So close I can taste it...

So the building inspection report came in today for the house we like. There's some minor issues like the roof flashing has to be replaced and apparently a couple of windows don't open properly but considering it's been sitting vacant for three years that's fantastic. Sooooo the next step is to found out how much the roof flashing will cost to replace, but it shouldn't be much and it's not essential that we do it right away. Oh and he recommended having a plumber check the pipes which shouldn't be hard to arrange

He didn't make any comments on the wiring though. However I've learned that the wiring is surface mounted wiring which is all neatly covered with conduit and looks just like the pictures of how to properly install it, so one can hope LOL. I've certainly seen worse wiring in my own home...

Sooooooo it looks like we're getting a house, a dream house, a better than one could believe house. I am ecstatic and joyful and just very very happy. Though the house we're buying is certainly different. Basically everyone in Uralla will know us as the absolute nutters who bought the castle. Well, one of the castles (yes there is two). We haven't got the whole history but basically some nutter forty years ago decided to build himself a castle and build a second one to use as a public tearoom. He built both down a dirt track left over from mining days. The council of course went uhh no at the idea of having a retail site down a dirt track and left him with a wacky castle shaped tearoom that was no use as a residence. He got bored fairly quickly and sold up. Que wacky artist turning up and deciding he adored the castle. We're not sure who did the renovations but someone added an artists studio bigger than the rest of the house and built in bedrooms and converted the start of an industrial kitchen into an oversized laundry. Creating perhaps the most perfect space ever for a textile artist with room for her crazy daughter and her herd of guinea pigs. Oh and one mustn't forget the two parrots.

So I am overjoyed and I just hope the roof repairs don't cost too much but I am exceedingly surprised at how few defects there are, I would have expected a lot more.

And this post isn't guinea pig related in any way but oh well.