Home Inspection

This afternoon, we got back into the house for the home inspection. We were a few minutes early so we parked at the town square (3 doors away) and took some pictures.

The band stand.

The program for the summer.

The Communitarian Church

The old cemetery next to the church. There are several of these around town. Not unusual I guess in a town that was settled in 1749 and incorporated in 1762.

Oakham is very proud of it's library.

Town Hall. Briar was talking to the seller today and she says that she pours herself a cup of coffee and walks down to vote.

 We delayed because we were early. So was everyone else apparently and we were the last to arrive at the house (still early). The inspector started by showing us around the outside. It was kind of funny because he apparently thought that he was looking at an 1850's colonial that was in remarkable condition. His eyebrows went up when he got inside but it wasn't until he got to see the equipment in the basement that he decided that he was looking at new construction that was disguised as an 1850's colonial.

He was stunned to see that the heating system has repeatedly tested out at 90% efficient (apparently so unheard of that he was skeptical). The electric panel is state of the art and has some features that he doesn't see very often (Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters in addition to the Ground Fault Interrupters).

I mentioned earlier that we thought that the house had been torn down and rebuilt from the basement up. From what we saw today, that obviously wasn't the case. It was taken down to the studs but it was obviously built back around the old frame. The attic in the front part of the house obviously has the original, hand cut chestnut beams and roof sheathing (plywood has been put on top of the roof sheathing). A small room at the end of the attic has some crumbling lathe and plaster.

This ones for you Kerry. This is the generator that we're purchasing with the house.

Some of that fancy equipment in the basement. That crawl area (actually more of a stoop area) is pretty large. It's under the entire original area of the house and big enough that there are actually a couple of full sized canoes around the corner to the left.

-JC-