Inspections

2.17.15

We had the final round of inspections today…and the general consensus of the tradesmen were that the house is old but well maintained. Unfortunately, the fact that it’s an old house means that there’s items in the house that don’t meet up with today’s health/building safety codes. Like asbestos. and probably lead. We know at least 2 things have asbestos: the airducts and the popcorn ceiling. Possibly more—we’ll get that tested. And we’ve been watching the Holmes Inspection Collection, so we want these fixed and fixed right. Every day it feels like we’re adding one more thing to the to-do/to-pay-for list. and they’re adding up. All the stuff I was originally going to do myself—nope. I guess that leaves me more time to work on art! :D

It sounds like a money pit, but i’m not entirely sure it is. Half of the homes on that show were new builds, done in what i’ll call “cheap and cheerful”—looks pretty on the outside but not solid on the inside. This house is solid on the inside, but old. old things break and need to be replaced. If we didn’t know we wanted to change things in the kitchen and the bathroom and make things look much better than they are right now, then we could probably leave most of the stuff on our to-do list alone and never be bothered by it. but I’d rather address what i can BEFORE i move in. With items I choose. This is not a money pit but an investment. It’s a better savings plan then renting will ever be. 

I know all about research, planning, sketching, sketching again, reworking some more, painting, repainting, tweaking until just so. That’s what this house is…a piece of art in progress.