Any Cracks in the Condo?

3-28-13 10:03pm Thurs. (*2)

On the way back from lunch yesterday, Leona and I stopped off at the condominium where we hope to buy a unit soon. We were looking for cracks outside the building and saw none. We want to get the keys from the real estate agency and take a look inside before we close the deal. Our apartment in the Beverly has developed cracks in the walls in the two big earthquakes since we moved here. The twenty-two year old condominium with our new home survived the 1999 7.3 earthquake with no problems (as far as we know) and should fare well with this smaller one, too. We should be hearing from the banks about the mortgage soon.

 

HSBC didn’t inspect our new condo yet; Jenny and the staff at U-trust Realty were on a company vacation and they came back yesterday. They will go with HSBC to see the condo today at 1:30pm Leona and I will go, too, to see the condition of the condo after Wednesday’s earthquake and last evening’s rain storm. We’ll be looking for cracks and water and hope we find none. I’ll be looking to see if my plans to put the juke box between the office and covered bedroom windows and the AC/DC Pinball machine on the far left corner by the ledge on the enclosed patio as feasible.

In the afternoon, after lunch, Leona and I went back to the new home and met Jenny and a rep from HSBC who took photos of the unit. There were a few bunched up seams in the ceiling where interior decorating was done but no cracks from the earthquake Wednesday. I like the unit so much and feel so comfortable there that I didn’t want to leave. I measured some doorways and imagined where I would put the pinball machine and jukebox and have air-conditioning in the enclosed patio and office. Leona and Jenny talked about adding a vestibule inside the door and having a partition made between the living room and dining area.