we have put in an accepted bid on a house near my kids in Maine. We got it inspected yesterday and there are some things wrong with it, according to the report. We still have not gotten the septic report or water quality report. This is just the house and garage.
Garage has knob and tube, improperly installed wiring. House has one panel that is fuses, rest circuit breaker. But report says is may be hard to insure with any fuse panel.
Report says roof was improperly installed, metal over asphalt shingles directly, no buffer.
Chimney is in need of repair and inspector says would not close without escrow, it's a safety issue.
What would be your response to such a report? (Husband and I are already in disagreement over this.)