If there is something about this house that pulls you to it definately get a mold inspector out to check it out, but honestly you can find better, it takes time though. In Cincinnati we looked for 4 months and really could not find anything worth the money. We, as I have mentioned before, ended up building, in that time period I have walked through 1 or 2 houses that I like enough that I would have given more thought about buying had I still been in the market. That being said nothing is like owning a brand new home.
Adam On 1/9/06, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 100% agree. If there has been any evidence of mold, get a mold inspector > out asap! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Ketsdever [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:19 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Mold in my house Inspection (was Mortgage Suggestions?) > > Its worth a couple of hundred bucks to ensure it is not a major issue. I > would higher a mold professional and take his report back to the > bargaining table. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 2:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Mold in my house Inspection (was Mortgage Suggestions?) > > Well... we just got our inspection report back. The house was built in > the > 60's so there's a lot of known issues (many outlets should be GFCI and > many > are two prong - but some of the them have been updated to grounded > outlets). > There are several other minor electrical issues, but nothing that can't > be > fixed easily. > > An air-conditioning duct is disconnected (probably vibrations from the > system) but it looks easy to fix. > > He mentions that the roofing (shingles) look to be 15-20 years old and > that > we might expect to replace them within the next five years. Several > shingles are missing from the roof that will need to patched but there > are > no leaks. > > He mentions that the hot water heater is about 8 years old will probably > need to be replaced in the next 1-4 years. > > All of that is okay - it's an older house and this is expected. None of > it > was alarming or surprising (or am I being naive?) > > The thing that did raise an eyebrow was that in the three finished > basement > rooms (all carpeted with wood planking walls) he found small patches of > mold > on the wooden walls near the floor and at least a coupla water stains. > > There's no evidence of actual flooding... but of course he couldn't see > behind the paneling or under the carpet. > > If anybody's interested I uploaded the reports here (they're the PDF > files): > > ftp://ftp.depressedpress.com/ > > The file "Davis Photos 06-1488.pdf" has some decent pictures of where he > found the mold. > > The current owner had a dehumidifier down there but we're not sure if he > just put it in (having found the mold himself when packing up) or if > it's > been there a while and just not helping much. > > So... what do you guys think? Is mold a fact of life that has to be > dealt > with in Basement rooms or is this a reason to run and run fast from this > house? > > My biggest fear right now is that the mold we see is just the tip of the > iceberg and that all of those wooden walls are coated from top to bottom > on > the backside. > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191297 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
