Inspection today

It went very well. The inspector didn't have too many bad things to say about the house. There were a few "pressing" matters that will need to be addressed, and there are also some "future maintenance" things that will need to be looked at later on.

Pressing matters:

• the fridge is leaking! It wasn't doing that on the other times we came to look at the house and the selling agent had no idea. The leak was pretty small, so maybe it just started.
  
• there are cracks in the chimney's masonry and there is some flashing missing between the chimney and the house, which caused a little leak in the attic. Not a HUGE deal but should be fixed.
  

Future maintenance:

• the railings around the deck. They are OK, but will probably need to be bolted in so that they don't just fall off if someone (or a few someones) were to lean up against it.
• I sadly cannot remember anything else besides normal settling cracks that need to be patched and painted.

Other things:

• garage door--sellers will be taking care of this because their kid or a friend of the kid crashed into it and it's very dented. But, when they went to the door company, they not longer make this same door. So, now we have to decide if we want the door replaced or get $750 (cost) towards a new door.
  
• furnace--never been cleaned and there aren't any service records, so we are going to ask them to have that cleaned and serviced.
• dryer--isn't working, hasn't for awhile, and we had to sign that this was "as-is" on the contract, but S (our Realtor) is going to send someone out to look at it and see if it's a huge matter to take care of.

Other than that, all we will have to do is clean the house and sloooowwwwly paint (1 room at a time). The house is in great shape, everything else works. Eventually we will need to have some of the hardwood floors re-done (esp. in the kitchen) but the other ones look almost brand new. We'll also have to stain/paint the front porch and back deck.

As for pictures--I didn't get any today, I was so busy following the inspector around, and taking copious notes, I didn't have much time. I do have pics of the busted garage door! haha

So here's a quick overview of the house. A colonial. Front porch (covered) and back deck (uncovered). Two car attached garage.

Downstairs--living room, dining room, family room, eat in kitchen, half bath, laundry "closet"--all rooms are hardwood floors except the family room (carpet) and the hallway to the garage (stone). Stairs are UNCARPETED! (We have cats, people, you don't know how much I hate carpet with cats!).

Upstairs--every thing is carpeted (boo) except the bathrooms. Master bedroom w/ bath and walk in closet. Two very nice sized bedrooms. Another full bath. Then this crappy tiny little "bedroom" without a closet, but does have the door to the walk up attic.

Tomorrow: contact the bank and the lawyers. SO EXCITING!!!! I can't wait to "go home!"

Oh, and after I left the house, I clocked the mileage to work--almost identical for mileage AND time. Sweet! DH's commute will be much shorter which is even better!