does that mean the house needs a ton of work or does it mean it has a couple of things that are broken. i honestly dont want to buy a house and need to do repairs, i want something basically ready 2 live in. should i still consider homes that have "needs tlc" in the description?
2007-12-20 08:16:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
It's code for lots of work really. If you don't want to have to do anything, you don't want TLC, fixer upper, or "just needs" and a list follows.
Use a buyer's agent (free to you) and be clear about what you want and can spend and let the pro do the basic work. In this buyer's market, it's highly unlikely you can't get a good deal unless you're not really qualified to buy a home. (Be a good idea to get pre-qualified at the very least as well.)
2007-12-20 08:20:13 · answer #1 · answered by heyteach 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Needs Tlc
2016-09-29 21:49:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Needs TLC could mean anything to a Realtor. You need to call the listing agent to find out how bad they are. I've listed some that the owner wanted described as needing TLC, where the TLC just included some cosmetic manual labor, others where the TLC involved contractors, framing, etc.
There is no set definition of TLC. Best of luck!
2007-12-20 08:24:13 · answer #3 · answered by trblmkr30 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should look at it anyway. My house was listed as needing TLC, no warranty. When we got there the first thing my realtor (who was representing me as a buyer) said was, "Wow, this is the surprise of the century". She expected it to be much worse. It needed work, but nothing too terrible. The old plaster walls were bulging a little, and had some cracks. The water pressure wasn't great. The basement floods. (As do several, in Chicagoland.) The electricity was still knob and tube, but it wasn't hazardous. It wasn't like I had a roof that was leaking or a front porch that was going to collapse. Over 4.5 years I have done a lot of work to the house, and it STILL needs TLC, but that is because it is a 100 year old house.
2007-12-20 09:29:36 · answer #4 · answered by HEATHER 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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when a house is listed saying it needs tlc, what does that mean?
does that mean the house needs a ton of work or does it mean it has a couple of things that are broken. i honestly dont want to buy a house and need to do repairs, i want something basically ready 2 live in. should i still consider homes that have "needs tlc" in the description?
2015-08-07 08:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope. "Needs TLC" means you're going to have a lot of work to do. You could always take a look at the place just in case, but even if you didn't see anything obvious, with a description like that I'm betting there are even things wrong that aren't so obvious.
2007-12-20 08:25:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A real estate agent’s job is to make everything sound as good as possible so whatever you read is the glossy PR description.
I remember these words well from my house’s listing: “just needs a little paint and elbow grease.” Which really meant that it was dirty, absolutely needed paint, and also needed new flooring, plumbing work, bathroom remodels, new windows, new door, and a whole bunch of crappy finish work redone. In other words, not only did it need work before I lived there, it will be an ongoing project as long as I do.
2007-12-20 08:29:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Needs "TLC" is a code for "There are so many things wrong with it, we better say something now because you will find at least a few things wrong when walking through the house"
2007-12-20 08:24:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
TLC means the place blows. It's gonna cost a lot to fix it up.
2007-12-20 08:30:21 · answer #9 · answered by xooxcable 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It means it is a wreck and needs work. "TLC" means 'tender loving care', a euphemism for "the place is a mess and needs a lot of repairs and cleaning up".
2007-12-20 08:20:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