INSPECTIFY!
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fairyruneThe sellers accepted our offer on the house yesterday! As soon as our agents congratulated us, they told us to schedule the inspection for today, if possible. They gave me several names and numbers to call.
We ended up going with Mr. InsideOut, who were in fact able to inspect the house today. Awesome.
The inspection went well. I was kind of worried that they'd find something terribly wrong with the house, and the deal would fall through. Everything looks good, except for the following:
1. The sellers need to provide a Certificate of Occupancy for the addition and the deck.
2. They also need to get the electric inspected. It's all up to date and shiny, but there's no little UL sticker on the box. They also may need to put in an external breaker switch of some sort, due to the distance of the meter from the breaker box.
3. There's a cracked window we've asked them to repair. If they say no, no biggie.
4. The recent deluge of rain we've had revealed an issue with the drainage on the property. The back yard was definitely a bit swampy. We are going to have to look into getting that taken care of.
5. The breaker box for the hot tub (did I mention the hot tub? There's totally a hot tub!) probably needs to be replaced. If the breaker box isn't the problem, there might be a short in the hot tub itself. We'll see. Shouldn't be too tough to diagnose. The problem might even be caused by all the water in the back yard.
The roof looks in decent shape, though it will have to be replaced at some point in the future. The boiler's got quite a number of years left, as it's only in its twenties, and that particular design can last up to fifty years. Everything that needs to work, does, and the attic even has room for storage!
Now we just have to wait for the sellers to get back to us on the aforementioned issues, and then it's on to the next step! I imagine that has something to do with a contract.
At some point I'm going to have to go to Home Depot and bring home paint cards. Lots of 'em. Maybe a carpet catalog, too.
We ended up going with Mr. InsideOut, who were in fact able to inspect the house today. Awesome.
The inspection went well. I was kind of worried that they'd find something terribly wrong with the house, and the deal would fall through. Everything looks good, except for the following:
1. The sellers need to provide a Certificate of Occupancy for the addition and the deck.
2. They also need to get the electric inspected. It's all up to date and shiny, but there's no little UL sticker on the box. They also may need to put in an external breaker switch of some sort, due to the distance of the meter from the breaker box.
3. There's a cracked window we've asked them to repair. If they say no, no biggie.
4. The recent deluge of rain we've had revealed an issue with the drainage on the property. The back yard was definitely a bit swampy. We are going to have to look into getting that taken care of.
5. The breaker box for the hot tub (did I mention the hot tub? There's totally a hot tub!) probably needs to be replaced. If the breaker box isn't the problem, there might be a short in the hot tub itself. We'll see. Shouldn't be too tough to diagnose. The problem might even be caused by all the water in the back yard.
The roof looks in decent shape, though it will have to be replaced at some point in the future. The boiler's got quite a number of years left, as it's only in its twenties, and that particular design can last up to fifty years. Everything that needs to work, does, and the attic even has room for storage!
Now we just have to wait for the sellers to get back to us on the aforementioned issues, and then it's on to the next step! I imagine that has something to do with a contract.
At some point I'm going to have to go to Home Depot and bring home paint cards. Lots of 'em. Maybe a carpet catalog, too.
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Date: 2010-04-03 01:47 am (UTC)That being said, I'm excited to finally have friends on this side of the Hudson *grin* (assuming that said house is on this side of the Hudson River that is ;) )
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Date: 2010-04-03 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-04-03 03:31 am (UTC)not sure if they work in your area, but I've got an amazing and awesome rec for electricians, should you need them.
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Date: 2010-04-03 03:38 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-04-03 03:21 pm (UTC)They've got a really cool feature where you selct a pallette of complimentary colors, then you pick a sample room that looks about like where you'll be painting and you can see what the colors would look like. You can play around with it alot - does this color work better for the walls or the trim or the ceiling, etc.
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Date: 2010-04-03 03:50 pm (UTC)The big issue is that almost the entire downstairs is wood paneling. It's going to require sanding, and lots of primer.