The Weight of Money

The home inspection was completed and I’ve just read over the report — bummer. He didn’t write up the report on the spot to deliver to us, which I was expecting and even our realtor expected — anyone else ever have that?

But the main issue is that there is more on the list than what he mentioned to us during the inspection. This really sucks because we’d already wrapped our minds around the issues he mentioned and figured we’d be able to get them taken care of. But now, I’m not so sure. Written up on paper sure makes it look a million times worse than it is.

There are tons of comments about cracking plaster ceilings and how they must be repaired, but they really looked more like minor blemishes on the ceiling. He is listing that the ceilings need repaired for every room, which will be impossible while tenants are in the house and may be out of our budget.

Now, this inspection is a sore point for me because, due our loan product, any needed repairs must be completed before they’ll approve it. The seller refuses to do any repairs and we said we’d do minor ones if it meant that we’d get the house. Yes, we want to know about the other issues wrong with the house because we’ll fix them once we move in. We just wanted to have the bare minimum repairs required in order to get into the house. I’m not sure how this will affect things and our ability to get the house.

I’m so pressed for time right now, it being finals week and all, that I am trying to avoid thinking about it.

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