Writing this post makes me a little sad but unfortunately, after the home inspection on Friday, we decided not to buy the house.
That house needed a lot of work. And I mean a lot! That didn't scare us off though. We were willing to rip up carpets, tear out walls, gut the kitchen, gut the bathrooms, paint every wall, put up crown molding, lay hardwoods, lay tile and landscape the yard...just to name a few things.
What is the one thing that did scare us off? MOLD. During the inspection the inspector uncovered mold in the basement due to water leakage we couldn't see behind the walls. All his talk of lung infections, corneal infections and not to mention cancer, had me a little worried. He threw around words like toxic and carcinogenic that made me start to rethink the deal. But even then, we still wanted to make the house work. It wasn't until the inspector explained what we would have to do to fix our mold problem that the project became bigger than we'd hoped. On top of what we had expected our renovation to include, we would now have to hire experts to come gut the finished basement, professionally clean the walls, re-stud the basement and use an "air-scrubber" to remove moldy air particles. A hefty bill coming close to $10,000 to leave us with a unfinished basement that we would then have to finish again. This obviously wasn't in our original budget. Paul and I sadly had to walk away from the house.
What hurt the most was to see the disappointment on Paul's face. He was so excited to be the manpower behind this renovation. I know that one day we'll find our perfect fixer-upper that Paul can make into our home. But for now, we're going to take a break from the house hunt until the sting of losing this one fades.
Love and Happiness (and a little sadness),
Bethany
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