Report on House Inspection

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Current dream house was inspected today. We're still interested, though it does need some work/inspection and we will be renegotiating for some of that soon. Fun.

Foundation: House is a split level, with the garage partially buried (looks mostly OK) and a crawl space under the living room. The two far corners have about two inches of movement. Good news is that it is a crawl space, so not as deep to dig. Also, foundation issues don't seem to have damaged the interior of the house. Realty agent is trying to work with foundation people to get us an estimate (for negotiation).

Fire place: the fire place itself is relatively new (I will not rant about builders/seller calling gabbro tiles black granite), but the chimney has issues. Need to get qualified chimney sweep/repair to tell us how much that will cost.

Electricity: Circuit breaker is of a type that doesn't always flip off. There are several outlets with ground issues, several more that need to be swapped.

Gutters: Need to be cleaned out so water isn't running right to the base of the house.

Comments

Maybe I Missed the Humor . . . .

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Kelly and Tom,
Best wishes on your negotiations - stand tough!
Could you explain "Circuit breaker is of a type that doesn't always flip off."?
Or did I just take it too literally?
Bob

Re: Maybe I Missed the Humor . . . .

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Tom's done more research since the inspection. Inspector has a probably to harsh opinion of this model. It is an older one, with only one type of sensor for tripping the breaker while newer ones have two types of sensor (and thus trip easier). There's other electrical issues (mast has partially ripped off the house) and Tom wants to upgrade the ampage on the house, so we're going to see if we can get them to pay some of and totally replacing the panel.