When you buy a house during the snow storm...

Major Update: We got an extension until Monday at midnight! Our inspector was not able to see the roof on Saturday, but will be there first thing Monday morning to inspect it.

When your offer gets accepted, you have 15 days of contingency to get the house inspected and get the sellers to agree to make repairs. Sometimes, a seller will extend the contingency for an extra inspection or some additional negotiating time. That is not our case, and it might turn into a problem.

As I mentioned in Inspection- Part 1, our inspector was not able to check the roof of our house because it was covered with two-feet of snow. Unfortunately, although the sellers agreed to fix all of the issues found during the inspection, save for replacing the interior door from the kitchen to the garage (we were reaching with that one), they did not agree to extend the contingency period. This means that we don't have additional time to have an inspector check the roof. We have to decide by tomorrow whether to take the house without a proper roof inspection.

what our house looks like now

Yes, the roof is only 10 years old.

Yes, the inspector found no evidence of roof damage when he inspected it from the inside.

Yes, the sellers will fix any issues that arise from the snowmageddon snows.

Yes, our REA thinks the roof looks great.

But, can we really buy a house without having a professional give us the thumbs up?

Unfortunately we only have 12 hours to make that decision.

In the City...

Have you heard of snowpocalipse? Snowmageddon?

It happened. It is real. And it is in Pittsburgh (among other places). The whole region was paralyzed for two days. However, if you happen to live in the city of Pittsburgh, you have been stuck at home for about 4 days.

For some reason, the city has done a terrible job with plowing and clearing roads, even some of the major ones. However in the suburbs, the snow removal has been a lot more reliable, allowing people to actually drive to work, the grocery store, etc.

It also doesn't help that we live on a hilly neighborhood. With cobblestone roads. With street parking (not anymore!).

E & I were stuck at home on Monday and I finally dug my way out on Tuesday (OK, so E was the one that shoveled. I tried, but I had no clue how to do it.). The roads are still terrible and more snow is coming. Six to ten inches more by Wednesday!

I have a feeling there will be piles of snow on our street until April. They'll be there until May if the city doesn't pick up the snow removal soon!