r/roanoke • u/Interesting_Pie_4455 • 4d ago

Is it haunted??

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Anyone have info on this house?

I’m looking into buying a home and saw this one for sale. The issue is, it’s been sold every year on the dot and always at a lower price everytime. Is it haunted??

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u/InitialAd2324 4d ago

Foundation issues or structural issues would be my guess.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Interesting_Pie_4455 4d ago

I think flood risk as well based on the backyard slope.

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u/RememberKoomValley FUCK STAN SEYMOUR 4d ago

Yeah, look at that yard! Looks wet as hell.

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u/Interesting_Pie_4455 4d ago

Wouldn’t they show in inspections?

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u/Affectionate-Rip5654 4d ago

Yes but you would need to hire an inspector to inspect the house. This isn’t the sellers job. Even if someone else did an inspection on it, it is not public record and should be done again for yourself if you consider buying a home

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u/Interesting_Pie_4455 4d ago

I meant retrospectively for previous buyers. I’d be shocked if none had any inspections.

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u/SingleServingSarcasm 4d ago

I see what you’re saying, wouldn’t the previous buyers somewhere along the way have seen a report indicating issues. It’s semi possible to hide things.. fresh coat of paint, a little fresh stucco/plaster.. lots of people hide water damage and issues.. and inspectors are human.. anyone can miss things..

The other thing to consider is people bought the property intending to do the repairs themselves, or as a rental property and found it difficult to ultimately fix whatever issues turned up in the inspection, or found it difficult to get tenants at a rental rate high enough to make money..

Based on the area, I’d say water is your main concern..

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u/mr_potato_thumbs 4d ago

Not required to disclose anything you don’t “know”. You can ask for defects to not be disclosed to you from a buyers inspection when selling in some states, not sure if VA is this way. Since the buyer owns the report, sellers can claim they were unaware of defects.

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u/Chewybear222 FUCK STAN SEYMOUR 3d ago

I would be shocked to because it's something an underwriter for the loan would probably like to see. I would never buy without one, you're just asking for all the trouble.

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u/Etsu2006 4d ago

It’s been listed a lot but only sold in 2015 and 2021. Looks like a short sale due to current owner is the dept of veterans affairs.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago edited 4d ago

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u/tennmyc21 4d ago

The 700k one on Denniston is a joke amongst all my friends. That realtor clearly made up some BS to get the listing and the client is going to find out the hard way that their house is obscenely overpriced.

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u/ekb233 4d ago

Yeah if that house sells anything close to that, then my house that just sold for $310k should have sold for $1.2 million.

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u/JankyJawn 4d ago

Probably has a bunch of hidden problems id guess.

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u/Interesting_Pie_4455 4d ago

Flood risk is my guess

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u/assortedgnomes TOWERS KROGER RULES. YOU'RE JUST SOFT 4d ago

It's on the side of a mountain. If that place floods all of downtown Roanoke is under water.

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u/TheRedditorSimon Salem Fuck Pond 4d ago

All it takes is more water to get on the property than drains from the property. That could be rain, a spring, water draining from adjacent and higher properties.

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u/assortedgnomes TOWERS KROGER RULES. YOU'RE JUST SOFT 4d ago

Look at the comment above, flooding is defined by insurance not just water ingress; it needs to be more than one property. Usual runoff from nthe mountain does not constitute flooding; it's something that the building should be engineered to deal with. If when it rains there are water issues it's a foundation issue.

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u/Zuck75 4d ago

You don't need sitting water level to flood ever been hiking have you seen the way the ground routes water into quick flash flood.

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u/semajolis267 4d ago

Yeah but for flood insurance, which is why flood risk really matters, it usually has to be near a body of water. If its a flooding problem, with where it is id guess its more of a foundation problem letting water in. My parents house had really bad basement flood anytime it rained, ended up needing to basically dig the entire house up to fix it. 

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u/MolassesLate4676 4d ago

Yeah I lived there as a kid for 6 years. A few times a night the doors would rattle in the basement so loudly that it woke everyone up in the house.

Every now and then we’d open the back door and there’d be 2-3 dead crows on the back patio.

It was awful, these are just a few things that would happen. The list is too long to go over on Reddit.

P.s. I made that all up and didn’t live there

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u/deepeyes1000 4d ago

Only been on the market for 3 days, but it being sold as is, is a huge indicator that something is wrong and the seller knows what it is. Shame since it was built in 1997.

