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Arkansas

HooptieWagon

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1. And once the siding and drywall is installed...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 06:28 PM

May 2014

...there is no way of telling how the house is anchored to the slab, without tearing part of it out. So buyers of used homes are SOL.

Im guessing that Insurance Co and lender banks will eventually demand better codes and inspection.

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And once the siding and drywall is installed... HooptieWagon May 2014 #1

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