House Headaches...

So in getting ready to sell your house, you must have it inspected. Lordy loo this has been a process.

I'm not one for surprises. Good surprises, yes. Bad surprises, hells no. So for instance, in knowing that I would selling the house, I got a Terminix guy to come out and walk the premises months ago. He said he didn't see anything he could treat. He even added the tagline "I would make it up if I could but I don't see anything." Thus I went into this inspection process thinking lots of positive thoughts. And lo and behold, I have termites who have infiltrated with lots of tubes. The treatment: 600 bucks.

I also got the HVAC unit checked. One of the servicemen was a hot young guy with black hair, blue eyes, dimples, and was dumb as hell...I loved it! :) I thought they gave me a clean bill of health until I got the inspection report back and lo, the HVAC is "off" 9 degrees, has dirty coils and is unleveled. Of course they charge me another 89 bucks to simply come out then 160 bucks to clean the coils and I'm not even sure what the rest will entail. Let's just say that I'm sure it'll be 500 bucks when all is said and done...

Then I have to get a vinyl guy out to "cut vinyl", a window guy out to replace wood, an electrician to replace an electrical outlet, a roofer to deal with some flashing...let's just say that I don't see this process costing less than 1500 bucks.

I guess I shouldn't complain because it means I get this house off my books...but it still hurts nonetheless. Ah, the awesomeness of home ownership...