Spiral stair case down to finished basement. No other entry.

[Christine Marie]

C'mon. I was kidding.

Actually, I had the same question for Ray that you did. I don't understand how the basement was built first and lived in for 12 years with no (explained) access.

Gee, it was believable to me... was going to ask for a pic, next...

good, i am still confused then...

 

[Renee Healion]

Besides the fire hazard matter, how would you replace the mechanicals, or even move large furniture pieces in or out of that space? So safety and functionality issues.

ooogah...like living in a submarine...

 

[VolcanoLvr]

Ray...

How about figuring a CtC cost by adding an outside stair with a door entering the common room in the basement?

Leave the current corkscrew in place.

I'm guessing $8-10K might be a good starting place. 'Course if that's used as an adjustment, there might not be any value left in the property!

 

[xm72mhd]

Please remove picture and statements about the stair case. Picture indicates that stairwell is functional. Please check report as is.

When I said no. Response from AMC's we sent it back to the lender, but they are not going to like it. May reorder it from another appraiser.

Now if that is a lender in the sense that I use lender, that is one little piece of evidence of lender involvement in these whacko appraisals. Suspicions confiirmed.

What kind of lender is it?

 

[xm72mhd]

C'mon. I was kidding.

Actually, I had the same question for Ray that you did. I don't understand how the basement was built first and lived in for 12 years with no (explained) access.

This one really does challenge the question of access. I've been answering that public or private.

 

[Christine Marie]

Besides the fire hazard matter, how would you replace the mechanicals, or even move large furniture pieces in or out of that space? So safety and functionality issues.

ooogah...like living in a submarine...

Is it yellow, too? might have been a sixty's thing...

Still, in there with the rest of them, Am thinking however, there must be sliding doors, somewhere

otherwise clueless in Columbus...

 

[Pat Butler]

I sold a ranch style house about five years with a similar spiral staircase as the only basement access. The house was in excellent condition and it sold in only two weeks. Didn't appear to be any adverse reaction to the staircase despite my thoughts to the contrary. I think most people who viewed the house just assumed that they could build a 'normal' stairwell in the house if needed.

 

[Ray Miller]

C'mon. I was kidding.

Actually, I had the same question for Ray that you did. I don't understand how the basement was built first and lived in for 12 years with no (explained) access.

You hit the nail on the head. They showed me pictures of it. The basement had a little square building on top of it with a door. the opened the door and spiraled down.

The lower level was like it was when built. Everything is what I would call built in. They built it, then added the roof. It was self built by the owners. At that time they had an out house and ran a hose to the basement for water from the barn sand point. Septic and well was put in when the did the upper level. They were very proud of their build pictures. The original wood cook and heating stove was still in the basement. There still is a wood shute from outside that they still use to load wood into the wood bin. Wood is less then gas.

 

[Ray Miller]

Besides the fire hazard matter, how would you replace the mechanicals, or even move large furniture pieces in or out of that space? So safety and functionality issues.

ooogah...like living in a submarine...

They are all on the upper level, with water lines run overhead. Sewage plumbing is run between the flooring joist, just like a manufacture home.

 

[CANative]

You hit the nail on the head.

I think someone hit them on the head.

Although I suppose it would have made for a cozy burrow during those cold winters of yours.