Had I known the fireplace needed rebuilt, I would have told them to detach it.
Being in the supplier of refurbishing plus selling homes, I like to guess everything about the house before I purchased it.
I need to guess that even after putting out the currency for the home, plus making all the structural plus physical changes, I could still turn a profit.
One of the most costly items in the house can be the fireplace. If the fireplace is in excellent condition, they draw people in. They look at the romance before they even look to see if the fireplace is in a condition to heat the house, or just for ambience. When I purchased my latest home, there was an aged fireplace in the residing room that was open in to the kitchen. The house was a Victorian home, with all the glamour that went with that period. When the inspector showed up to look at the house, I asked him about the condition of the fireplace. She did a cursory inspection plus told me it could possibly be repaired, but it could cost more than what I was planning on spending. Since it was a fireplace that heated more than one separate rooms, I thought it may be worth having it refurbished. If someone had told me that the fireplace was no longer United Statesble because someone had cemented the chimney shut, I would’ve told them to just detach it. Now I am stuck deciding if I want to repair the fireplace plus possibly install a gas or electric insert, or spend my savings the cost of removing the fireplace plus repairing the wall in the kitchen plus the residing room.