House Hunting Cont'd
Inspection frustrations...
a few days after we were under contract we scheduled the inspection. Although I have my moments of naivety, I really knew this wasn't going to be like some of the inspections on HGTV where everything checks out fine. The house is older in a mature neighborhood so, I expected a few things to come up... and come up, they did. We found a few minor things but some of the biggies were a leak in one of the showers, 100% moisture in one area of the roof overhang, and an outdated electrical panel, grrrrr. At one point the inspector looked at me and said, "this is a part of my job I don't like because... you were happy when you came to the house today." okay, I was probably being a bit dramatic, me? no way
Our Realtor was great and talked us through everything. Mike and I decided there wasn't anything we heard during the inspection that made us want to walk away completely. The next step was to wait for the inspectors report so we could create a list of everything we wanted to be fixed. We had no idea what to expect and played a game of ping-pong with each other as to what the outcome may be (one minute I was positive and Mike was skeptical, then we'd switch). Finally, we heard back from the sellers and their peeps. The first round of "we'll fix this" did not go over so well with us but we stuck to our guns and even pulled the whole, we'll walk away from this deal. Luckily, when all was said an done, they agreed to fix everything we needed them to fix.
Phew...
looks like it's official... as of June 16th, 2011 (as long as things go smoothly from here) Mike and I will become homeowners. Perhaps my Newlywed Truths will evolve into... Tails from the Money Pit, bahahaha.
a few days after we were under contract we scheduled the inspection. Although I have my moments of naivety, I really knew this wasn't going to be like some of the inspections on HGTV where everything checks out fine. The house is older in a mature neighborhood so, I expected a few things to come up... and come up, they did. We found a few minor things but some of the biggies were a leak in one of the showers, 100% moisture in one area of the roof overhang, and an outdated electrical panel, grrrrr. At one point the inspector looked at me and said, "this is a part of my job I don't like because... you were happy when you came to the house today." okay, I was probably being a bit dramatic, me? no way
Our Realtor was great and talked us through everything. Mike and I decided there wasn't anything we heard during the inspection that made us want to walk away completely. The next step was to wait for the inspectors report so we could create a list of everything we wanted to be fixed. We had no idea what to expect and played a game of ping-pong with each other as to what the outcome may be (one minute I was positive and Mike was skeptical, then we'd switch). Finally, we heard back from the sellers and their peeps. The first round of "we'll fix this" did not go over so well with us but we stuck to our guns and even pulled the whole, we'll walk away from this deal. Luckily, when all was said an done, they agreed to fix everything we needed them to fix.
Phew...
looks like it's official... as of June 16th, 2011 (as long as things go smoothly from here) Mike and I will become homeowners. Perhaps my Newlywed Truths will evolve into... Tails from the Money Pit, bahahaha.
Congrats! How exciting!! :)
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