maritzaja

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You are all wonderful, and you have helped to realize that my instincts were correct. Since I now know that if I choose to continue in the process with this house I will have to get someone who is extremely detailed, and because you have now made me realize that using the inspector suggested by the realtor is not a great idea, I was wondering if any of you had suggestions for anyone who inspects houses in the southern NJ/Philadelphia area. I trust all of you a lot more than my realtor. (Even if I don't go forward with this house, which is probably going to be the case, I will still need a good inspector that I can trust.)

I just checked the link again and it works finally. When you get to the pictures, you will just see a picture of a bathroom. You have to click on the picture to see the rest. Since I had taken the pictures for my family, there are a lot of general pictures, but there are many pictures of the basement in the middle of the rest of the pictures.

HiI just realized that the link should have been: http://www.picasaweb.google.com/maritzaja8 Thank you for responding so quickly. The house is located in Camden County, but I am in Atlantic County.

Hello, I am not an inspector and I don't mean to post this in an environment that is meant for inspectors, but I don't know where else to turn. I am buying my first house (circa 1925) and it has been rehabbed by a flipper. I am a teacher, and the money that is going into this house is basically my life savings, so I am very hesitant as to whether I should pursue this particular house. My offer was accepted for this house, but I still haven't signed the paperwork and handed over the $2500 earnest money that they want. My problem is that I am feeling little bit like the flipper is trying to hide things. (He bought the house in December for $107,000 and the next door neighbor told me that it was a wreck when he bought it, but with the new siding it looks better. ) I will definitely get a professional inspection done before closing, but I know that inspections are non-invasive, so I feel like he could have done things not to code and I will never know until it is too late. What should I do? P.S. If you need more infomration, I took pictures of the house when I was last in there to show my family and posted them on http://picassaweb.google.com/maritzaja8 Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't think I've slept in a few days worrying about it.