Home Inspector. Go Flight

[kathygnome]

We had the home inspection yesterday. The guy was incredible. He just checked everything. Even little stuff that I've never seen like finding a removed dead wire and opening the nearest junction box to make sure that when they pulled it, they terminated everything correctly. It took 2 1/2 hours. And he has a list of little things that ought to get done at some point, which will be very helpful. Lots of good suggestions about what to do when we replace the roof, which was something the owner already had contracted, so we'll see about integrating those or having her contract cancelled and a corresponding price drop on the house so we can do it later. 

And everything looks ok. Basically what we thought. A lot of routine maintenance that needs to get done sometime in the next couple of years and nothing that means the house is going to fall down.So I'll be talking to Elizabeth today about getting a Purchase & Sale and lease drawn up and then we'll be hiring painters.

So yeah, it looks like a done deal other than putting ink to paper.

Comments

[ancarett]

That sounds great! With a house of any age, there are always things that need fixing but as long as they aren't things that are instantly and severely affecting the integrity or safety of the home, you're good.

[x-mass.livejournal.com]

i find the home inspector thing really weird

in the uk we have basically two of inspections, a house inspection need by the bank to offer a mortgage and a full survey done by a chartered surveyor that anyone actually should have done before final purchase even though its cost thousands. The reason you get the latter done is because the chartered surveyor is insured so if they mess up you can sue them and if not you can sue your household insurance

[kathygnome.livejournal.com]

In most of the US a home inspector is just a random person with some knowledge who looks at stuff. Sometimes they are really not knowledgeable at all. Here in Massachusetts, we have state licensing and they need to take a couple of courses. This person was an ex-builder.

When you get a mortgage, they will do their own assessment of the value of the property, but there won't be any indication of whether or not there are problems that need to be fixed unless they are so bad they affect the general value.

In general, buying a home is caveat emptor.

When you insure your house, they will generally do an inspection of the current condition, but that's just to make sure there aren't already holes in the roof or something that you're going to make a claim against.

[jinjre.livejournal.com]

Oh how wonderful! Tai and I did the same with the "get the list from the inspection and start working on it one thing at a time." I was pleasantly surprised at how short the amount of time was that it took to complete the list.

I hope the paperwork and painter both go smoothly, and your current house sells quickly.

[akasa.livejournal.com]

Sounds like things are going smoothly.