u/ChodeFondler1

After acceptance of my offer, during the inspection we found a little bit of water intrusion and mold in a couple spots in the basement. The house was built in 1928, it has like a clay tile and mortar foundation for the top half appears to be block. I don’t think a lot of water is getting in but some is. The front corner of the house has a little damage and cracking that they said they were going to repair, which obviously could be the cause of water in that corner. There are also a couple blocks on the front wall that are slightly pushed in and a little bit of cracking. So I’m worried about the structural integrity of the house overall. But I told my realtor that I wanted a waterproofing company to come out and give a quote and ideally dig up waterproof the exterior. The sellers had a waterproofing company out that day, and they even took it upon themselves to say they will pay to fix it. But when the quote was sent to me, their fix is an interior French drain running to a sump pump, and then covering the walls with plastic . So it’s not getting waterproof at all, the water is still getting in the home, just controlled. I don’t like this fix because I’m worried about mold building up behind the plastic, them digging up a foot around the whole entire foundation inside makes me concerned that it’s gonna cause structural issues, settling, cracking and whatever else. Also I live in a high rate on area and I was told doing it this way would increase the risk of radon getting in. I’m just really failing to see any positive out of doing it this way and I would really like the exterior dug up and waterproofed. Would you accept this?

After acceptance of my offer, during the inspection we found a little bit of water intrusion and mold in a couple spots in the basement. The house was built in 1928, it has like a clay tile and mortar foundation for the top half appears to be block. I don’t think a lot of water is getting in but some is. The front corner of the house has a little damage and cracking that they said they were going to repair, which obviously could be the cause of water in that corner. There are also a couple blocks on the front wall that are slightly pushed in and a little bit of cracking. So I’m worried about the structural integrity of the house overall. But I told my realtor that I wanted a waterproofing company to come out and give a quote and ideally dig up waterproof the exterior. The sellers had a waterproofing company out that day, and they even took it upon themselves to say they will pay to fix it. But when the quote was sent to me, their fix is an interior French drain running to a sump pump, and then covering the walls with plastic . So it’s not getting waterproof at all, the water is still getting in the home, just controlled. I don’t like this fix because I’m worried about mold building up behind the plastic, them digging up a foot around the whole entire foundation inside makes me concerned that it’s gonna cause structural issues, settling, cracking and whatever else. Also I live in a high rate on area and I was told doing it this way would increase the risk of radon getting in. I’m just really failing to see any positive out of doing it this way and I would really like the exterior dug up and waterproofed. Would you accept this?

After acceptance of my offer, during the inspection we found a little bit of water intrusion and mold in a couple spots in the basement. The house was built in 1928, it has like a clay tile and mortar foundation for the top half appears to be block. I don’t think a lot of water is getting in but some is. The front corner of the house has a little damage and cracking that they said they were going to repair, which obviously could be the cause of water in that corner. There are also a couple blocks on the front wall that are slightly pushed in and a little bit of cracking. So I’m worried about the structural integrity of the house overall. But I told my realtor that I wanted a waterproofing company to come out and give a quote and ideally dig up waterproof the exterior. The sellers had a waterproofing company out that day, and they even took it upon themselves to say they will pay to fix it. But when the quote was sent to me, their fix is an interior French drain running to a sump pump, and then covering the walls with plastic . So it’s not getting waterproof at all, the water is still getting in the home, just controlled. I don’t like this fix because I’m worried about mold building up behind the plastic, them digging up a foot around the whole entire foundation inside makes me concerned that it’s gonna cause structural issues, settling, cracking and whatever else. Also I live in a high rate on area and I was told doing it this way would increase the risk of radon getting in. I’m just really failing to see any positive out of doing it this way and I would really like the exterior dug up and waterproofed. Would you accept this?