The house is definitely dated, I can PM the listing. There's some electrical work that needs done, shed roof, house roof is going on ~22 years. Furnace and AC are old, kitchen and baths haven't been updated since probably the 90's. Landscaping is kind of a mess since we haven't been living their this summer. Deck needs re-stained, pool needs re-painted (but functional).
TL;DR - originally listed house at 210 at beginning of summer, various deals fell through (most recently from inspection saying it needs $1000's of work), now have an offer at 190 but have an open house scheduled on Sunday. House is dated but perfectly livable.
i flip houses and have a couple of rentals on the side. I can see why an initial inspection came back saying there needed to be 10k worth of work if the roof was that old, and the Furnace and AC are old. That said I think home inspectors do more harm than good. Real estate agents just take whatever the inspector says and hand it over as a list of things the seller should do in order to have a sale go through. FUCK THAT. The inspection is done for the good of the buyer to be made aware of the condition of the house, and things they should do as upkeep, not as a to do list for the seller*. My experience when presented with the to-do list of the house is pretty much automatically tell the buyer "im not doing that" for about 75% of the things (especially the expensive ones). Almost always the buyer backs down, if they dont you didnt want to deal with them anyway.
Stupid shit ive been ask to do over the years
1) Install ADA qualified handrails on narrow 3 step deck stairwell
2) Replace a roof that had "5 years of life" left on it
3) Get a licensed plumber to completely re-do the drain of the kitchen sink (a connection was loose and needed to be tightened)
4) Have a full termite treatment done to the exterior of the house because a rotted board was in the trashcan**
5) replace sidewalk because there is a 1 inch difference in height between the sidewalk and driveway.
6) Clean the gutters
*The Seller to-do list should be things that a potential buyer needs done in order to make the house habitable. Maybe their is a wiring issue, a chimney is collapsing, the AC doesnt work, there is a leak in the roof. Not "clean the gutters"
** I went to go clean up the woods next to the house of any trash and amoung the objects i picked up and threw in the trash can was a rotted board and was awaiting trash pick. However any sign of termites within 10 feet of a house requires a termite treatment, even if it was something a stupid like this. I went back and forth with this one for a week. Trying to explain what happened, and that the buyer didnt actually want the termite people to go through and drill holes throughout the driveway, front walk, and front patio to treat for termites that werent actually a probelm. I lost the argument and had to pay 800 dollars for a termite treatment, but you shoudl have seen their faces when they saw the 25 holes that were drilled in their front walk.
edit: I forgot to mention this, I dont deal with FHA or VA loans anymore. If someone comes to me with an offer with one of those loans I give them the option to find financing else where or let them walk. Those loans have so many requirements as far as a condition of a house its not worth dealing with