Home Buying Tips

When inspecting a new home, many first-time buyers overlook many of the little details that will cost them later. Always test the plumbing by running the water to see if it is clear. In this example, the orange patches indicate possible rust damage. Also, the floating cat head isn’t a good sign, either.

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30 thoughts on “Home Buying Tips

  1. Julie March 30, 2016 / 3:37 pm

    I would still buy this house.

    I take the floating cat head to be a sign of luck.

    • ^oo^ March 31, 2016 / 1:34 am

      Hairball? I’ll take it.

  2. allein March 30, 2016 / 3:50 pm

    The ad I got at the bottom of this post was for first-time buyer FHA loans.

    • birdcage March 30, 2016 / 4:47 pm

      My ad was for Pantene: For Intensely Beautiful Hair. Also apropos.

    • Clairdelune March 30, 2016 / 4:48 pm

      Aha. Another marketing ploy – hooking you with a soulful-looking cat. 😀

      • allein March 30, 2016 / 4:50 pm

        My condo did not come with any cute animals. Multiple layers of wallpaper and flooring, yes. Kitties, no. 🙁

    • Julie March 30, 2016 / 5:06 pm

      I got Home Depot!!

      How do they know that I only shop at Lowes?!?!?!

  3. Starfish March 30, 2016 / 4:37 pm

    I dunno. Looking over all my notes from watching HGTV all day, I think a faucet that dispenses cats might ADD to the home’s value.

    • Lurkingduck March 30, 2016 / 4:40 pm

      Agreed. I’m not picky about the colour, either.

    • Lurkingduck March 30, 2016 / 4:41 pm

      Would the drips be kittens?

    • Clairdelune March 30, 2016 / 4:52 pm

      Do you mean that round tilted bowl is a FAUCET? I suspected it was an ultramodern home-style male urinal… 😮

      • Starfish March 30, 2016 / 4:59 pm

        I’m not sure what it is. It really does look like some kind of sink, but I’ll defer to someone with better knowledge of modern bathroom fixtures.

      • Lurkingduck March 30, 2016 / 5:19 pm

        I think it’s a sink. The object to the left of it looks like a low-flow toilet. You know, the tankless ones?

  4. Clairdelune March 30, 2016 / 4:46 pm

    Such beautifully decorated home would be my first choice.
    P.S.: I admit ignorance, WHAT is the object filled with that wonderful white and orange decoration?

    • Caz March 30, 2016 / 5:12 pm

      I was wondering this also, i say it’s a Kitty shower 😉

      • debg March 30, 2016 / 6:03 pm

        Kitty bidet

    • Murray March 30, 2016 / 9:29 pm

      Good question. Unless it’s a guest room tiny sink plumbed behind the wall, because there are no pipes to be seen. Perhaps it’s just a cat dispenser?

      • Ellie's Maid March 30, 2016 / 9:42 pm

        I think there are pipes. If you look under the kitty’s cheek (near the sink’s edge) there seems to be a hint of a shiny drain pipe there . . .

        • Murray March 30, 2016 / 9:46 pm

          Well spotted, I do believe you are correct. SUCH attention to detail, all of you!???

  5. Faye March 30, 2016 / 5:16 pm

    I’m voting teeny tiny sink. But no matter. What ever it was it now belongs exclusively to the cat.

    Call the vet. The sink is stopped up. Again!

    • Faye March 30, 2016 / 6:54 pm

      Now that I look again. I think it’s a soap dispenser with an attached bowl to catch those messy drips. So kitty wants to wash some jelly beans?

  6. Gigi_the cat lady March 30, 2016 / 6:11 pm

    The cute kitty in the sink is not a deterrent to buying the house, but the crack in the wall behind him could be.

    • Faye March 30, 2016 / 6:51 pm

      So lovely cat is a diversion. Very sly.

  7. Ellie's Maid March 30, 2016 / 8:15 pm

    Hm . . the old “Cat in the sink” trick! (said in my best Maxwell Smart voice)
    😀

  8. murkle46 March 31, 2016 / 7:11 am

    There is a website devoted to cats in sinks,for those who may not know.It is slyly called”Cats in sinks”.Clever title.

    • Faye March 31, 2016 / 8:43 am

      I’ve looked at cats in sinks there. Sigh. Some people have bathrooms more fancy than anything in my whole house. But cats be cats.

      • murkle46 March 31, 2016 / 10:26 am

        If yours doesnt look like this guys,you are ahead of the game.
        ?w=300&h=300

        • Murray March 31, 2016 / 2:51 pm

          Ahhhhh! That had better be mid-renovation!

  9. murkle46 March 31, 2016 / 10:13 am

    Cat’s Contour Ceramic Cat Bed,like a sink,only $100(cheap).

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