On Saturday, I visited our basement. I have not been in the basement for almost three years.
The stairs to the basement* are narrow. And turn sharply. And the stairs themselves aren't very wide. After my back going SPANG! at the end of 2019 and the ongoing problems with it, I didn't feel safe on those stairs.
However, on Saturday evening I felt pretty stable on my feet, and the Stroppy One was there to steady me and hold me upright if needed. And now having seen the basement, I feel like we really have made progress on the sorting/packing/moving thing. Do I know when we'll be all-moved-in-living-at-the-new-house? No. But things are moving ahead!
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sistawendy , who kindly did another run to Half-Price Books for me. Apparently the staff once again found what I was offloading "interesting". But what this means is that, with the exception of the Stroppy One's studio, ALL THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN CULLED AND PACKED.
*A piece of advice to all novice homebuyers: don't use the inspector recommended to you by the seller's agent. Especially if you know very little about construction and construction codes.
The stairs to the basement* are narrow. And turn sharply. And the stairs themselves aren't very wide. After my back going SPANG! at the end of 2019 and the ongoing problems with it, I didn't feel safe on those stairs.
However, on Saturday evening I felt pretty stable on my feet, and the Stroppy One was there to steady me and hold me upright if needed. And now having seen the basement, I feel like we really have made progress on the sorting/packing/moving thing. Do I know when we'll be all-moved-in-living-at-the-new-house? No. But things are moving ahead!
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Extra-special shoutout to
sistawendy , who kindly did another run to Half-Price Books for me. Apparently the staff once again found what I was offloading "interesting". But what this means is that, with the exception of the Stroppy One's studio, ALL THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN CULLED AND PACKED. *A piece of advice to all novice homebuyers: don't use the inspector recommended to you by the seller's agent. Especially if you know very little about construction and construction codes.
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moving is hard and you are doing great.
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I commend you on your culling and packing of books! :-D
And on making down, and back up, the basement stairs.
My wife build custom homes for 25 years. Her opinion of Home Inspectors is... low.
Below the sub-basement levels of low.
Where we live, the certification process for becoming one is not particularly arduous. At least it wasn't 10 years ago. So.
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Learn to spot the issues for yourself. Signs of "hell no" signs of "ok, this'll need money/time but it's easily fixable without breaking the bank" and so on. :)
I've got a shortlist of stuff I won't touch OR hire out (because EXPENSE) so those are the first things I look for when I go browsing houses in person.
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yay for progress!
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Our real estate agent was awesome and he taught Cyborg Things To Look For right away. Cyborg bought a new flashlight just for the purpose of home-purchase investigation and it was adorable. But yeah, actual home inspectors are really useless and miss a lot. Like a lot a lot.