Old houses — Warboys House

Every old house has “issues” of course. Having lived in a concrete highrise where someone else takes care of the maintenance, I’d forgotten what it’s like to have these “issues" myself! The first walk through with the inspector – even before we’d bought the house – revealed all sorts of things, large and small, that needed taking care of, much of them the result of deferred maintenance, or the previous owner having opted for the cheapest solution.

Here’s a sampling of what we found:

Something rotten in the state of New York

Pretty sure you’re not supposed to be able to put your hand underneath the wall

The gutter is supposed to catch the water coming off the roof