Home Inspection and Termite Inspection

July 29 – Home Inspection and Termite Inspection
Let me just start by saying this has been one of the most challenging days of my life. Lots and lots of tears were shed today. These were tears of frustration and stress. When I get frustrated and things are out of my control, I tend to cry…especially when it’s just too much.

At 11:00 am my phone rings. It’s the realtor. They found termites in the garage. Are you kidding me??? She assures me the buyer still wants the house. We just need to have the problem treated. I call the termite control people and they set up a time on Tuesday August 3rd to come take care of the problem. Fantastic! What’s this gonna cost me. Either way though, sale or no sale, this HAS to be fixed. Termites! YIKES!!!!

12:40 my phone rings again. This time it’s the school district. They buyer registered his kids for school yesterday and unless I can provide proof of residency, my son will not be allowed to attended school. That’s ok, we have land and are in the process of building. I can bring the papers, contracts etc… This wasn’t good enough. We have to physically be living IN the district. Even though we are building, that’s just not good enough. ARE YOU KIDDING ME????!!!!!! Good grief! I’m frantic now. What the hell am I going to do?

There was this little brown house a few blocks over from where the house we are selling is. It’s 985 square feet, 2 bedroom, one bath. One car garage, and we can take Pheebs. It’s going to have to do. I call the guy. It’s still available. It’s going to be a long six-months.

I get a call later from the realtor. The home inspection has a bunch of little stuff that the buyer will probably nickel & dime us on. FANTASTIC! Just what I needed to hear. Good news though, the radon test came back fine. Holy cow! Finally good news.