Originally Posted by
ND4SPD
We are planning on putting the house on the market in a year. Basically we got to this point by doing exactly what you said... wait and see. Had we ponied up and gotten the beams put in 4 years ago... we might have been able to skip the excavation. BUT, that was when my wife and I first got married, had two mortgages (because I still had my condo) and the money just wasn't there. So, we need it done so we can get the house up for sale next March. I want out of this house because it's too damn small for the family (and me), plus, as you can see it's 50 years old and a serious money pit (even more so than any home).