The Mehn Point -aka- Paul Mehner's Blog
Saturday, January 29, 2005
I keep thinking that I will get back to blogging sometime soon. All of my time has been spent lately on home selling and now home buying (or lack there of). I almost purchased a home recently only to find things out on the inspection that were quite disturbing and had to back out. Ironically the MLS form 17 stated that there was nothing ever wrong with the home while the current owners posessed it... nada... nothing... zilch! So now we are back looking again for a home. Please feel free to drop me an email or follow-up on this post if you happen to be looking at a waterfront home on Ellison Loop in Olympia, WA. and I'll share with you my stories of 50-Amp breakers on 100-Amp circuits with 12-2 wire stretched over mains, carpenter ant corpses, unfastened sink faucets, improperly secured deck posts, and a host of others.
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Sounds like your "due diligence" saved you from a world of hurt!
About 20 years ago we deliberately bought a house that had multiple problems, some of them severe. The inspection under the house was scary! We ended up buying it anyway because it was big enough for our very large family, and the price was extremely depressed. On the whole we got a good bargain. I've spent a fair bit of time fixing the bugs over the last couple decades.
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About 20 years ago we deliberately bought a house that had multiple problems, some of them severe. The inspection under the house was scary! We ended up buying it anyway because it was big enough for our very large family, and the price was extremely depressed. On the whole we got a good bargain. I've spent a fair bit of time fixing the bugs over the last couple decades.
