Happy House Inspection!

The house was inspected today.  I know an educational business that teaches classes in building inspection.  They asked us of they could use our home for a case-study.  The goal was to give the three students a chance to inspect an old home.  The class is led by a certified instpector and all three student are already working in construction.  They were eager to see the place and did a thorough job from top to bottom.  We will get the full report on Tuesday.  He also looked the house over for pests and says we are all clear.

The instructor did a preliminary walk through on Thursday and alerted us to a cracked eave in the attic.  This one was actually on the original portion of the roof which is then topped with the addition.  This section of the roof was recovered when the tear off was done but it is still under the second full roof, so this was not a dangerous situation.  No matter, we had someone in fixing it this morning and it was done while the inspector was there -- and received his seal of approval.


We love showing this house to people who want to learn more about old homes.  I told the students about the seminar that SHPO gives for contractors too.  If we are still here in February, we've invited the next class to come an inspect the house.  Between the historical tours and these classes we feel this house has a lot to teach about construction of yesteryear's homes.  And we like knowing about anything that needs attention.  We take caring for this old house very seriously.