http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/10/29/bought-a-home-with-problems-part-2/ Everything to do with thickening your wallet Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/10/29/bought-a-home-with-problems-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19836 Mom2KG Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:34:20 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=1288#comment-19836 It wasn't so much a percentage of the home cost, but it wiped out money we'd earmarked for immediate renovations. Painting and a kitchen reno will have to wait. It cost us - are you ready - $21,000. And that was including a discount on the environmental lawyers' rates because they felt sorry for us. I can't imagine what would have happened if the tank had leaked more significantly than it had. It wasn’t so much a percentage of the home cost, but it wiped out money we’d earmarked for immediate renovations. Painting and a kitchen reno will have to wait. It cost us – are you ready – $21,000. And that was including a discount on the environmental lawyers’ rates because they felt sorry for us. I can’t imagine what would have happened if the tank had leaked more significantly than it had.

]]> http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/10/29/bought-a-home-with-problems-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19824 Potato Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:53:57 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=1288#comment-19824 So how much did the extra lawyering cost in the end? Would it have amounted to a % of the home price? So how much did the extra lawyering cost in the end? Would it have amounted to a % of the home price?

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