even_sven:
So, the home inspection was- odd. We just had a huge storm, and we found a large wet spot in the basement. The current theory is that there is a drain that was, bafflingly, carpeted over. Apparently most houses on the street have them, and they back up maybe once a decade. But it will have to be fixed.
What’s baffling about it is that otherwise, the house is perfect- an absolute jewel. It’s been meticulously maintained, and the only other issues the inspector could find (in a 3.5 hour inspection) were literally a few loose screws. The previous owner clearly took very, very good care of the place.
We are working with her to resolve the basement issue. Hopefully it works out. We got a VERY good price on the house (a similar house just sold for $35k more) and it’d be a shame if we can’t make it work.
If all you had was a small wet spot in the basement after the rains we just had, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. It was an insane amount of rain. Our sump pump couldn’t keep up and we had some water in our basement.