Inspection, Schmecktion

In spite of everything that transpired today, we managed to make it over to the new place for the inspection. As soon as we walked through the front door, the inspector greeted us with, "You must be the Petersons!"

Um, no.

He went over everything with us, and thankfully, the house is in immaculate condition. The roof (which was replaced in April 2009) has a couple of spots where the shingles weren't affixed properly, and the wooden floor in front of the garage door creaks a bit, but aside from that, the only things on his list were the components of a fine "Honey Do" list. The water heater is about 12 years old, but that is under warranty to us, so we are hoping that if it decides to blow, it does so within the first year that we own it.

We deicded to ask them to repair or fix about half a dozen things, and we should be done negotiating that within a day or two. After that, it's time to get an appraisal, and then wait for the financing to go through.

Rose, our relator, was telling us today that she really believes that the reason we got the house was because we said the current owners can stay there until 7/20 or longer if needed (we have our apartment until 8/31). According to her, the seller's realtor said the other offer was much higher than ours was. Maybe it's karma. Maybe this was just supposed to be our house. Who knows. At any rate, I am happy that the planets have been in alignment thus far.