Home Inspection

The inspection for our new house was today, and it went very well.  We won't see the final report until tomorrow, but I walked along with the inspectors this afternoon and talked with them throughout.  My biggest potential concern was any water penetration during the hurricanes last year, but it is clear that nothing came through.  The roof is in tip-top shape, the attic is clean and dry with plenty if insulation, and the trusses are all solid.  There are some minor cosmetic things throughout the house (missing switch plates, a frayed cable on the garage door, etc.), but the only thing the inspectors really made note of was that the A/C unit needed to be cleaned.  Mechanically it is just fine, it just hasn't been serviced in three years.  Given that a routine annual cleaning costs less than a hundred bucks, I am sure we will be able to have the current owners take care of that before closing. 

So that's one more major item off the checklist.  The appraisal will happen tomorrow, and the underwriter should sign off on the mortgage on Wednesday.  I'm not holding my breath on that last one, what with the holiday, but it would be nice.  By Thanksgiving we should be in escrow, and we can breathe easy.