Josh Keyes and Yuri Nakashima were excited to be able buy their first home in Sudbury after being priced out of the market in Vancouver. But when they walked into their newly-purchased house earlier this month, they discovered it was far from a dream home.
Keyes and Nakashima had been living in Vancouver for six years, and said buying a home there was out of the question due to high prices, so they started looking elsewhere. Keyes, who is originally from Kapuskasing, Ont., also wanted to be closer to family, so the couple settled on Sudbury. Josh Keyes and Yuri Nakashima thought they'd found a great house in northern Ontario, but discovered many issues once they walked inside.
Keyes and Nakashima said they don't feel they were advised on proper due diligence, and don't feel their real estate agent acted in their best interest. As for clients buying a house sight-unseen, she said it's something she's been seeing more frequently. In those cases, she advises clients of the benefit of a pre-inspection, prior to submitting an offer. While less thorough than a full home inspection, "at least it gives the client an idea on if there could potentially be any issues with the property," Robert said.At the end of the day, she said, acting in the best interest of clients means providing them with information.
No one forced this couple to buy a house in this market. buying the house without even seeing the house is too risky.
They call that buying ' A pig in the poke' sight unseen.I bought an antique car like that one time but that was only 10 k.I knew it would need an engine rebuild.
First time home buyers..trust no one. Buyer beware.
Why is this even a story, they are greedy fools. Move along, nothing to see here.
Like, what did they think was going to happen?
How can I be of Help?! Next.
Uh... No shit? A house is the most valuable thing 99% of us will ever own. Buying it sight-unseen, unconditionally...that's fucking dumb.
“looked great in the listing photos”…photos taken by real estate agents, who’s primary goal is to line their pockets with excessive commissions. You have to be a very inexperienced home buyer to put your trust in these parasites. They are immoral.
Realtors are getting bad as car sales people. 😑
They were taken advance of by the real estate agent for sure.
Its there own fault for entering into a bad deal
Sounds like they had a crappy agent however they carry full responsibility for not having an inspection. The single largest purchase in your life deserves scrutiny.
Thats the importance of having a great realtor.. we moved to Sault Ste. Marie and there was 0 pressure from ours to waive anything. Whatever conditions/price we wanted she happily presented our choices.
One gets ......
Telling me 'sudbury' has a hot housing market? No thanks....
They should try to sell it to someone like them who will buy it from just looking at pictures.
There’s got to be strict rules for deceiving innocent buyers. Realtor should be on the hook for misrepresentation. There has to be a hold on full commission payout for at least 90 days after buyers have moved in and sign off as all’s well.
Time for non market housing
Every time there is one of those 'warning others' story, it's really about people not owning up own mistakes and hoping that by going to media they will get someone else to pay for it.
Make mistakes and suffer the consequence… that’s on you.
I bet!
Super smart.
I don’t this couple needed to share their cautionary tale with others. How many others can be out there who would buy a house sight unseen. 1️⃣
It helps to have a car driving people to these places before they make the desperate purchase. There will be many more of these issues Im sure as price hikes excessively making inability for people to buy locally or with more knowledge. Paying house inspectors is costly
Sight-unseen with no conditions? First time buyer? No friends, family, financial advisor involved? Winner is the realtor like an unscrupulous car salesman.
It's bad enough buying sight unseen but to buy without an inspection is downright stupid. The government should mandate the home inspection as mandatory for everyone. The real estate agent was greedy to pressure them.
Boo hooo
Well let's hope this is not us when we go see ours bought sight unseen.
And now they have major regrets. Imagine!
To be fair, the real estate market in Sudbury is very competitive right now. Houses are regularly going for 100,000 over asking.
I think there’s a name for that, fucking stupidity.
Well that’s just dumb.
Lmfao with maturity comes patience
Everybody should have the right to a home inspection if they so choose...a home is most peoples biggest investment, they should be entitled to some protection
Lol
No sympathies
….and probably not the only time this couple has been swept up! Verify before you sign and pay! No exceptions!
A couple of things here that are noteworthy… buying a house sight unseen is rare and questionable at the very least. Why no satisfactory home inspection as purchase condition? This sounds more like a poor financial decision vs a fraud of some sort. Buyer beware!!
I’d like to speak on behalf of anyone born in Canada under the age of 30 This isn’t a “hot housing market” it’s an absolute economic crisis that has forced entire generations into poverty I’m beyond frustrated with working myself to death for someone else’s mortgage
Haha
Poor Pam and Jim, or whatever. Is there a godundme? I didn't read the article.
I just can’t imagine buying in desperation. I’d have rented until the day I died. The house I purchased was cheap and some would probably call it a dive haha. But If it wasn’t for the price I’d still rent and it wouldn’t bother me.
That’s their own fault. Who buys a home site unseen without conditions?
- sounds like this couple got $60,000 worth of experience at home buying. One might say that “a fool and his money are soon parted”, but I think the more apt lesson is that “good decisions come from experience- experience comes from bad decisions”.
Why does their problem become everyone else's problem?
Not much sympathy. Lots of inspectors for hire. A flight from Vancouver to Sudbury isn’t convenient but if you’re risking hundreds of thousands of dollars - it’s a small price for protection.
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oh well!
