Investor · san antonio, TX · Member since 2016 · 133 posts · 43 votes
We recently bought a house, after getting two foundation bids, a stinker with cut floor joints. This added another 10k to the rehab and killed the deal for us.
How do you guys protect yourselves from this?
We talked to an inspector. Getting an inspection wouldnt have saved us as they say "we can only inspect what we can see".
Confusing post...so confusing I'm curious. I think you are talking about floor joists? What is the context behind this question? Define cut, so they are literally cut in half? I assume it is a basement or crawl? If so how would you not see or feel floor joists that are this bad? 10k to fix a few floor joists seems crazy high...we must be missing something here.
hi! I'm trying to post a picture demonstrating what I meant. Yes the home is pier and beam. @David Grabiner,that is correct. The house itself is not rising with the flooring. I believe the previous owners cut them because they were unable to lift the house since it was stone.
Steven was slightly confused - the 27k included both the foundation AND the removal of all the rock to install siding since the current rock and stone and concrete cannot be lifted and is in terrible shape. However, our first two foundation bids were 22k and 12.8k - foundation work in SA is not super cheap. The home is 2300 sq ft and build in 1932.
@David O, the joist is cut completely through where it connects to the walls of the house.
I'm speaking of the jointed part where the joist meets the wall of the house. They are cut completely through to allow the floor to rise when the previous owners attempted to level the house (& I assume were unable to do so due to the weight of the home).