The Basement

The basement is unfinished. It’s built on a floating slab so you can see some soil around the edges. The house has oil heat and a gas-fired hot water heater. This is nice because that means when the heater goes, we can eventually put in a gas heater with having to pay to have the street opened up. It also means Julie can have a gas stove one day. It was disclosed that the oil tank was new in 2005. There is also a utility sink in the basement (unphotoed.) No one knows how old the heater actually is, though the listing states 1990. The home inspector couldn’t date it. The other point of contention is the water pipe located in back corner behind the oil tank. The home inspector seems to think there is crack in this pipe because there was moisture at the base and the paint was chipping off. The problem is that again, the house is built on a floating slab and the soil there will be moist after any rain. Because this is up against the oil tank, only the Atom or Ant-Man could get back there to verify this. Time will tell, but during the contingency period the seller agreed to have this pipe and the plumbing certified.