Inspections, Inspections, Inspections.

My offer was accepted $8,000 below the asking price, and about $50,000 less than what a typical house sells for in my neighborhood.

I just love this photo.  Aren't the white and pink dogwood trees amazing?

Inspections revealed a MANY things, but to note:

• The drains from the gutters were pretty worn out, and weren't properly directed away from the house and needed to be fixed
• The chimney, from all the settling the house had gone through for the past 85 years, needed tuckpointing ($$$$$$$$)
• There was a fuse box, which is pretty common in old homes, inspector recommended that it gets eliminated

Good news, a lot of the issues the inspector saw were in the areas I was planning on renovating.  So the conversation usually went like this:

Inspector:  "Well, then I see this light here in your converted garage..."

Me:  "You can stop right there.  I'm converting the garage back.  Will that issue still exist after?"

Inspector: "Nope.  I guess I can skip over the next 4 things then."

 With the addendum to the original sales contract, Michelle and I put in that the chimney tuckpoint and the drains from the gutters be fixed, which the sellers accepted.

Now, with inspections behind us and nothing too detrimental found, it was time to call those contractors in, start designing a new kitchen and a bathroom, and get to work with closing the house!!