Help! Have you ever seen a stove like this? Me either! It is huge.... and old. Anyway, this is the stove that is in the house we are trying to buy. The side door is for keeping things warm... I think. Just very peculiar, because I have never seen one like it before.
We did two inspections yesterday.... In the RAIN. For months we have had very little if any rain and don't you know that the day we go to do inspections it is going to rain ALL week! We all looked like drowned rats yesterday.
There are just a few things that the inspectors found during the process. There were some small electrical issues, jut some updates of the plug in receptacles. The french doors to the back had some dry rot around the frame, and we could not open them. They were locked and no one had a key.. really?? There is an inspection people... come on... we need to check these things! Who is to say that if you open the doors, they will even stay in place. ( Okay,, they probably will, but it would be nice to know)
We did two inspections yesterday.... In the RAIN. For months we have had very little if any rain and don't you know that the day we go to do inspections it is going to rain ALL week! We all looked like drowned rats yesterday.
There are just a few things that the inspectors found during the process. There were some small electrical issues, jut some updates of the plug in receptacles. The french doors to the back had some dry rot around the frame, and we could not open them. They were locked and no one had a key.. really?? There is an inspection people... come on... we need to check these things! Who is to say that if you open the doors, they will even stay in place. ( Okay,, they probably will, but it would be nice to know)
The biggest issue to come out of the inspection is a small roof leak in one of the bedrooms. (Glad it was raining so we could see it) It is in one of the corners where the roof meets the front porch, and it appears to not be such a big deal. The problem lies in will the seller fix it properly? The seller signed a contract stating that he would fix it, but the Short Sale bank is stating the property is in "AS-IS" condition. Very confusing, because if you are trying to finance a property, there really can't be these kind of issues. With a VA loan, I believe that it will have to be fixed properly or we won't be able to purchase it. Another wait and see moment....
So, any thoughts on the stove?
January 2013. We have lived in this house for 18 months. I have learned to love this old stove, it works like a champ! Hopefully it will last a long,long time as it is so huge we will have to re do the kitchen completely when it dies.