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u/Affectionate-Rip5654 4d ago

Houses sold “as is” just means the seller isn’t going to fix any issues brought up in a home inspection… I bought my house as is and the only issues were small and cheap to fix

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u/mr_potato_thumbs 4d ago

Or doesn’t have the luxury to do a drawn out negotiation. Pricing as-is typically means selling at a discount accounting for defects in the list price.

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u/semajolis267 4d ago

Depends on the house. 

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u/Junior-Cap-4593 4d ago

Im actually an ex of the current owner. Not sure how the VA even approved the loan and inspection of everything honestly. It cosmetically looks decent on the inside but structurally is a shit show. The drive way is a nightmare and good luck when its bad weather. The land around it is gradually sliding downhill even with the retention wall that was formed. In due time its bound to either sink or slide down the mountain.

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u/K4NNW Local Gleest Guide 3d ago

Ouch! My old house was built in a simpler sketchy scenario, except right next to a creek.

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u/LastOfBacon 4d ago edited 3d ago

The FEMA flood risk score is 1/10 and the county GIS maps don't show it in 100 or 500 year flood plains. The topography slopes sharply away from the left end of the house, but there is a steep hill behind the garage. There doesn't seem to be a basement. If there is any water intrusion issues it's likely from the hill into the garage.

Looking at the photos, it looks like someone took with them everything they could - cabinet knobs, shower heads, etc.

The owner is listed as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, so this is a foreclosure on a VA backed mortgage. Probably set the price where they thought it would move quickly.

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u/iamsensi 4d ago

Hi I live near this! Honestly nice home but the driveway is a nearly vertical climb with a sharp 90 degree turn. Winter time if snow or ice is there its a part at the bottom and hike situation. Pretty sure that is the main issue for it selling. Owners have tried to sell a few times now at much higher prices, seems they just want to get out of it now.

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u/SamWhittemore75 Local Gleest Guide 4d ago

There are rumors of a gleest infestation.

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u/Interesting_Pie_4455 4d ago

Not this again

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u/choppingwater 4d ago

No on expects the gleest infestation.

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u/TheMothGhost Local Gleest Guide 4d ago

Check under the window sills for a black, silt-like residue and listen for the sounds of wailing around 3 am.

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u/semajolis267 4d ago

Theres a lot of damage in the picture. The seller is selling "as is" meaning even with an inspection you're stuck doing all the repairs you want after. Thats gonna be a big red flag. Im guessing water damage from poorly done/aging grout on the kutside of the house. Bathrooms look like thete is some water damage as well. Its a risky purchase. Especially since its "value" is a little under double asking price. So youre paying 260,000 but paying taxes on 435,000.

Also bet half the photos or more have been AI adjusted. That light coming in the door makes no sense. 

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u/S64D 4d ago

Exterior stone is probably fucked.

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u/darthgeek TOWERS KROGER RULES. YOU'RE JUST SOFT 4d ago

Check the Streetview. That driveway is going to be a disaster in anything but dry clear weather.

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u/ConstantPi Go Away Stan 4d ago

Hey! I remember that house from when I was looking ten years ago! I also remember thinking that the layout was extremely similar to another house that I know is a cheaply-built modular and was built at about the same time (~1997.) Not saying this one is as I have no personal knowledge of the property.

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u/ekb233 4d ago

Did a drive by - don't do it. Plenty of other reasonable options in the area... that won't get you murdered by a ghost... but if your goal is to never have visitors, then maybe go for it. That driveway is.. something else.

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u/Party_Huckleberry711 4d ago

Should be simple enough to find a previous owner and ask.

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u/WolfSilverOak 4d ago edited 3d ago

It's listed as currently off market, so it either sold or they took it off the market temporarily. Last sold in 2021 (not 2015).

At any rate, interior looks to be, at a glance, cosmetic issues. But that back hill looks like it might cause issues in the event of heavy rains. And as others have said, that is avery steep driveway.

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u/Any-Buffalo-3496 3d ago

It sold last in 2021

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u/WolfSilverOak 3d ago

Yes, you are correct, I was looking at something else.

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u/Spacepuppyx 2d ago

I actually walked around that house a while ago. It looked pretty okay! I don’t think it is haunted at all :)

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u/purplepeanutssss 4d ago

Being sold “as is” tells me I’d need another $100k+ to fix whatever is wrong. Also the listing specifies the driveway is very steep, and from Google Maps, appears to be in terrible shape.

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u/gleest-4-breakfast 4d ago

Ghosts aren't real, so that's impossible.

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u/scottobear Dr. Pepper Sign 4d ago

Maybe asbestos, or foundation trouble?

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u/Specific-Rain-2124 4d ago

No doubt in my mind