Home Inspection: Check

Yesterday we spent FIVE HOURS going through every inch of the house with the home inspector!! It was great to be in the house and to look at all the systems and hear what the inspector had to say. He was extremely thorough and furnished us with a complete printed report when he was done is inspection. The things that he was finding were not surprises. The house is over 150 years and has have various updates over the years. The electrical system is a mix of a newly replaced service panel and new and old wiring. Most of the areas of the house that require three prong, larger load appliances (like the kitchen and laundry room) have already been updated with new wiring. The exterior chimney, which replaced the larger interior central chimney in the 1880's needs to be relined if we want to use the fireplaces (which we do) and for the general safety of the oil furnace. There were a few other minor things that one would expect to find in an older house (old plumbing, not enough outlets, etc) but nothing that needed immediate attention.

Some things that we discovered in the process of the inspection were the hidden attic stair, a small room with a cistern in the attic, and a huge collection of storm and screen windows above the garage.At this point we need to move ahead with the attorney to do the title/deed stuff and then we go from there!