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Unpopular opinion: the best houses I toured were the ones everyone told me to skip
Back in March I was looking in the Richmond area and kept hearing 'avoid that street' or 'don't look at anything built before 1990.' Out of spite I went to an open house on Marshall Street, a 1978 split level that needed paint and had carpet everywhere. Turns out the bones were solid, new roof from 2021, and the inspector found nothing major. Meanwhile the 'nice' remodeled places I saw had cheap flips hiding bad plumbing. Has anyone else had better luck with the so-called ugly listings?
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theawest16d ago
My buddy Dan bought a house in Chesterfield that everyone warned him about. The realtor basically said it would never sell because it had orange shag carpet and a kitchen straight out of 1985. He got it for 30 grand under asking and the people selling were just tired of waiting. The inspector found one leaky faucet and that was it. Meanwhile his cousin bought a flipped place nearby and within six months the pipes burst behind the brand new drywall. Dan still talks about how the ugly house saved his savings account. Sometimes ugly is just honest.
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