House Happenings: We’re Moving! Part 2
Well, the inspections didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already except, just from observations and talking with our realtor. It needed a new roof, three heating and air systems (told you it was BIG,) the air ducts had some rust in them, it was on a septic system, the yard needed some tree removal, needed a new dishwasher, stove, several wet bar replacements, paint…
But that didn’t deter my hubby. As I type he’s finishing up painting our current dining room, and plans to lay wood floor this week. You see, he’s a jack of all trades. There’s probably nothing he can’t tackle. So the fixer upper list didn’t scare him. In his former life he was a heating and air tech, and later found out the air ducts weren’t rusted through and just needed a good cleaning and the city planned to put the neighborhood on the city line, taking out the septic, but in order to inspect the septic they had to have it pumped. The pool was never inspected, so the bank drained the pool, had it inspected and did some repairs. Then my hubby in his infinite wisdom and resourcefulness decided to call some insurance people to check on the roof. It’s uninsurable, so the bank has to put on a roof. That’s saving us a big chunk of change.
So back to the present. We’re frantically trying to pack and up date our home of 12 years to sell quickly. Say a prayer it does. We’ll be putting it on the market ASAP!
On a side note to this adventure, last Friday we had the carpet installers come. They came with about six very nice, hardly speaking English people and started to tear up the carpet. They layed down the pad and were raring to go, but when they went to pick up the carpet, the carpet store was closed! 4:00 on a Friday! What? Were they playing golf or something and why didn’t the carpet store know they were on their way? I don’t think it was the installers fault. The guy who sold us the carpet didn’t seem to have it all together. First time he measured our home it took him 2 hours…
So our upstairs looked like this last weekend! They didn’t come back until Monday! I had to lay towels along the wall to protect us all from the nails. And that bed on the floor, our bed! Think air mattress that slowly looses air by the morning!
But I count it all fodder! How many people actually have an installation go as planned? Come one people, tell me your horror stories! I’m sure mine was a walk in the park compared to some of yours out there!
