Had the bank’s inspector show up yesterday, turns out the inspector has an engineering degree so we had stuff to talk about while he was cruising through the house, under the house, around the house, over the house, in the attic, etc.
Might have worked in my advantage to get to know the guy because he didn’t say anything about the sump pump being plumbed out of the vent with that corrugated plastic pipe. The pipe is just lying there on the ground and pumps a strong 1.5″ stream of water when it kicks in creating a little canyon that I filled in last month. It looks like a temporary fix but he didn’t mention it. I think he gave it a pass so as not to screw up the bank loan. Good guy.
I’ll fill in the buyer about what options there are to fix it before he moves in. I got a couple quotes last month for the job, one for $500 and the other for $5000. But I figured the cost of doing it would be $25 parts and 4-5 hours of work so I didn’t have it done by the contractors.
Anyway, the inspection is over and looks good, nothing major wrong, the buyer knows it’s an AS-IS sale so is prepared to fix what needs it. The bank just wants their interest so it looks like I’ll be out of here very soon, probably a month.
Meanwhile, last evening, I went and looked at a 34′ Bounder RV. It’s a fine rig except it has the side hall so you can’t look back into the bedroom (gives a feeling of space). Also, I don’t remember seeing a back up camera so I’ll have to give the guy a call about that.
I keep forgetting to practice my ‘On the Road’ stuff. I need to get in the habit of short showers, not shaving every day, using OPTs (other peoples toilets), etc. I already have myself trained to use minimal water (since the drought) in most activities (this is the first year I have watered my lawn in 8 – 9 years, I’ve been letting it die in the summer.