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Thanks for all the feedback. I'm going to let someone else pick this place up. I'll just keep looking.

Picture of sealed window and what appears to be black sealant slopped on the walls - Someone wrote their initials on the wall beside it?

Talked to the realtor and he said he doesn't have any paperwork on the wall. Any thoughts as to why all the windows in the basement have been removed and sealed with insulation? their were two or three originally. Break-ins or possibly damaged by foundation problems? The wall support in...

Pic 1. Gutter on front of house but not in back - Where the water is entering. Pic 2. I can't change that. Is this going to be an issue with mortgage lenders? Pic 3. I can handle that fix myself. I'm concerned their was a problem in the past which would have caused this. Pic 4...

OP again. Is it possible the discoloration on the siding is due to a non insulated portion of the house accumulating moisture then growing mold/mildew? The central window portion is exactly located underneath the kitchen sink -where the cabinet and drain would be. The other section on...

Looking at buying a fixer upper. Advice needed on: 1. Rotten bottom of support beam in basement. The rest are good. 2. Sagging ceiling in front door foyer. Wall paper over some kind of ceiling material. 3. Strange discoloration on siding - it looks like somebody smeared roofing tar...

I've got some shoveling to do. The basic idea is to displace as little soil as possible while excavating the original pier working from the direction of the end of the beam. How will I anchor the new pier to the footing - if their is one? I'll post a new photo of what I'm dealing with...

Thanks for the response nealtw. I already dug it out last fall - the snapped portion isn't visible because the area filled in with a few inches of mud in the spring. The only thing holding the upper section of pier (above the snap) in place is the rebar which is bent at the angle visible in...

One of the concrete piers on my side porch has snapped. How do I get a new pier in place in order to repair. I live in Southern New Brunswick, Canada. I'm guessing it was originally placed at a 4' depth to counter frost heave. The snap is about 8" down from the top of the pier. Advice...