As many of you know, the electrical in the house is good, old knob and tube wiring. Since we aren't in the mood to live in a fire hazard and we ARE in the mood to plug in our computers, we had an electrician inspect the situation. We're hoping that Alvin (the current owner) will just write a check and fix it. We were going to have the entire house 100% re-wired, but we found out that the amount of damage that would be done to the home wasn't worth it. Now what we're going to do is put a new circuit in the computer room and just false grounds in the other areas of the house. This will help combat the fire hazard situation and will also allow us to plug in our TV, computers, and other electronics us kids're using these days.
We're sure that Alvin didn't have a computer or a TV. We speculate that what he did all day was spy on the neighbors. Or perhaps he spent a lot of his time down at the Tavern. Who knows? All we know is it sure wasn't surfing the net because half the outlets in the house haven't been able to accept electronic devices since like 1932!!!
Now, we're just waiting for the estimate back from the electrician. Then, we're going to draft a request for Alvin to fix the electrical before closing. If he says "yes" then we're rockin' and rollin'. If he says "no"...well then I guess George and I are going to have to start playing the lotto more frequently!!!
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