A fixer-upper in Fairfax, Virginia, is already under contract after only a few days on the market — despite the buyer being forced to inherit a non-paying occupant in the basement.
The listing, originally posted on April 10, didn’t pull any punches when it came to the home’s current condition. A few of the windows are rotting, the dishwasher doesn’t work, a leaky toilet needs fixing, and the outdoor deck’s supports are “not to today’s code.”
Depending on state law, getting them out could be a nightmare. If they have a driver's license with that address listed, they could become part owners.
ReplyDelete> a non-paying occupant in the basement.
ReplyDeleteSo the seller's adult child living in the basement comes with the house? /s
"Non-paying occupant" tells me the owners can't even afford a pawn shop shotgun. My cat is the only non-paying occupant around here.
ReplyDeleteMy girlfriend and I have an arrangement, one might say.
--Tennessee Budd
I would keep throwing aerosol bugbombs in the basement until the filthy roaches either died or left,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to new age communist control, you own nothing, a squatter has as much right to your property as you do.
ReplyDeleteSaying that there are ways to get it done but most is probably illegal in Va
JD
That person is trespassing. Call the police.
ReplyDeleteRemember that scene in the movie "Dr. Zhivago", when he comes home to his big house in Moscow and the squatters/communists have taken it over, relegating him and his family to one room? That's the future if we don't start getting serious about this kind of bullshit.
ReplyDelete"The new owners, therefore, will need to .... learn to adapt to their new living situation."
ReplyDeleteOr maybe it would have to be the other way around eh? I remember when our evil neighbors were trying to ostracize our son from the neighborhood. One day I said something to my wife about them moving. She said "they aren't moving". I told her, that they were moving, they just didn't know it yet. It took about two years.......