Yuck!
Went to the house again to meet with the plumber, then with the foundation guy, then with the well guy, then the water clarification system guy, then the excavation guy and last but not least the electrician. The house is on a hill and the water seeps from the hill through a hole into the basement. So everything down there is covered in some red (iron) sludge and corroding everything including the basement wall. The house has been empty for 2 years and the sludge has plugged up the plumbing, the sump pump, killed the water purification system and corroded the electrical panel. There is some major work involved to make everything safe and reinforce the basement. Total rewiring of the house and some shoring up and rebuilding of the basement wall. Also filling in an old cistern and redoing some of the plumbing is involved. And to top it we would do some excavation and move the hill back some 20 to 30 feet and put a drainage system into the ground. There is mine water seeping on a lot of those properties in this area from the old iron and coal mines. Crazy country!
Well the repairs were totalling about 30000 grand and David decided to ask the seller to pay half of it or we walk! We should have an answer buy tomorrow.
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