Home Interior: Home Buying

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reading </span><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/">Young House Love</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> this morning, I learned that some buyers do a final walk through of the property they have purchased, prior to closing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>As first time home buyers, we didn’t know such a thing was possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Our buyer’s agent didn’t even suggest it (he was rather unenthusiastic to begin with).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>But, armed with knowledge, next time I’m going to insist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Because, without a final walkthrough, we inherited this:</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g2kHKPKWvtcoGzvYnfxhPqzNGI2qZZ8pXTBnaBpPusL78BQzzjp_c4hEU-ZUgL_XkNKykMF5CpDb8BzuHrwhCgi8gSBQCb8r3FIGClXs97w8mTcRrGYsg1eLHGpKe0W7w9El4EO9Gf0/s1600/P1030590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g2kHKPKWvtcoGzvYnfxhPqzNGI2qZZ8pXTBnaBpPusL78BQzzjp_c4hEU-ZUgL_XkNKykMF5CpDb8BzuHrwhCgi8gSBQCb8r3FIGClXs97w8mTcRrGYsg1eLHGpKe0W7w9El4EO9Gf0/s400/P1030590.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other than the worklamp, NONE of this was our stuff.  <br />Even the recycling bin came stuffed . . . </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0C_N_6FHxl4JP4ic97BEcxTUM63s8ilIy0SgYditUThFfc-JHe368Mjl1D_QZBK4PAiMLzYTkERkXeGMPnQ1rAkXfTxCcNWNuogRMJy2lLGbBnYU9_kziT2QCzPdlwXgtXVYkpEWiF4Y/s1600/P1030592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0C_N_6FHxl4JP4ic97BEcxTUM63s8ilIy0SgYditUThFfc-JHe368Mjl1D_QZBK4PAiMLzYTkERkXeGMPnQ1rAkXfTxCcNWNuogRMJy2lLGbBnYU9_kziT2QCzPdlwXgtXVYkpEWiF4Y/s400/P1030592.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Click on pics to make 'em bigger.  </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Makes my effort look more impressive ;)</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">They left a note, saying they just plum ran out of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So, instead of getting straight to work renovating, I wasted a morning bagging up their garbage, which included disgusting stuff I won’t even mention.  There was junk in the basement too, we just didn't have the energy to photograph it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I was so angry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This was just one of many annoying and selfish things the old owners had done (or, in this case, not done).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>At least now I know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next summer we are going to make the garage pretty!  We saved the counter from our kitchen for a work bench and will paint it some fun bright colour.  Hubby is pretty excited.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNAOx57tbJsvBypT2NjEat0sJQxKr5_zJTsUOS6pzQtUVbQflhJnkbaVkxUThHAqeb_6G2tBwmR41GVuegSjZI9U9nltdzhkL1ULNVf1kRKZE-eFO6fYgVAK-sLcgO8i6DOcLhc9nvsY/s1600/P1030595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNAOx57tbJsvBypT2NjEat0sJQxKr5_zJTsUOS6pzQtUVbQflhJnkbaVkxUThHAqeb_6G2tBwmR41GVuegSjZI9U9nltdzhkL1ULNVf1kRKZE-eFO6fYgVAK-sLcgO8i6DOcLhc9nvsY/s400/P1030595.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After three hours their crap was bagged and ready to go.  <br />They even left that chair.  Among unmentionables.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Lesson Learned: Final Walk Through

Reading Young House Love this morning, I learned that some buyers do a final walk through of the property they have purchased, prior to cl...