Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  WilliamDawes writes:
This house is built in an almost serpentine fashion with odd
angled roof joins, eaves, dormers, and chimneys all along its
length. That's going to be a homeowner's nightmare/roofing
company's dream to keep in good repair. You'll need somebody
walking that roof constantly, just checking for any sort of
drainage issue.  This place is a good two to three times my
upper limit, so I'm not a prospective buyer. But if I was one,
that roofline alone would send me in a different direction. No
one should ever consider buying a place until he's walked on top
of it and gotten underneath it with someone who knows what he's
looking at. Even where there's not a current problem, you need
to be aware of where you're likely to develop one. Symmetry,
clean lines, very few joins, broad overhangs, a good pitch to
the roof... those things are important, not just "classical"
details.