For four solid hours this afternoon, a home inspector crawled over, under, around and through the house we plan to buy.
As expected, he saw the same problems we'd seen -- some water intrusion through a few places in the concrete-block foundation walls, a less-than-perfect HVAC system, a few electrical quirks, a roof that'll need replacing within the next five years and a bunch of other minor issues. He also judged the 57-year-old structure to be "fundamentally solid as a rock."
Okay, now we're excited.
The last big roadblock is down. Our new place has become real and, practically as well as emotionally, right as rain.
We're on our way home.