OT: House crap and life

Howdy!

For better or worse, Arlington (Tx) has added more rules to the add-on/replace/repair list of inspections. Almost everything has to have a permit, and the city has plenty of inspectors driving around town looking for on-going building projects, everything from fences (most of us have them, wooden, 6'tall) to roofs to sidewalks and driveways to entire rooms. Turns out this is more of a "better" than a "worse." State law says plumbing and a/c companies must get permits to replace large equipment (builders & repair people are supposed to, also, but they're harder to check up on, another reason the inspectors drive around checking/spying); then the homeowner has to make an appointment to let in the city inspector to see that the work was done, and was done the right way. Last year we had one of the water heaters replaced; inspector really did inspect it, nice guy, gave me a green card. Yesterday another city guy came in to inspect the new, big a/c compressors; he stayed an extra 10 minutes to talk about quilting (saw the current project spread out on the design floor in the living room). Again, I was given a green card because the a/c meets the approval of the governing body. Pain in the patience limit to have to wait for some of this inspection stuff, yeah, and another bunch of rules & regs to have to follow, sure, more interference from the city/county/state--you bet! But I'm not going to worry about flooding or electrical fires from this new equipment. When we bought the house I hired a "certified by the state" home inspector, got references & all that, & my realtor friend & I were here while the man did his work; he was very thorough. He could tell what was original or not, checked all the electrical stuff, tested-tested-tested everything he could, explained the details, pointed out the defects, and then it was up to me & Gene what was acceptable (we'll fix this) or not (seller will include these items in the repair allowance [there is always a repair allowance]). I don't want any secrets to pop out at us later (but some will, just not any big ones). I grew up hearing my folks bitch about waiting for the inspectors (Dad was a carpenter/contractor/builder) but the final bill wasn't submitted until the inspections were completed & approved. Even tho' we lived in a patched, torn-apart, extension cord supply house that would give inspectors nightmares. ... may be why I don't want a "project house" now. ;-D With the a/c working again (*knock wood*) reckon we'll stay a while; better the (house)devil we know.

Good luck, ever-body!

R/Sandy-- still amused & delighted to find quilting fans everywhere!

On 6/7/07 8:13 PM, in article T22ai.92155$n_.34017@attbi_s21, "KJ" wrote:

Shouldn't a house inspection have showed most of this if it had been inspected prior to buying? Most loan companies require a pre-purchase inspection. Wasn't one done? Rough situation..I hope your attorney can get some compensation. Gen

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That's why our realtor recommended that we have our house inspected before listing it. That way we could fix stuff and the potential buyers would know up front what, if anything might be a problem.

Julia > A second inspection can have surprises also. The house that my boyfriend

Nope, I think the requirements vary by state. Makes me really wary about buying anything anymore...unless it's something I can gut and start over with.

Jenn in Tacoma

Sounds like all you have to do is spread out your quilts, and the inspectors are dazzled into passing on anything! Roberta in D

"Sandy Ellison" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:C28F0BB2.1871B% snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net...

I want to thank all of you for your support and ideas. I have looked into nearly everything mentioned, read and re-read our contract, and am now trying to figureo ut how to contact the previous owners ex-wife (they were getting divorced when we were looking for a house, which is how we ended up with it at a decent price).

I am hoping that this will all work out in the end, but you know, whatever happens...happens. Right now, while working on getting the info the attny needs, I've got to get the house cleaned up, start getting food packed up (I will *NOT* eat out 2 times a day in W'burg....like Mother likes to do...can't afford it, so tkaing food for lunch and dinner...she's bringing cereal..oh, and the waffles and cinnamon rolls that I found without eggs, so DS can have them!!).

The children are in charge of getting their rooms ready for vacuuming and dusting (just means toys need to get put away and things off the floor), so I don't expect for them to be running around downstairs for a while . That should give me enough time to vac and Swiffer the family room, moving the area rug over and pinning the throw over the couch (and cleaning out whatever has slipped between cushions and under the couch!). That will pretty much be my day....cleaning and finishing up things to that tomorrow we can try to have a normal day - at least getting to Sunday School, then getting things taken care of that we missed today....before DH and DN arrive - probably between 5pm and

10pm...depends on when he can get her awake and moving and on the road (he'll be ticked off if he doesn't get started until 9 or 10am because that puts him driving through TN and VA at night.....he doesn't like driving at night).

Anyway, I ramble, so I'm off to get started on today's work. Wrist was braced last night, so it actually feels pretty good this morning. However, to prevent any further damage, I will keep the brace on while I vacuum and such...

Happy quilting everyone!

Larisa

Howdy!

It's all about The Green Card.

R/S

Ooer! Ding-a-ling indeed!

This is nearly as big a nightmare as my sister's mess, where the builders left the house with the roof in danger of collapsing into the rooms below...

Well, I hope you get it all put right and paid for by him in the long run, though the mess will take some time to sort... It's the sort of thing that would probably come to light in a full structural survey these days, here in the UK, long before you put a bit in on the house. Mind you, things are very different here from the way they were when we bought this one 22 years ago!

GGRRRR! AARRGGHH! Right along with you, love!

The Chaos House and Family Quilt! It has to be scrappy, with lots of red for danger and blue for the serious blues you have now!

((((((Larisa & Co))))))

Oh my gosh! Poor Larissa! I missed your original post some how. Good thoughts and prayers for getting this whole mess sorted out somehow!!