Tense times

The last week has been pretty tense.

One of the things that turned up in the inspection was that there was some standing water under the stairs beneath the bulkhead doors (we didn't know so Iet me explain that bulkhead doors are the slanting doors outside of a house that provide access to a stairway to the basement). From what I've read, leaking bulkhead doors are pretty normal so, maybe it's nothing more than a case of a couple of Californians who are unfamiliar with basements, but we wanted it fixed.

Maybe we're lucky that the seller is also a former Californian. It took a while but she was finally able to get someone  out on Friday. Then it took until today for anyone to tell us the results.

Apparently, they've recommended some steps that should make the doors watertight. The seller has also asked for an estimate to put a sump pump under the stairs.

Our trailer is still in the same place but we've been sitting Niko and Maya since Thursday while Briar and Gus celebrate their 10th anniversary with a cruise to Bermuda. I took them to the boat in Boston on Friday morning and will pick them up again next Friday morning.

-JC-