> -----Original Message----- > From: Jillian Koskie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Mold in my house Inspection (was Mortgage Suggestions?) > > I think the problem is that the 'lots of little things' that you've told > us about could go either way on the 'serious' scale. Mold... might not be > a big deal --might mean a gut of the house or serious health problems.
This is the worst possible - and the only big unknown. We're getting a full inspection done before we buy of course - I may have the initial results by Friday. This is not a "can we fix it" issue so much: if the mold is a problem we're not taking the house, period. However if the mold is a surface issue (and non-toxic!) we'll probably still take it. > Questionable roof --might be a quick fix of a few shingles, but a bad > storm might mean reroofing in 2 years instead of 5. I also recall you Yeah... but that's still an expected cost. Sooner or later it'll have to be done. This roof may last a year or it could last 10: but there's no house I could buy were I won't have to replace the roof eventually. > mentioning some electical things that need fixing --which are always a > crapshoot... they get into the walls and discover this and that alllllll > the time with electrical problems. Not really in this case. None of the electrical problems need to be fixed - the problems are either 1) old construction (no GFCI outlets) or laziness (twisting wires and using one bus instead of separate buses). Most of the actual electrical equipment is actually less than 3 years old - I'd have to spend an hour or two addressing the twisted wires and perhaps a few hours swapping out GFCI outlets or breakers as I decide. > Those kinds of things. > > So I think us saying 'run!' is really just us saying 'this -could- go > really badly for you'. > > It might not. It's all speculation. Which is all I got until the mold inspection comes back. ;^) As it stands my research is primarily getting estimates for the roof, the electrical work and various appliance costs that might arise. I'm getting more comfortable with the possible ranges of those numbers. The mold is the big question mark: might be dozens of dollars might be tens of thousands. I won't consider taking the house unless I can get a confident answer on that. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191528 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
