So, I met with the building inspectors today. The roof guy had apparently already come and gone, so I didn't get the "on the spot" report from him, but I did talk with the house inspector and the termite guy.
There are some issues. The downstairs bathroom essentially has to be completely ripped out and repaired, as it's got leaks around the toilet and bathtub, and the walls and floor have gone spongy. I thought the tub and toilet were a bit grotty anyway, so this isn't horrifying, and the upstairs shower and toilet are in great shape. So, the first project will be the downstairs bathroom, which will be otherwise off limits to any guests I have.
The other major issue was with the stove that the selling bank just put in. There is no external vents for the gas stove, which makes it a health and safety issue. We need a downward vent stove, otherwise I've got to install a big ugly duct going out the side wall. A downward venting stove would be more elegant and cheaper. So I need the selling bank to take back the stove they put in (which isn't even hooked up) and put an appropriate one in.
Other than that, there was a single pipe issue that seems pretty easy to fix and the myriad little details around the house that I plan to fix over the next several years. For a 100 year old house, it's in really good condition.
So, we'll get the full report, get some hard numbers, and see if the bank will at least fix the stove and push for a price drop due to the bathroom.
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The senseless ravings of a lover, poet, and lunatic. Granted the three terms are pretty much synonyms, but you can learn to deal with that over time.
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"Of course, this in and of itself is racist thinking"
That is exactly what I thought when I read the description of the encounter.
If she is going to say that by virtue of being white (I assume she was black) that you are racist, then she MUST apply the same logic to herself as the speaker of the statement.
hrm, strange that this comment got posted to the Inspections entry instead of the Race one, but yeah. She was actually white, and a bit of a stereotype of the ultra-liberal hippie radical who somehow found her way into a Christian college doing a media class. She actually brought a film in for us to watch that was essentially pornographic as a way to discuss gender and sexuality in media. She left while we were to watch the movie, and all the students took off except one football player who went downstairs and got all his buddies to come up and watch it with him.
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