the main thing is to balance what *needs* to get done and what you'd like to have done. i owned a house for only a year and even from that short experience, it was a *lot* of work. just don't try to do it all in one swoop. i think that's the key. J -----Original Message----- From: robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> To: http://www.mvccc.com/~jonl <http://www.mvccc.com/~jonl>; http://www.javasoft.Eng.Sun.COM/~jonathan.locke <http://www.javasoft.Eng.Sun.COM/~jonathan.locke>; http://www.jstar.com/~jonl <http://www.jstar.com/~jonl>; http://www.sealevelsoftware.com/~jonl <http://www.sealevelsoftware.com/~jonl> Date: Sunday, December 21, 1997 6:28 PM Subject: Re: Happy Solstice! > > From: http://www.jstar.com/~jonl > > Date: Sun Dec 21, 3:07pm > > > > wow, you are just too cool! > > best of luck in your new house! > > my only advice to you is to pay *top dollar* for a building > > inspector sometime before closing. a good building > > inspector can find horrifying problems sometimes. > > and it's always better to find out *before* closing. > > > > cheers and happy solstice to you too!! > > > > J > >Yeah, the building inspector _did_ find things. That's how we know it needs >a lot of work (unfortunately). > >But the price was right...