OT: Home Inspection Repairs

bcrown320 · Aug 17, 2023

In the process of buying my first house and just got through the inspection earlier this week, report came back today. The house was built in the 1950's and is still visibly in very good shape, but had a number of things come up that, from the inspector himself, are not totally unusual of houses that age, plus some others that I would guess probably shouldn't have been issues to begin with when putting a house on the market.

Miscellaneous plumbing items such as leaky faucets
Slight water damage to front doorframe (maybe just due to poor installation of flashing from what I saw)
Electrical items
- Mixed bag of outlets with and without third prong for grounding (codes change over the years)
- Breaker box has more circuits than what is considered 'safe' for shutting off power to the main structure
- Wires improperly spliced (probably careless electrical work)

For starters I am expecting the sellers to cover all of the items deemed as potential safety hazards, in addition to some items that are better off getting fixed sooner than later (small moisture-related issues). There are a few that I would rather just have them fix to save myself the trouble or money of dealing with it once I own the house, and might not care all that much even if they are slight 'safety issues', if I'm honest. Then there are others where I know that I am perfectly capable of fixing myself and don't want to come off as being too petty/greedy (i.e., installing a gutter extension or splash pad to help prevent pooling at the downspout).

Obviously this is case-by-case and depends on what the seller offers up in repairs, but at what point do you walk?

tigerworx · Aug 17, 2023