Inspection Day!!

Oh my gosh - the stress this thought of this day has caused in the May household!  Poor Jim hasn't slept in a week, I don't think!

House inspections are routine when you sell, of course.  But nothing was routine about this inspection.  When you build every square inch of the house, you take everything personal.  Jim wants to leave a perfect home for the buyer and was so worried about all the "what ifs." 

The inspector came before 2:00 and didn't leave til after 5:00!  Never have we seen or heard of such a thorough inspection.  The buyer was here for the majority of it too, which I'm sure led to part of that.  This man was very nice and had been doing inspections for 25 years + so he definitely knew his stuff. 

He turned on every light, every faucet, every appliance (including having me run the empty dishwasher through a cycle!), checked every outlet, opened every window, examined the electrical panel and sub panel by touching and inspecting every single circuit, and on and on and on.  Poor Jim was so nervous in the beginning but as things went on and were looking good, you could see him physically relax.  And the buyer got bored after awhile and just stayed in the kitchen talking to me!

It all ended up fantastically - he said he had probably inspected over 4000 homes and he said ours was in the top 5 of quality!  That's amazing!  Although not news to me, but still, for Jim to hear that from a professional was priceless.  He found just a couple piddly things - 2 electric boxes in the rafters in the basement didn't have covers on, hot water tank needed relief valve and a valve behind the water tank (which you can't see unless you crawl back there) wasn't leaking but had a little corrosion like it was maybe having condensation.  That's about it.  Incredible.

The health department also came to do water quality samples.  She said this particular area is high in nitrates (maybe left over farm use?) which don't cause issues for adults but infants under 6 months shouldn't drink.  When we first built and she inspected, we were at 9.1 - under 10 is okay.  So off a sample went to the lab and it won't be back for 10 days.

The inspector also left his radon detector humming away in the basement so fingers crossed that it comes back okay.    Otherwise, that's an $800 fix.  He'll pick it up on Friday and we'll see what happens.

But we were so incredibly happy when everyone was gone - the relief in Jim's whole demeanor was so evident.  Now we can move on without worrying about any more "what ifs."  The appraisal should come back today and we'll get these other test results soon.  But we did it - we sold our house!!

Now the panic for packing and moving is totally engrossing my every thought.  But we'll get through it!  We are so grateful to be at this point right now!!