Note to people selling their house
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:14 pm
PACK UP THE DAMN GROWING ROOM!! Yep, I just did an inspection and found a growing room! 
There was a locked room in the basement and while my old man was inspecting the attic I asked the homeowner if I could have a look in there. She seemed kind of reluctant so I told her I don't need to go in there if she didn't want me to. She said it was just some of her personal stuff and handed me a key. I went down there alone and opened the door, everything looked fine until I saw a piece of plywood covering the cold storage. I opened that door up and BINGO!!! There looked to be about 4 buckets in there with a familiar looking plant growing out of them. I quickly closed the door and that was that. We left and nothing was said.
After I thought about it for a minute I realized that I had to say something because what if there was something wrong in that room that I was supposed to inspect? So, I called her up after my old man left. I told here that to make things easy for both of us let's just say that I never opened that locked door and call it good. "Why" she asked. "Because I might have seen something of a sensitive nature in the cold storage room" I replied. "Like what" she asked. "Like a green looking weed growing out of 5 gallon buckets" I explained. "There was nothing growing there" she said. "Look" I explained "I might be sympathetic to that cause. I called you up so that you wouldn't be worried and so we can both say I did my job. Get it??" Finally I hear her say "Gotcha, thanks".
So seriously, if your selling your home you have to expect people to look everywhere. And learn a lesson here, put your toys away!!
There was a locked room in the basement and while my old man was inspecting the attic I asked the homeowner if I could have a look in there. She seemed kind of reluctant so I told her I don't need to go in there if she didn't want me to. She said it was just some of her personal stuff and handed me a key. I went down there alone and opened the door, everything looked fine until I saw a piece of plywood covering the cold storage. I opened that door up and BINGO!!! There looked to be about 4 buckets in there with a familiar looking plant growing out of them. I quickly closed the door and that was that. We left and nothing was said.After I thought about it for a minute I realized that I had to say something because what if there was something wrong in that room that I was supposed to inspect? So, I called her up after my old man left. I told here that to make things easy for both of us let's just say that I never opened that locked door and call it good. "Why" she asked. "Because I might have seen something of a sensitive nature in the cold storage room" I replied. "Like what" she asked. "Like a green looking weed growing out of 5 gallon buckets" I explained. "There was nothing growing there" she said. "Look" I explained "I might be sympathetic to that cause. I called you up so that you wouldn't be worried and so we can both say I did my job. Get it??" Finally I hear her say "Gotcha, thanks".
So seriously, if your selling your home you have to expect people to look everywhere. And learn a lesson here, put your toys away!!
