Most of the home inspection went as expected as far as repairs go. We DID NOT, however, expect for the inspection to take 4+ hours. This is our third house and previous inspections did not take anywhere near this long, this was abnormal. Abnormal, yes, but in a good way: Our inspector was extremely thorough.
I have to admit sometimes being young has its drawbacks when it comes to grownup things (e.g. buying a house/car/or any big purchase for that matter). At 27 I still get treated like I’m 16 by some people, but being that the inspector was closer to our age than most, he was having a good time showing us what needed to be done. [Unlike the past inspectors who act like we are just getting ourselves into a big mess that we can’t handle and giving us phone numbers to call for repair work.]
Another reason I think everything went well is that he realized we sort of knew what we were talking about. I grew up in a house where there was something always under construction. I ran electrical and framed in walls when I was in my teens, spackled in diapers (complete exaggeration) and helped my dad build a deck with I was losing my first set of teeth (not an exaggeration, although he may say I wasn’t helping-a lot of nails were lost that day).
Anyway, back to the inspection….
Dale [the inspector] was a hoot and half, especially by the end of the 4 hours. Eventually, we found out that he was an actor [in addition to his day job] and he acted in local musicals. This explained why while he was climbing around the house he was belting out some impressive opera. So in the end he was both thorough and entertaining.
As far as the inspection went he said the roof was nearing the end of its life, the sunroom needed new carpet and some mildew abatement, the furnace was old, and some electrical work needed to be done.
The inspection was done on a Monday and we didn’t get the report until Thursday, but it was 40 pages long, which explains the delay. In the past we have gotten them the next day or the day after. So, how long this takes definitely depends on your inspector. But, since we were there during the inspection we had a good idea of what was going to show up in the report.
The next step was to determine how much we were going to ask for the repairs that needed to be made…
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