Inspection Day!

Today we had the inspection of the foreclosure house. Overall, not bad. I'd say the house gets a B+ on structure and a D on cosmetics. Lets do the good, bad, and ugly. Ugly first, gotta get it out of the way.

Ugly
The biggest issue that has to be fixed immediately is the furnace. It doesn't work at all, and winter is fast approaching. The second biggest issue is that one of the walls in the garage has a ton of cracking. The inspector feels pretty strongly that the cracks are old settling cracks, but it's definitely not awesome.

Bad
Mold in the basement closets. Mold in the laundry room. Mold in the kitchen. (Shutting up a house for 12+ months doesn't do good things for microbe control.) Carpenter ants. Retaining wall falling down. Wood rot in various places (window frames here and there, door jambs). Cracked, lumpy patio. Cracked, lumpy driveway. Rusted gas line. Sealant and caulk needed all over everywhere, inside and out. Fireplace damper doesn't work. I could go on.

Good
Roof is 5-10 years old and in good shape. Attic is dry and well-insulated. Windows are double pane Andersen, all but one are in good shape. AC works and is about 8 years old. Fence is in good shape. Interior stairs are all in good shape. Water heater works. Bricks on the house are all in good shape, no cracks or anything looking shifty. Thats all I can think of...

Radon test is still pending. We have just a few more days to think about what we're going to do.