• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Some localities may not even allow the sale of that house until it is connected to municipal water.

    It is entirely possible it is more cost effective to remove the small amount of belongings you want to keep (a huge task in itself if he’s a hoarder), and raze the structure and sell the land cleared.

    If you do go that route of destroying the house, contact your local fire department. They may be interested in burning your house down as part of firefighter training. They do this for free. It could mean significantly less costs of clearing the land if the house is burned down.

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      3 days ago

      It’s not that bad that it needs to be torn down. The structure is fine. It just needs some expensive renovations to replace the inside doors (outside ones are fine), do some professional cleaning of the scale buildup in the pipes, fixup the electric stuff, insulate the roof, replace some of the flooring, replace some of the bad appliances, and some cleanup of the old junk.

      Connecting to municipal water is not a problem, it can be done, it will only need digging a trench to the road.