Have a home inspection sceduled
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Thu, 07-07-2005 - 10:39am |
Thought I would get my house inspected to see if there are any significant repairs that need to be made. I already know that our steps to the driveway need to be replaced, along with the retaining walls around the steps. I got an estimate for that last nigt-- around 4K, and that includes additional fill, hauling away the old rotted railroad ties that the walls are made of, labor, material, etc.
When we bought our house in 1990, we had it inspected then. The report (which I only recently found and read-- STBX hides things from me) said that our house needed to have addiitonal supports put into the roof rafters. This was never done. STBX evidently used this as a bargaining chip to get the sellers to lower the price, then didn't have the repair done. In 1990, the repair would have been $545. There is a note for a roofer in the papers saying the repair needed to be done, so the plywood wouldn't sag and become compromised.
I can't wait to see what the new inspection turns up. It's scheduled for July 25th.