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So, today got better. Work was really busy, and I scrambled to get a few extra things done - so I left 20 minutes after I'd been aiming for.
Fortunately, I know my work. I'd been aiming to leave 45 minutes before the inspection, for a drive that takes 15 minutes - in clear traffic; I was expecting 20-25 minutes. It turned out to be 15 minutes, so I arrived 10 minutes early, but even if it had been heavier lunch-hour traffic, I'd have been okay.
The inspection went really well - they didn't find a lot. It was supposed to take two and a half or three hours, with paperwork after, but it took two with paperwork after, which was really nice. Meant I could get all the papers up to the mortgage company - our lender was in a meeting but they photocopied the papers to provide to him, and I'll call him tomorrow.
We could have gotten $500 on claims of doing the work ourselves; it will probably only cost $250 or so; but there were a couple items we wanted done before we started moving in, so we just asked for the seller to do the lot. They can have the extra $250, it'll be easier on us.
After running the papers over, Scott and I headed for the Japanese Gardens, with a stop for fast food along the way. He was fine, I was starving. This might be because I raced to work with a minimal breakfast to get more work time in, expecting to buy lunch and eat it while working, and instead forgot the 11 am meeting and hence never really had time thereafter to deal with lunch without making myself late. By almost 5, I was starving. Food made it all better, though.
The gardens were gorgeous - early-spring gorgeous, most things still coming into leaf and flower, very pretty. I took a few pictures, but not many - mostly we wandered. Scott forgot his card but, since we have a family plus membership (which permits guests), he just came in as my "guest". That works. I love it when they go back to summer hours. ;)
1. The furnace is in need of a routine servicing and cleaning - looks like it hasn't had one since it was installed, 3-4 years ago.
2. The under-floor insulation under the garage, over a heating piece, has fallen down and needs to be tacked up again in a small area.
3. Also under the floor, the duct near the sliding glass door is not properly attached and needs to be reseated or, he says, more likely, replaced with a properly-sized vent - it's just a bit short, apparently, which may be why it's not attached.
4. The ceiling light in the master bath doesn't work. (It did when we were there before, so that should be just a bulb for them.)
5. The deck needs resealing (but routine resealing; the deck itself is fine). This one, we did not ask the sellers to do, as it's basic maintenance and not in dire need of it.
6. The gas fireplace in the living room needs its glass cleaned of considerable buildup and should probably have a general maintenance session.
7. Looks like two of the screened areas above the deck - vents to the attic - have lost their screens and acquired swallows. We want this fixed. I like swallows, but not that much.
8. Front door has minor weather damage. It wants cleaning, and to be re-stained/sealed/shellacked/whatever they did to it the first time.
9. The smoke alarms (which are everywhere they need to be, for the code) don't appear to have a second "hush button" which will silence them for 15 minutes from being pressed (which is now a requirement on all houses sold in this state, as of January 2002 - apparently to keep people from just taking out the batteries).
...oh, and we want to add a peephole in the front door, but that's not really an "inspection issue".
Honestly, nine items, and mostly minor. We just want the smoke alarms, under-floor stuff, and the furnace stuff done by when we're coming into the picture, so easier to hand it off to the sellers. And he was able to get up on the roof, says it looks fine up there (weather cooperated!).
Two skylights: one in each of the full baths. Wow.
Fortunately, I know my work. I'd been aiming to leave 45 minutes before the inspection, for a drive that takes 15 minutes - in clear traffic; I was expecting 20-25 minutes. It turned out to be 15 minutes, so I arrived 10 minutes early, but even if it had been heavier lunch-hour traffic, I'd have been okay.
The inspection went really well - they didn't find a lot. It was supposed to take two and a half or three hours, with paperwork after, but it took two with paperwork after, which was really nice. Meant I could get all the papers up to the mortgage company - our lender was in a meeting but they photocopied the papers to provide to him, and I'll call him tomorrow.
We could have gotten $500 on claims of doing the work ourselves; it will probably only cost $250 or so; but there were a couple items we wanted done before we started moving in, so we just asked for the seller to do the lot. They can have the extra $250, it'll be easier on us.
After running the papers over, Scott and I headed for the Japanese Gardens, with a stop for fast food along the way. He was fine, I was starving. This might be because I raced to work with a minimal breakfast to get more work time in, expecting to buy lunch and eat it while working, and instead forgot the 11 am meeting and hence never really had time thereafter to deal with lunch without making myself late. By almost 5, I was starving. Food made it all better, though.
The gardens were gorgeous - early-spring gorgeous, most things still coming into leaf and flower, very pretty. I took a few pictures, but not many - mostly we wandered. Scott forgot his card but, since we have a family plus membership (which permits guests), he just came in as my "guest". That works. I love it when they go back to summer hours. ;)
1. The furnace is in need of a routine servicing and cleaning - looks like it hasn't had one since it was installed, 3-4 years ago.
2. The under-floor insulation under the garage, over a heating piece, has fallen down and needs to be tacked up again in a small area.
3. Also under the floor, the duct near the sliding glass door is not properly attached and needs to be reseated or, he says, more likely, replaced with a properly-sized vent - it's just a bit short, apparently, which may be why it's not attached.
4. The ceiling light in the master bath doesn't work. (It did when we were there before, so that should be just a bulb for them.)
5. The deck needs resealing (but routine resealing; the deck itself is fine). This one, we did not ask the sellers to do, as it's basic maintenance and not in dire need of it.
6. The gas fireplace in the living room needs its glass cleaned of considerable buildup and should probably have a general maintenance session.
7. Looks like two of the screened areas above the deck - vents to the attic - have lost their screens and acquired swallows. We want this fixed. I like swallows, but not that much.
8. Front door has minor weather damage. It wants cleaning, and to be re-stained/sealed/shellacked/whatever they did to it the first time.
9. The smoke alarms (which are everywhere they need to be, for the code) don't appear to have a second "hush button" which will silence them for 15 minutes from being pressed (which is now a requirement on all houses sold in this state, as of January 2002 - apparently to keep people from just taking out the batteries).
...oh, and we want to add a peephole in the front door, but that's not really an "inspection issue".
Honestly, nine items, and mostly minor. We just want the smoke alarms, under-floor stuff, and the furnace stuff done by when we're coming into the picture, so easier to hand it off to the sellers. And he was able to get up on the roof, says it looks fine up there (weather cooperated!).
Two skylights: one in each of the full baths. Wow.
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And thanks for reminding me. I need to put the battery back in the smoke detector here....