Inspection

Happy Sabbath

I had an inspection on Friday, yesterday. On Tuesday, I went over to the municipal services building hoping to schedule my resale inspection. I went with my deed, cash, and the resale application in hand. The lady was ready to turn me away because she was not going to accept the deed. She wanted the settlement papers which I left at home because I figured the deed, the paperwork that says I officially own this house would be all the proof they needed. This is the same place that rejected a document that was notarized because the one person looking at it didn't want to look up or call the notary to confirm that the notarized seal of authentication was from them. If a place or person forges a notary seal, they can be prosecuted, there is a hefty fine associated with this unlawful act. That office is devoid of all basic common sense, I am praying I can get through this last hurdle, which is basically that office as a whole.

Lady rejected the deed but I implored her to look in their system to see what documents they scanned. I told her if they didn't have what they needed, I would return right back the same day with the settlement papers. I had all day and was not going to go anywhere until I got what I came for...which was a township inspection. Lady used a full hour of my time looking or not looking for my paperwork in the system. She returned and told me I could schedule the inspection. The inspection was scheduled for Friday morning.

I went the rest of this week back and forth from my parents’ home to my house. I jig-sawed, circular sawed, drilled, patched, set molding and trim, put up wallpaper, painted, chiseled, scrubbed, weeded, and did a number of things to get ready for that inspection.

I prayed and prayed some more.

The morning of, I read a text in my Youversion application. It said” Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on Earth is yours, O Lord, and this is Your kingdom. We adore You as the One Who is over all things. 1 Chronicles 29:11.

I went to my house about 6:15am to 6:30am and continued cleaning, and patching. I had wanted to try to go to the hardware store to get some more molding but I knew I was out of time. I felt strongly that this was an impossible situation and that as soon as the inspector steps in, he or she would see the unfinished perimeter of the living room or see the door catch that we all overlooked for months (I noticed it within the hour of the inspector coming, that they would fail the house and force me to come back another month.

The guy was supposed to come at 830am. He came at 900am late. He spent no more than 4 minutes walking through and didn't even go in my son's room, look in closets, inspect the attic. He didn't test all windows, look at the wire job on the outside of the house my dad secretly did, or look at the condition of the shed and fencing. He didn't test the garage door, run water in all sinks. He didn't do much of what I expected him to do. He said all the stress is really to be on the seller. He told me I was missing a smoke detector in the half garage and the electrical panel needed to be better labeled. Other than that, there was no need for me to be worried. He lives around the corner in the same park and welcomed me to the area.

I passed the inspection.

This was the same inspector who came through before but I was not at the house when he visited. He did test the window in my bathroom (the one that wouldn't stay up) and ran water in the kitchen sink (the sink that had a pipe burst and damaged the entire line of cabinetry and all the flooring). All of the cabinets were replaced, the pipes and the window fixed. He obviously knew some of the key issues because of how quickly he headed to the problem areas.

I passed the inspection. God is good. I just need to redo my heating certification and then I can get a certificate of occupancy. I have the heating certification scheduled for Monday morning. When it passes, I will take the form to the township on Tuesday to get the CO. It passed before in June, but you know how things go sometimes. I pray that I will get everything I need next week so I can move my stuff out of storage and begin living in my house before my birthday this month. I want to be in my house on my birthday.

After i scheduled the heating certification appointment, I headed to storage and brought some rugs, stools, a small chair, and a few other items to the house. I went to two stores and forgot how much I already spent that day paying bills. I bought a large framed living room mirror, drapes, drapery wall holders, curtain clips, kitchen curtains, painting tools, spray paint, and a jug of white vinegar. I headed over to my house again and was so excited and at a loss of what to do. I eventually found myself on my knees on that hard floor shining my tiles with my vinegar water solution and boy did those tiles look amazing.

Still a lot of work to do, but I am closer than I was before. After hanging those drapes, the living room felt amazing. God is so good.

I thank Him for my house and for my awesome family. I wouldn't have been able to get here without God’s grace. He truly is wonderful and awesome.