Our inspector noted something that came back to haunt us last week: Our front door is poorly sealed.
Hi real estate enthusiasts!
It's been a long, cold past week. I'm based out of Dallas, where we experienced record lows, several inches of snow and mass power outages. The interior temperature of my house dipped into the 40s on the days that we went without power. Cold typing fingertips aside, I was far more fortunate than many and I am keeping the rest of Texas in my thoughts. I hope you will do the same.
Don't shake your head at me for this segue, but multiple times throughout this fiasco, I thought back to our initial home inspection we had done in May.
Our inspector noted something that came back to haunt us last week: Our front door is poorly sealed. You can see daylight through it. That's certainly a concern when we're blasting AC in our typical 100-degree weather, but it's an actual hazard when we're without power in a snowstorm. We ended up duck-taping cloths into the cracks. It was super classy.
Our inspector noted several other things that we ended up using to negotiate with the seller. And while that practice is less likely to work in this competitive seller's market, the inspection is still a vital part of the home-buying process. In our top story below, writer Aly Yale asks the question, "Should you skip the home inspection process?" and – spoiler alert – outlines exactly why you shouldn't. While I hope you take the advice to heart, I also hope you'll learn from my mistake and make the repairs your inspector recommends early on.
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