So these two were made for each other. Both like good deals.
Difficult. This will be a major learning experience. You will know lots about houses when this is done
This is a hilarious cautionary tale. Scumbag realtor is probably a related party or the seller.
Always someone else’s fault
Tough to buy a house in this market. Their real estate agent should have done a better job informing the buyers. Most home inspections just give the buyers an excuse to lower the price for minor problems.
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What did they pay for it, did I miss that.
Some life lessons are learned the hard way and can be very expensive.
Bad decisions, bad regrets. Why is this news?
the government should be regulating the housing industry way more
Sorry but it is hard to compare Vancouver to Sudbury lol…why/how there was a hot market in Sudbury is questionable lol … just saying 🤔🤔
Soooooo what stops them from put it back on the market ?
There will always be problems with any house. Price can always be negotiated from there. But buying without at least looking at it no way. Could be stuck with a pit that way.
Home Inspector here … in the pic of the outside of the house in the article, I can identify at least 8 things which would be reported to the buyer for further evaluation/repair/attention.
No one to blame but themselves
ya, that's on them. They did it their way, and now regrets? They have a few.😉
There's another way they could have seen the house and it's called smartphone video walk through
These are not major issues. Fix your beam, google how to get rid of pests in house, spray foam any holes in house for now. Baseboards can wait. Fix up house as you can afford it. Reality is, never buy a house without inspection. But judging by your issues, you got lucky actually.
The whole market is a scam. W5 did an outstanding job reporting on it. look it up. When I purchased my house I brought a plumber electrician, and a general contractor. They r the guys to count on.
Should make home inspections by certified inspectors mandatory. At least you know what your buying and getting into. No sympathy.
I’d be too embarrassed to have my name mentioned in this article.
Why buy something without inspection? Dumb dumb dumb
I feel really really sorry for them…. NOT
The OntarioGreens are proposing mandatory home inspections so no one ever has to go through this.
We need legislation that mandates a house inspection before sale. And hold house inspectors accountable. There are more protections for used car buyers in Ontario than there is for home buyers.
Finding it hard to feel bad for this couple…did they not ask questions? Not wanting to fly out to look at houses seems like a personal choice, no? Buying anything sight unseen is risky…should have known that
'Two people did a really stupid thing, and now they regret it. More at 11'.
Shock - buy a thing you didn't see and regret it. Imagine not knowing where or what Sudbury is and buying a house unseen. *facepalm But seriously, anybody who bought a house in this market, I feel your pain. At least you can ride a train or fly.
No sympathy here.
People like these two are the cause of inflating these prices. I say ' good, don't feel sorry for them'!
If this couple bought this house unseen and now it is a money pit, sucks ti be them I feel absolutely nothing for them.
The picture of the window is a tilt-out single hung window. That's how they work. There's tabs on the top that you push in and you can tilt the window into your house for easy cleaning. Then it snaps back into place.
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I could give you a list of some others as well. Then there are all the ones that moved to NS only to realize wages suck here. Now they’re selling up and moving back west of NB
Should read site unseen.
Did they think they could just change their minds? They were buying a house not flipping hockey cards.
Didn't the real estate agent view it? Couldn't do an iPad walk through?
Buyers remorse that’s what its called.
This is Justin Trudeaus Canada, Ontario getting exactly what they voted for. To be fair this is what Liberals wanted. Canadains broke, depressed and suicidal.
My wife and I bought a house sight unseen last summer. No conditions. That said our realtor brought an inspector with him when we did the viewing. So while he did a facetime with us the inspector rushed around checking the place out. Some work to be done but we got very lucky.
Lots of smug jerks in the replies here. Thanks to them for helping to warn others. I think the obvious defects means they do have a case to sue. Sellers cannot just offload a lemon under the law.
Never buy anything sight-unseen. And get an inspection.
I don’t feel bad for them in the least 😆
Good. That's solely the problem of someone dumb enough to buy unseen.
Paying a penny over asking is foolish enough, never mind not going to see it first. A house is rarely worth the asking price, let alone more.
Somewhere a Nigerian Prince is not getting his hundreds of thousands.
Housing is a scam never buy trash homes
Greed.
The realtor they used needs to take some heat here.
Can’t believe people would do such a stupid thing and then go on social media complaining and warning others. PLEASE!
Oops. Adulting is hard.
It should be illegal to sell a house without a house inspection.
'Every client's risk tolerance is going to be different. … I think it's just important to explain to the clients what their options are to begin with,' Robert said. Cockroaches are where I draw the line 😂😂😂.
It's fools like this that created this bubble .
Later tonight, local couple regrets leaping before looking. Sports at 11
The biggest purchase of your adult life and you buy it unseen?
Don't do this thing that anyone with any sense wouldn't do. Ok, I won't.
I would never gamble with that much money. Act in haste...repent at leisure.
Couple buys magic beans. Finds out they were kidney beans. Have regrets
Anyone that naive (or desperate) needs to cede Power of Attorney regarding financial matters to someone that they can trust. I doubt that they would purchase a vehicle, sight unseen and with no warranty, so why would they purchase a house under the same circumstances.
Play stupid games and win stupid prizes. Here are your grand champions
Housing market is still hot… can try to sell and cut some losses.
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