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Saturday, May 09, 2009

Alot going on.

Well I haven't posted in a while and there are alot of updates going on as of now. For starters we are under contract on the house as of Wednesday. However not to get all your hopes up we have found some major problems with the house and are considering options at the moment.


We had a heating/plumbing guy look at the house on Thursday. The result of that inspection is that easily put, the entire heating system needs to be replaced. The house was not winterized as we had previously thought, while doing the inspection a few pipes were leaking water (not a great sign) as well as the furnace appears to be falling apart from the inside out. A few of the pipes just fell apart when touched. There are also some busted pipes in the upstairs baseboard. Our initial estimate on fixing it all is $8,000. Which some may not need to be done right away. We were planing on leaving the upstairs alone for the time being which means it wouldn't need to be done right away. The upside to all this is that if we were to buy and fix the heating, our oil would (theoretically) be alot less then not doing it, just because of a newer and more efficient furnace. Also there is a tax credit for installing a new one (need more details on if the one quoted would qualify). 

So all in all there are alot of pros/cons to weigh. We have until the 20th to make up our mind if we want to stay in contract or back out as a result of this. We are considering re submitting a bid and starting from scratch on the price of the house. We are continuing to look around and we will see how it goes. 

Monday, May 04, 2009

House Update

Well today we went into the house again and did a few more measurements. We learned that the contract that we signed had to be sent to California to be signed and then returned. So assuming they mailed it, it would be at least 6-7 days minimum to get back to us. Its been a little over a week now I believe which means that it should be any day now.

We found a few breaks in the baseboard heating after we inspected it. The electricity is turned on but shut off at the breakers the realator did not want us to turn it on without an inspector present just incase anything something happened when we did. The water is supose to be on but is shut off also in the house, most likly due to the baseboard breaks and or any other busted pipes which we should find out about during the inspection.

Today we are having a friend from work over as well as Holly (Heather's Friend) to have a BBQ and chill. We have been starting to pack and and slowly get the stuff we dont use daily into boxes and packing them up in a corner of the apartment. We should have the house within about a month, then we will have another month to move and get settled in. I have a vacation June 18th through the 25th I think so I would like to be moved in by then.

Thats about it for now...