This house was my husband’s bachelor pad that he purchsed at the height of the housing market. We were not together at the time, and I have asked him that same question about an inspection. He did not get an inspection, and his was one of the Freddie Mac sub-prime loans that got pushed through. If we had been together at the time, it never would have happened, but he was young and desperate to buy his first place. The previous owners did a lot of shoddy DIY work, so every project opens a can of worms (like the live, dangling electrcal wires we found when we renovated our bathroom). I wrote a lot about the aesthetics of the kitchen because I can provide photos of that, but my main concern is really the electrical work because we have fabric covered wires, non-grounded three prong outlets, and a reliance on extension cords because we don’t have enough outlets. It’s not just ugly, it’s not safe.

Dawn