I am currently getting ready to sell my home, we are in the cleaning and minor repair/fixes stage. We have a small crawl space under a portion of our home that was an addition in the 70's. They made the foundation with cinderblocks and at some point it started to deteriorate (before we bought the home 7 years ago). It appears that someone has attempted to repair it from the outside as there is a large clump of cement directly against the foundation on the outside (there is a flower garden there now that has a large slope away from the home.)
This foundation is disconnected from the floor above it as seen in the picture that portion is being held up with the beam extended down to anchors in the cement pad underneath. The load-bearing walls are on opposite ends and those foundations seem fine. Essentially this foundation only holds up the wall above it (which has a large window) and a gable end.
We have noticed that after heavy rainfall the last few weeks that we are getting some water penetration. We have not noticed this in the past even with watering the garden outside the wall nightly so we assume it's from the heavy rainfall.
As we would like to maximize our profits from selling the home, what is the best way to handle this issue? Leave it and simply disclose it to the potential buyers? This concerns us because the house could get black-marked as having foundation issues and will scare off any potential buyers. I'm concerned about digging up the outside to try and waterproof it because of the previous attempt at repairing it leaving a large clump of cement that may or may not be a nightmare to remove.
The other option is to try and rebuild the wall in some way by either using hydraulic cement or the likes, but while I am extremely handy and have the ability to do just about any job, I just don't know what the best procedure is in this situation. We don't have the money to hire anyone to do the job, so it's going to be up to me. I'm hoping that someone with more knowledge can guide me on what path to go down in this situation.
Thank you to anyone that takes time out of their day to help!
This foundation is disconnected from the floor above it as seen in the picture that portion is being held up with the beam extended down to anchors in the cement pad underneath. The load-bearing walls are on opposite ends and those foundations seem fine. Essentially this foundation only holds up the wall above it (which has a large window) and a gable end.
We have noticed that after heavy rainfall the last few weeks that we are getting some water penetration. We have not noticed this in the past even with watering the garden outside the wall nightly so we assume it's from the heavy rainfall.
As we would like to maximize our profits from selling the home, what is the best way to handle this issue? Leave it and simply disclose it to the potential buyers? This concerns us because the house could get black-marked as having foundation issues and will scare off any potential buyers. I'm concerned about digging up the outside to try and waterproof it because of the previous attempt at repairing it leaving a large clump of cement that may or may not be a nightmare to remove.
The other option is to try and rebuild the wall in some way by either using hydraulic cement or the likes, but while I am extremely handy and have the ability to do just about any job, I just don't know what the best procedure is in this situation. We don't have the money to hire anyone to do the job, so it's going to be up to me. I'm hoping that someone with more knowledge can guide me on what path to go down in this situation.
Thank you to anyone that takes time out of their day to help!
