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Should I sell my house "as is"?
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Hi, I inherited a house that has a few expensive problems: • Half-finished DIY projects (some rooms are half-painted, the flooring doesn't match) •Overgrown garden (there's a creeper-vine that's grown over the roof, both front and backyards are overgrown) • The oven needs to be replaced. • The gutters are completely full of leaves and damaged in places. • The heater doesn't work. • The shelf in the cabinet under the sink is water-damaged beyond repair. • Water-damage (about 1 metre-square) and 2 cracks (both less than 1 metre long) in the ceiling. • One of the kitchen lights doesn't work (replaced globe, still not working). • I've seen pests (possums, mice, rats) in the garden, thankfully none inside yet but I've heard them in the ceiling on cold nights.
The house is less than a 5 minute walk to the local shopping centre and near schools, but a very quiet street, (these are maybe positive selling points).
My question is: is it worth getting these things fixed or just selling as-is and not going through the stress of dealing with tradesmen? Would the ROI be worthwhile? I don't have any cash to my name and I'm drowning in debt as it is (I also inherited the mortgage) and I'm too embarrassed to speak to a real estate agent due to the state of the house. Thanks.
Top Comment: Yes. As is. As a flipper special. Get out of it asap.
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Why in English do we sometimes use "home" as if it's an adverb, but not other locations? Like we say, "I went home" but if it's not home we say, "I went TO work" or "I went TO school."
Main Post: Why in English do we sometimes use "home" as if it's an adverb, but not other locations? Like we say, "I went home" but if it's not home we say, "I went TO work" or "I went TO school."
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Home is functioning as an adverb in that sentence. It isn’t really as specific as you’d think unless you already know where the person’s home is.
Other examples would be “I went upstairs.” Which tells you they went to a higher floor but not which. You could add a noun after the adverb to clarify, “I went upstairs to the third floor.”
Similarly, “I went home to my apartment on fifth street.” Here you have home as an adverb and on fifth street as a prepositional phrase both modifying the verb went.
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