In other news...Mold!
Oct. 27th, 2003 07:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmarleyA belated report on the house inspection.
Cutting to the bottom line here: the only big-ticket shocker was a mold issue. I knew we had some mold, but the inspector indicated that he felt it might a rather complicated problem, since the only way to deal with certain types of mold is to physically remove everything it's gotten into, including sheet rock, insulation, studs, and flooring. There's a moisture issue around the laundry area, which seems to be the source of the mold, so we'll have to get some estimates on what it will cost to fix the moisture-related problems *and* the mold. Still, if that's the worst problem, I'll count myself lucky.
The deck proved to be a source of amusement. When he approached me about it, he seemed a bit apprehensive about my reaction, so before he got started I told him that it wouldn't break my heart if a freak whirlwind carried the thing off. He said that was a good thing. His assessment of the deck's structural stability included the opinion that it had been built with the assistance of quite a few beers.
To sum up, the inspector said that the house "needs some love." It's a well-built house, structurally sound, but in his opinion some of the previous owners didn't maintain things that they should have. This wasn't exactly a surprise to me, and I think he was relieved that I didn't seem to expect a perfect report. Considering what we bid for it, it'd be a bit unrealistic, after all, for us to expect a perfect house. So, no worries there. :)
We're getting some contractors in for estimates this afternoon, so hopefully we'll at least have a ballpark figure today. Because of the unorthodox nature of our supplementary loan, we need to close early next week, so if we're going to bail we need to know soon. So long as the news isn't completely out of our budget, though, we should be okay. Here's hoping.
Cutting to the bottom line here: the only big-ticket shocker was a mold issue. I knew we had some mold, but the inspector indicated that he felt it might a rather complicated problem, since the only way to deal with certain types of mold is to physically remove everything it's gotten into, including sheet rock, insulation, studs, and flooring. There's a moisture issue around the laundry area, which seems to be the source of the mold, so we'll have to get some estimates on what it will cost to fix the moisture-related problems *and* the mold. Still, if that's the worst problem, I'll count myself lucky.
The deck proved to be a source of amusement. When he approached me about it, he seemed a bit apprehensive about my reaction, so before he got started I told him that it wouldn't break my heart if a freak whirlwind carried the thing off. He said that was a good thing. His assessment of the deck's structural stability included the opinion that it had been built with the assistance of quite a few beers.
To sum up, the inspector said that the house "needs some love." It's a well-built house, structurally sound, but in his opinion some of the previous owners didn't maintain things that they should have. This wasn't exactly a surprise to me, and I think he was relieved that I didn't seem to expect a perfect report. Considering what we bid for it, it'd be a bit unrealistic, after all, for us to expect a perfect house. So, no worries there. :)
We're getting some contractors in for estimates this afternoon, so hopefully we'll at least have a ballpark figure today. Because of the unorthodox nature of our supplementary loan, we need to close early next week, so if we're going to bail we need to know soon. So long as the news isn't completely out of our budget, though, we should be okay. Here's hoping.