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Inspection Mostly Done
Apr. 9th, 2022 09:10 pmThe home inspection was this afternoon with septic to come monday.
Overall, there a number of minor things and only two major things, one being the roof (expected) and the windows (not expected but not surprised). The minor things were things like, some outlets not having GFI protection, the bathrooms not having fans, things like that. The inspections talked us through what they thought were issues soon like the roof and some other stuff. They seemed impressed that we knew what we were talking about with regards to fixing things and had done research so that was nice. We've got some chinking to do, but it's a log home. I think the seller had someone sealing things up who didn't know what they were doing and they put spray foam insulation in, so we'll need to scrape that out and chink it. We got a sense of the maintenance that the seller does on a yearly basis which was awesome that she was there.
There was like 3 inches of rain yesterday so we got to see how wet the basement got and it was damp in one small corner, so that's good. We're still going to put in drain tile due to the hill+house meeting location but that's easy enough.
The two major things we need to get estimates for and then send those to the realtors and the attorneys and the attorneys fight it out, then we all agree on what that difference will be for closing. Should be a credit back by the seller or something but that's for the attorneys to handle. Then the bank can appraise the property. Then some other stuff, idek. We signed 1 zillion paperworks for the bank in the last week and I hadn't realized they sent things to the IRS to verify that we were telling the truth about our taxes. I was wondering why mortgages took so long and that's one reason. They also contact the Social Security admin to verify that we're real people too.
F and I got to wander around the house and talk things over about what was going where. And poke at where the living room had been decreased to add in three very weird closets which was why the living room space connected oddly to the kitchen. Not bad, just weird.
We found a chimney in one of the weird closets and we eventually figured out that they had moved the wood burning stove from the center of the living room into the first floor bedroom where it had never been hooked up. When the seller had the brand new combo boiler/heater installed, they had installed it directly in front of the chimney cleanout. So that can't be used there. womp womp. We were discussing moving the wood stove to the living room anyway and sending the chimney out the side of the house. It doesn't make sense to have the wood stove in the most remote room in the house and also with the fancy new system, heating costs would be low anyway. So the stove would be for fun/backup. Removing the old chimney would probably be done as the roof gets replaced since it goes through two rooves somehow.
There was an old kitchen stove in the house, that the seller pointed out last time and this time she actually showed us that it was still a usable stove! I'll have to take a picture and do some research but it was both propane and wood fired. Neat stuff. There was also a generator hookup for the house so she's leaving the cord for that. We'll need to buy a generator but it should be an easy plug in and flip switch in basement.
There were some issues in the basement apartment but nothing major. We knew we'd need to clear that all out and do some work down there.
But nothing about these things made us run screaming into the woods, so that's cool.
We figured out where the piano is going and which bedroom will be an office/craft room and who gets what bedroom. It was a hilarious coin flip because neither of us cared, so I eventually just claimed the downstairs because I was more likely to be going out the door early and it was closer to the ktichen. Also turns out the one small bedroom (that will be crafting/office) has an open sound to the living room which is facilitated by the terrible sealing around the closet chimney so no one is sleeping in that room.
F approves of the future workshop yay, so long as we build her a garage bay or lean to for her car. We'd have to take down some trees and level a spot but the driveway is large enough that we can take a small bit of it. That's a long term thing. The shed that is on the property right now is actually in good condition other than it's location. It just needs to be jacked up and leveled and better placed but otherwise the actual construction is good for gardening/outdoor storage.
The seller is very motivated and has started packing and found herself a new place. So we're very happy about that too.
I got indian food takeout on the way home. Took 20 mins longer than expected for it to be done but so worth it because I got these fried dough balls on a whim and there's no way they are just lentil and rice flour but they were so good and they gave me so many of them. It was a grocery too so I grabbed a couple of snack type things.
Overall, there a number of minor things and only two major things, one being the roof (expected) and the windows (not expected but not surprised). The minor things were things like, some outlets not having GFI protection, the bathrooms not having fans, things like that. The inspections talked us through what they thought were issues soon like the roof and some other stuff. They seemed impressed that we knew what we were talking about with regards to fixing things and had done research so that was nice. We've got some chinking to do, but it's a log home. I think the seller had someone sealing things up who didn't know what they were doing and they put spray foam insulation in, so we'll need to scrape that out and chink it. We got a sense of the maintenance that the seller does on a yearly basis which was awesome that she was there.
There was like 3 inches of rain yesterday so we got to see how wet the basement got and it was damp in one small corner, so that's good. We're still going to put in drain tile due to the hill+house meeting location but that's easy enough.
The two major things we need to get estimates for and then send those to the realtors and the attorneys and the attorneys fight it out, then we all agree on what that difference will be for closing. Should be a credit back by the seller or something but that's for the attorneys to handle. Then the bank can appraise the property. Then some other stuff, idek. We signed 1 zillion paperworks for the bank in the last week and I hadn't realized they sent things to the IRS to verify that we were telling the truth about our taxes. I was wondering why mortgages took so long and that's one reason. They also contact the Social Security admin to verify that we're real people too.
F and I got to wander around the house and talk things over about what was going where. And poke at where the living room had been decreased to add in three very weird closets which was why the living room space connected oddly to the kitchen. Not bad, just weird.
We found a chimney in one of the weird closets and we eventually figured out that they had moved the wood burning stove from the center of the living room into the first floor bedroom where it had never been hooked up. When the seller had the brand new combo boiler/heater installed, they had installed it directly in front of the chimney cleanout. So that can't be used there. womp womp. We were discussing moving the wood stove to the living room anyway and sending the chimney out the side of the house. It doesn't make sense to have the wood stove in the most remote room in the house and also with the fancy new system, heating costs would be low anyway. So the stove would be for fun/backup. Removing the old chimney would probably be done as the roof gets replaced since it goes through two rooves somehow.
There was an old kitchen stove in the house, that the seller pointed out last time and this time she actually showed us that it was still a usable stove! I'll have to take a picture and do some research but it was both propane and wood fired. Neat stuff. There was also a generator hookup for the house so she's leaving the cord for that. We'll need to buy a generator but it should be an easy plug in and flip switch in basement.
There were some issues in the basement apartment but nothing major. We knew we'd need to clear that all out and do some work down there.
But nothing about these things made us run screaming into the woods, so that's cool.
We figured out where the piano is going and which bedroom will be an office/craft room and who gets what bedroom. It was a hilarious coin flip because neither of us cared, so I eventually just claimed the downstairs because I was more likely to be going out the door early and it was closer to the ktichen. Also turns out the one small bedroom (that will be crafting/office) has an open sound to the living room which is facilitated by the terrible sealing around the closet chimney so no one is sleeping in that room.
F approves of the future workshop yay, so long as we build her a garage bay or lean to for her car. We'd have to take down some trees and level a spot but the driveway is large enough that we can take a small bit of it. That's a long term thing. The shed that is on the property right now is actually in good condition other than it's location. It just needs to be jacked up and leveled and better placed but otherwise the actual construction is good for gardening/outdoor storage.
The seller is very motivated and has started packing and found herself a new place. So we're very happy about that too.
I got indian food takeout on the way home. Took 20 mins longer than expected for it to be done but so worth it because I got these fried dough balls on a whim and there's no way they are just lentil and rice flour but they were so good and they gave me so many of them. It was a grocery too so I grabbed a couple of snack type things.
