Dean(ish)

We had our new house inspected today by Cory at Inspectek West. He did a really great job of performing a thorough inspection and explained his findings really well. The report he made was really cool and was much more detailed than I expected. It had pictures of everything that may need repair and even had little arrows to pinpoint the problem in each picture.

During the inspection, the sellers came home. We were afraid of a conflict of interest, if you will, but it was such a cool experience. We got to talk to them about lots of things about the house, the neighborhood, and their family. I was really glad that we ran into each other, allowing both parties to know a little about where the house came from and where it’s going.

We wanted to clarify the appliances with the sellers - which were they leaving behind? They were actually planning on leaving all of the major appliances, including the fridge and washer/dryer. We don’t need the latter, but we can certainly use the fridge. So that was good. We thought that the house had two sheds, but it actually has three - a small bike shed and two large sheds - so we’ll be able to use one of them as a tortoise house for Ozzy.

The sellers are letting us keep the extra paint and flooring as well, which is awesome because it’ll make it way easier for us to match new paint should the need arise. The sellers told us about some of the neighbors in the ‘hood, and that the elementary school was a good one.

Above all else, Sierra got to play with some of the neighborhood kids. It was so cool to see her blend right in with them, even though she was the youngest of all. The sellers have a border collie (which Christina said she might consider!) and two cats; another girl brought over her guinnea pigs for Sierra to play with. Meanwhile, there are a ton of other kids running around the neighborhood, playing and laughing like there’s no tomorrow. I love it. It reminded me of the way Shawn and I used to play, and I now know that Sierra will be able to experience that too.

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