G.C. who you trust to reduce his profit, not because he will not, but because he just might do it. Here is a helpful hint for being a client, be the client that you would want to have. I strongly believe that the best houses are built when the G.C. and the homeowner look out for each other rather than everyone trying to get as much as they can. Don't start the game of trying to get one over on your G.C. to save a little bit of money, because the G.C. is better at that game and once started the homeowner almost always loses....See MoreMark Bischak, Architect
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