Got my inspection results back on the house!

[TheOriginalJames]

and to my surprise for an 80 year old home there isn't a whole lot wrong with it physically. His main roofing concern was with the garage and the garage doors are slightly damaged.

A few of the deadbolts don't work properly - new handles and locks will do wonders for that, which I was planning on doing since the locks are cut in HUD keys anyway. Once I change them I'm going to have the only set of keys to make copies of for my roommates.

There's no minor/major leaks as far as he could tell, but again all of the utilities are shut off at this point.

Now that I have the inspections with the things 'wrong' with the house I can start building a "TO-DO" list in repairs/aesthetics to fix the house up.

I've wanted this house since I first stepped foot in it on Feb 7th. It's fuckin gorgeous as it sits, and it's kind of a mess.

I went frige shopping and found some awesome deals on new friges, then I started finding the same ones in Peddlers post for less than half the cost. So I'll be saving some of my tax return and getting one out of there instead of a new one.

Then a few weeks ago I realized my parents had an electric stackable washer/dryer combo in their basement for my taking.

I eventually want to ween everything off of gas so I can get one less bill coming to the house, but both the water heater and furnace are on gas so that'll be a while.

I'm going to rummage through the report a little more in depth and start making the list of to-do things, like the gutters, windows, piping, fixing the hole in the ceiling in the kitchen, wallpaper, tile, painting, new thermostat, new smoke detectors, etc.


I cannot wait to get started on this house! Neither can BDN. lol

 

[Maulds]

Congrats on the good report.

I might take a new position in my company in North Carolina and if so I'll get to play the house hunting game.

 

[BaggedSplash]

doesnt sound too terribly bad at all James. sounds like it needs less work than Wes' house does. and i will tell you this again...do 1 project at a time. get the most import stuff taken care of first then move down the list.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

The house is getting taken care of first, aside from fixing up the garage door and closing off the exhaust pipe coming out of the roof. (there used to be a giant woodburning stove in the garage for heat, the exhaust pipe is still there but the stove is gone. Rain can pour straight into the garage via that pipe)

 

[BaggedSplash]

no i meant house wise stuff not personal/car stuff. get the most important things fixed first in the house then move down the list. thats what i meant to say.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

I know, that's what I'm talking about... the house is going to get taken care of first hand with minor things in between.

 

[Eridanus]

Excellent news, congrats!

As a home owner I can tell you that the "To-Do" list never gets any shorter. To make life easier you are better to write the list on a toilet roll.

 

[Peter Parka]

Congratulations! I hope you have fun in your new house!

 

[TheOriginalJames]

haha I kinda hope to be busy with this house for a good 10 years. replacing certain things as they go here and there, painting, flooring, ceilings, new fans, cabinets, counter tops, sinks, bathtubs, toilets. The list goes on and on. I wanna do it all since I'm a "hands on" type of person. The best way for me to learn to do something is to be shown the correct way, and then do it the correct way figuring out my own shortcuts.

 

[Eridanus]

Make sure you take lots of before and after photos. I'm glad I did as it's to forget just how much work you have done and what the original condition of the house was.

 

[hhayes]

good to hear james. good luck with your house!

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Holy crap it's drunk heather! :tongue:

 

[hhayes]

haha