House Inspection

Inspections of an 85 year old house are bound to turn up some worms. We were expecting to find some old wiring, crappy pipes, leaky foundation, mouldy basement, asbestos tile and a dead nanny in the upstairs closet. Fortunately, none of the above turned up, reared their ugly heads or peeked out from behind the dryer. What we did find was a leaky roof, rotting shingles, and a really stupid patch job on one of the gutters.

The Roof: The main roof is fine except that it is missing a metal drip guard. Without the drip guard there is potential for water to run off the roof into the space between the shingles and our house. Estimated Cost: $500

The really bad roof is the addition's. This one is so bad that the roofing boards are showing through the shingles. Some of these exposed boards are rotten and there is leak in the bathroom (hey that's the best spot for a leak if you';e gonna have one - it's even over the shower) There is also signs of a small leak in the kitchen.
Estimated Cost: $2000

That's really all ther was that was really bad about it, I'll scan the complete damage report and post it at the end of this section for anyone who is really into picking at scabs and whatnot.

Now I took the RealEstate agent's camera and snapped some pics so here they are -
It was a bit rushed so you'll have to make do with what I fired off.

This is what you see when you first come into the house there are three stairs up to "ground level" and then you can go left into the Living room or straight upstairs or straight again to the bathroom.
If you went left then you would be in the living room where this non functional fireplace is. The mantle is really crazy with columns and dentals and the whole 9ers. It si actually painted white.

The ceilings have these crazy fixtures hanging from them - what's really cool are the moldings around the hanging cord.

Also around the doorways - you can find some more, modest moldings - I was happy that the door frames were not simply drywall holes. I have a fondness for simnple details i guess.

If you keep going into the next "dining room you'll see the backside of the fireplace. This has a perfect nook on top for the cat to lurk in. On the bottom of the exposed brick, you'll see a little iron door that has Halifax Stamped on it. This was for cleaning out the ashes and whatnot. - very charming.

Then there's the bathroom, these doorknobs are on about 50% of the doors in the house - fancy fancy fancy. We were going to get a dragon door knocker but after seeing these doorknobe I don't think it'll go.

The bathroom sink is gigantic. It's an old washtub converted into a sink. The inspector laughed at me when I said it was perfect for washing babies.

The shower is pretty big - it's partionned at the end of the bathhroom and there is all white tile inside. Not in too bad shape, needs a good cleaning. We are hoping to pull out the partition and replace the drywall with Glass blocks. It turns out that Happy Harry's just got a shipment of them from a demolished school in Truro. Who says the fiscally irresponsibility of this provincial government has no silver lining?

The floors upstairs are in a right state - right close to very shabby anyways. I will sand some religion into these boards come hell or high water. Which religion we're not sure yet. Which ever one supports the rustic cottage floor look and shuns laminate flooring i guess.


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