Small nit on your copy: I don't think that the average homeowner is going to know what GitHub is, what it offers, or why it's useful.
Super interesting nonetheless.
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#12This is really cool.
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#13This is great but are there any plans for a self-hosted option? There's potentially a lot of VERY sensitive data to be stored and I wouldn't be comfortable just putting it up there (no offence) but would happily run it myself.
I've been looking for something like this for a while and this a very slick interface that covers pretty much all the bases.
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#14Small nit on your copy: I don't think that the average homeowner is going to know what GitHub is, what it offers, or why it's useful. Super interesting nonetheless.
I completely agree - at the moment I'm focused on getting feedback from "tech savvy" early adopters, so I thought this description might help express what I'm going for most effectively here on HN. But once I nail down the features that make sense for buildings and real estate, I'm hoping I can come up with a more approachable way to describe the functionality (even though I would like to incorporate and build on the more sophisticated concepts that GitHub has made pretty standard for code.)
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#15This is great but are there any plans for a self-hosted option? There's potentially a lot of VERY sensitive data to be stored and I wouldn't be comfortable just putting it up there (no offence) but would happily run it myself. I've been looking for something like this for a while and this a very slick interface that covers pretty much all the bases.
No offense at all - this is the part that makes me the most nervous too, and I'd be very glad to help you self-host it (if you wouldn't mind emailing me at dstein@shinybuildings.com to discuss further).
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#16This is an interesting personal project, but as someone who would want to sell a house why would I want potential buyers to know issues that I have had with my property? If I don't legally have to disclose something about the house when selling, odds are that I would want the buyer to not know about it unless it was something beneficial like a new roof (which I would list anyhow). This is an interesting idea, but if…
I really appreciate that, and this is one of the main pieces of feedback I was looking for. I would like to make it a business, so I've been studying the issue and it seems there is a gap in the market for homeowners who want to plan and document their work outside of Excel, paper, etc. I've also heard that there are some sellers who would like to transfer detailed "knowledge" about a house to future owners, and cert…
i think its great for hoa and leasers, really. or people owning multiple apartments and their leasers.
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#17Thank you for making this, it is really useful! I'm currently saving for a house and I will keep an eye on this to use when I actually buy it.
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#18This is an interesting personal project, but as someone who would want to sell a house why would I want potential buyers to know issues that I have had with my property? If I don't legally have to disclose something about the house when selling, odds are that I would want the buyer to not know about it unless it was something beneficial like a new roof (which I would list anyhow). This is an interesting idea, but if…
As someone who would want to buy a house, I would like to know what issues you had with your property.
I don't like surprises after the selling.
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#19This is an interesting personal project, but as someone who would want to sell a house why would I want potential buyers to know issues that I have had with my property? If I don't legally have to disclose something about the house when selling, odds are that I would want the buyer to not know about it unless it was something beneficial like a new roof (which I would list anyhow). This is an interesting idea, but if…
As someone who would want to buy a house, I would like to know what issues you had with your property. I don't like surprises after the selling.
I agree!
I'm someone who's still getting surprises from his property purchase (UK leaseholder, converted Victorian terrace).
I would have loved to know ahead of time about forthcoming issues I'd have to deal with that the survey didn't pick up.
Would likely still have gone ahead with the purchase (I was in a baby-induced rush), but with a stronger bargaining position. It's not as if UK property prices are reasonable in any case.
I _personally_ feel that not declaring serious flaws just because it's not legally required equates to lies by omission.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who would want to buy a house, I would like to know what issues you had with your property. I don't like surprises after the selling.
I agree! I'm someone who's still getting surprises from his property purchase (UK leaseholder, converted Victorian terrace). I would have loved to know ahead of time about forthcoming issues I'd have to deal with that the survey didn't pick up. Would likely still have gone ahead with the purchase (I was in a baby-induced rush), but with a stronger bargaining position. It's not as if UK property prices are reasonable…
Exactly, in France when you're asking for a loan to buy a house, banks include the repair/whatever costs into the loan on top of the selling price.
If the buyer hides problems from me, I will still have to deal with it, and it won't be included in my loan, so it will be out of my pocket.
An advice from my father: Visit houses in winter and not in summer, you can't check the isolation in summer.
In my experience, honesty in any business works better than lies.