Friday, September 19, 2008
A Safe Home
We ended up pulling out of the contract with the house we were going to buy. Oddly enough, a meth test we had done came back positive. Each state has it's own reportable amount of meth. On a scale of 0-3 mg/cm^3, 2-3 means they cook the stuff, 1-2 means they partied in the house, and 0-1 means someone smoked in the house. In Utah, a reportable amount is 0.1, and in Idaho it's 0.5 I believe. Maybe the inspector said 0.05, it had a 5 in it. Anyway, the sample he pulled from the furnace (which would mean worse case senario, it would show up there) came back at 0.11. We called our pediatrician and asked him if that would be dangerous to live there, and he said there hasn't been research done on the subject, but it's such a small amount it won't likely cause a problem. If other areas in the house had any trace of it, he said not to live there. We also got a call from a roofer that went to check the house for us. He said it's a fairly new roof, within the past 5 years, but the area above the bathroom has some major pooling areas. He would have to pull up those shingles and to put everything back on would mean to have to re-shingle the whole house, which would be 7,000. We thought about our options and decided to back out. Craziness!
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Cody and I talked about it, and we're glad you pulled out. I'm sure you've learned a lot during this process, and we hope you can find a good home without so many problems. (and now I don't have to find another teacher...yet... :D ) Kind of a bummer that it didn't work out, but hopefully it's all for the best.
Ryan and I lived down in that neighborhood when we lived in Logan in 2004. I'm sure it's disappointing, but after having lived in the area, we are also glad you pulled out.
It was weird: Ryan and I were trying to buy a new home in 2006. We went to sign the papers for the loan, and we knew it wasn't the right thing to do. So we pulled out and lost some money. I am SO GRATEFUL we did. Ryan ended up loosing his job when his company downsized, the housing market in Cedar City has since dropped (so we would of lost 10s of thousands of dollars). It was truly a blessing in disguise.
I'm not sure if you are bummed that things didn't work out or neutral, but I know you both are faithful and devoted to the Lord. He will undoubtedly bless you with another option when the time is expedient.
GOOD LUCK!
Have you looked at any other houses since? I know how you feel with the house not working out. We had one fall through cause it was a short sale and the bank was trying to hold out on us as long as possible. Let us know when you have any luck! Good luck. It is more stressful then I thought it would be. If you guys need any help or anything else let us know! We love you guys!
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