Inspection report
Okay, so the inspector was a little late, but we got things under way and started checking the place out.
The good: The roof appears to have been replaced recently. The structure seems sound. Most of the appliances seem to work fine.
The odd: Every electrical socket near water (both bathrooms and exterior) are hooked up to the same general fault circuit in the main bathroom.
The not-so-good: Moisture and design flaws. That's the basis of it. At least the windows in the main bedroom are double-paned, and water has gotten in there, leaving a mineral deposit haziness over time. That's cosmetic. The caulking around the bathtub needs replacing, so there's a little work there. There's a crawlspace underneath the unit (and the two neighboring units). The ground there is damp, which isn't unusual here I'm told, but whoever insulated the floor blocked off the vents to the area. A little effort should fix that up as long as I'm not claustrophobic (or arachnophobic). The 'big' issues is in the attic space. The main bathroom vents straight up into it, but there's no external vent. So, moisture gets sucked up, condenses on the cooler north side of the roof, and has caused what is so far minor water damage to the plywood and probably the beginnings of mold built-up. That can be treated to kill anything that may be growing there now, but ultimately there needs to be some way for humid air to vent out of the building. I wonder if that's a probably with other units.
Nothing there seems bad enough for me to back out, but I'm fuzzy on the fixing of the roof. Any permanent solution requires a vent to *outside* the building. What I'm unclear on is whether that makes it the responsibility of the homeowners association or the owner. Curt and the listing agent are supposed to be looking into that at present.
So the deal goes forward, and I know I have some things to fix up. I also didn't see a phone jack in the second bedroom, but that may not be much of an issue - at least if I can get a DSL line there. We'll see.
The good: The roof appears to have been replaced recently. The structure seems sound. Most of the appliances seem to work fine.
The odd: Every electrical socket near water (both bathrooms and exterior) are hooked up to the same general fault circuit in the main bathroom.
The not-so-good: Moisture and design flaws. That's the basis of it. At least the windows in the main bedroom are double-paned, and water has gotten in there, leaving a mineral deposit haziness over time. That's cosmetic. The caulking around the bathtub needs replacing, so there's a little work there. There's a crawlspace underneath the unit (and the two neighboring units). The ground there is damp, which isn't unusual here I'm told, but whoever insulated the floor blocked off the vents to the area. A little effort should fix that up as long as I'm not claustrophobic (or arachnophobic). The 'big' issues is in the attic space. The main bathroom vents straight up into it, but there's no external vent. So, moisture gets sucked up, condenses on the cooler north side of the roof, and has caused what is so far minor water damage to the plywood and probably the beginnings of mold built-up. That can be treated to kill anything that may be growing there now, but ultimately there needs to be some way for humid air to vent out of the building. I wonder if that's a probably with other units.
Nothing there seems bad enough for me to back out, but I'm fuzzy on the fixing of the roof. Any permanent solution requires a vent to *outside* the building. What I'm unclear on is whether that makes it the responsibility of the homeowners association or the owner. Curt and the listing agent are supposed to be looking into that at present.
So the deal goes forward, and I know I have some things to fix up. I also didn't see a phone jack in the second bedroom, but that may not be much of an issue - at least if I can get a DSL line there. We'll see.
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