that brown house

about a week before christmas was our deadline to remove our contingencies (which were for our home inspection and getting the loan in place). the home inspection turned up a few things that were not in the disclosures (the sewer problems, additional structural/foundation issues, the existing heat - which we plan to replace anyway - […]

today was the sewer inspection.

eric and i spent the morning at the house with the inspector. we’ll have the report over the weekend, but he verbally went through his findings with us. most of his recommendations are for items already on “the list,” but the list is growing.
here are some highlights:

we need new shingles on the south side, which […]

as of yesterday, eric & i are in escrow for a cute 1910 arts & crafts bungalow near a lively little commercial area in oakland! it has style & charm, but needs more than a little bit of work. so this is a shout out to all our homeowner pals (and other folks in the […]