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Is this true that some houses in Alabama don´t have baths?

When I look for foreclosure houses in Alabama, I find many without a bath. Is this true?

Update:

I don´t consider of buying a house in the US as I don´t have a Green Card, but I love to have a look.

@Jen912: I sure have a life... but it happens in Germany. I asked because I was curious.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    what a great question. Just because most home owners have

    chosen to bring their homes "up to code" does NOT mean

    that all of them have! Also, just because a property is up for sale

    does not mean it EVEN MEETS code; that is why those types of

    properties must have declarations "the buyer must do due diligence to

    determine if this property meets code; the seller does not warrant

    anything."

    [same with off-street parking for homes or apartments;

    most places have off street but some older ones do not]

    Source(s): RE broker
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    In rural Alabama...it's quite possible. It's the poorest state in the country, and some areas - it's like stepping back in time. Bathing happens in a large movable tub. Outhouses instead of proper baths. Occasionally no indoor plumbing.

  • 1 decade ago

    *facepalm*

    you know you could always call and ask the company that is holding the foreclosure and ask. realestate companies have an issue of not putting all the information on the description of hte house. and yes houses in alabama now have indoor plumbing.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you wouldn't actually consider buying such a house would you? If those kind of houses exist, they are probably very few of them and I doubt you would be able to get a mortgage for one - you would have to pay 100% cash.

    I've seen houses in cities in Pennsylvania with populations over 30,000 that still have dirt floor basements, so anything is possible

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sure, why not? Older homes with outhouses and the owners just didn't install indoor plumbing yet? Very possible.

    Do the Amish have indoor toilets? I don't think so, actually. They might, and they'll just use a bucket of water to flush it down.

  • 1 decade ago

    Their bath is probably an outhouse.

    That is just truly weird, though, if there is a house out there in that has no bathroom, but, stranger things have happened. Call the agent listing the property and ask if it has a bathroom.

  • wizjp
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    true in a lot of states.

    Don't plan on getting a mortgage to buy one.

  • 1 decade ago

    HAHA I'm not sure about that. That's pretty funny though.

  • 1 decade ago

    OH wow I have no idea.... But that should be illegal!

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