House update

S, her husband J and I went to the house this morning and spent almost an hour looking around.

My main concern was to look for signs of that defective drywall, since I now know the signs to keep en eye out for.

We looked at the copper wiring in an electrical outlet as well as the two major copper lines in the two air handlers (that handles the AC). All of them were black with corrosion...

This is a very strong indication that this house unfortunately has the defective drywall. To remedy this we would have to gut the entire house and replace all the walls and all the plumbing and electrical wiring. Not exactly something we are interested in doing.

Of course, I am nto an expert. But I do know these things we looked at are a clear indication this is most likely not the house for us. Even if they slashed the price in half, it would cost probably around $200,000 to fix.

The next step is to wait for their bank to give us a yes or no. If it is a yes, we will then hire a specialist who is certified in detecting defective drywall. The inspection is only $148, and if they confirm our suspicions we walk away from the sale...

Since I am quite sure the inspection will just confirm what we already suspect, I will start looking at other houses. It really sucks when we have found such a beautiful place! But, there are plenty of other fish in the see, so we will just have to keep looking...

In my opinion the house is a loss for us, but we will wait and confirm with an inspection of course. I just hope we hear from the bank soon, so we can end this torture...

Just look at the view from the balcony! I took this picture this morning, and if you look, you can see a 10 foot alligator swimming around in the lake! What a nice view in deed... Sigh...