Last weekend, I bought a super cute pair of vintage Prada platforms. Seller was great. She shipped them super fast. They arrived. I loved them. I left a happy love note.
On to today... Wore them for the first time to the office, pumped about my awesome outfit as well as the extra height :D
Alas, my happiness was short-lived. In the 300 yards between our parking garage and my office, they literally started disintegrating. The leather split on both shoes and the polyurethane inside the platform crumbled. I'm actually afraid of walking back to my car on these things. I may have to go barefoot, which will be awesome in the Texas heat.
Here's the damage after 300 yards of walking. My thumb indents over a half inch into the platform.
http://imgur.com/gallery/8GLEt6t
I truly don't fault the seller at all, but man, this sucks. They were so cute and now I'm out a decent amount of cash with no shoes.
Shot a note to PM asking if there was anything they could do to recoup me, but we'll see. One of the risks of buying used, especially vintage. :(
EDIT: Holy crap, guys! PM just refunded me via credits within 5 hours of sending in a note explaining the situation. They actually refunded me more than I paid since I'd purchased two items in a bundle. It's credits but that's just fine with me... I'll spend them pretty quickly anyway. :D
I think i just had my first case of dry rot. A family of stems of a sedum pachyphyllum started throwing out air roots by the hundreds and i was wondering why so i looked at the base. It was darker and very slightly sunken so i thought it was rot. I unpotted the whole pot of sedums to get at the stem and i felt it and it was actually very hard. Better to be safe than sorry i started pulling parts of the stem off thesedum to more surgically remove the darker parts and the insides were very woody, dry and a somewhat dark brown. Is this dry rot? Whats the difference between dry and normal rot?
First time home buyer here. We put in an offer in on a house that already had a pest inspection completed. Inspection noted a little under 10k in dry rot damage in various areas of the home (siding, deck, near chimney).
We initially offered 10k below list plus having seller make the repairs. Seller countered with 10k in credit saying they couldnt get their preferred contractor out to do the work prior to when we want to close. We revised our offer to reflect that and sent it off.
My realtor seems to be wanting to hide this from my loan officer (she mentioned not putting in the specific amount for the repairs for the credit so that way the lender wont question it). I wasn't sure why at first. After some searching online it does look like there's a chance the lender may refuse to finance the loan until the damage is fixed? Is this correct?
Once we get agreement, we are planning on a whole house inspection and gathering bids for the dry rot. Thinking we can hopefully schedule the work at that time for right after our anticipated closing date.
That pest inspection is dated April 24th. Is it a red flag the seller didnt get it fixed then? I mean it would've been done by now if they had. Also the house was previously pending but the deal fell through. Seller agent said the last buyers couldn't get financing. I'm wondering now if that had to do with the dry rot.
Should I be upfront with my loan officer about the dry rot? Should I just keep this to myself and wait and see what I hear from the inspector and contractors, and make a decision to move forward or pull out then?
I've waived no contingencies.
We are relocating for a new job that starts aug 6th. Inventory is depressingly low and rentals in this area are basically non existent. I dont want my desperation to cause us to make a terrible decision. I've been researching everything about home buying as much as I can, but there's so much to learn. I'm terrified of being taken advantage of and/or making a giant mistake I'll regret later.
I’m interested in a place that I may actually have a shot at - possibly because people are avoiding it due to dry rot. The seller has a pest inspection report showing it needs about $10k of work. In another market I would let this one go, but I’m tired of bidding on places that are in perfect condition and not even coming close to winning.
The house otherwise seems to be in pretty good condition (though who knows), but I’m worried about whether the $10k is just the tip of the iceberg. Is it likely that there is even more dry rot that the first pest inspector didn’t find? Will this be an ongoing problem? Are the prices actually higher than this due to the high cost of lumber right now?
If anyone has experience buying a place (or considering buying one) with this issue I would love to learn from you.
