Ah yes, the heat dome. We got to 120 here where I live in Oregon. I stumbled onto your story on reddit, since I'm planning on moving back to the midwest and have been reading the real estate subreddit. It's made me realize how naive and clueless I was in my last two house purchases and how lucky I got. Thanks to people like you, I now know what to look out for!
Hey, thanks for following! Yeah read my PSA post - and especially avoid vented ridge, its the worst for bats! And 3rd party inspector... always.
This summer, alternating between our trailer in King County at 100F and the house on Whidbey at 80F with full AC Heat pump down to 68F has been night and day.
The 3rd party inspector, yes! That's one of my key takeaways, and it makes total sense. Gotta have people who don't have a personal stake in the sale going through. Will also remember the vented ridge part.
Btw, people on reddit have recently been wondering about the "$200K bat guy" so I've been posting the link to your substack. :-)
Ah yes, the heat dome. We got to 120 here where I live in Oregon. I stumbled onto your story on reddit, since I'm planning on moving back to the midwest and have been reading the real estate subreddit. It's made me realize how naive and clueless I was in my last two house purchases and how lucky I got. Thanks to people like you, I now know what to look out for!
Hey, thanks for following! Yeah read my PSA post - and especially avoid vented ridge, its the worst for bats! And 3rd party inspector... always.
This summer, alternating between our trailer in King County at 100F and the house on Whidbey at 80F with full AC Heat pump down to 68F has been night and day.
The 3rd party inspector, yes! That's one of my key takeaways, and it makes total sense. Gotta have people who don't have a personal stake in the sale going through. Will also remember the vented ridge part.
Btw, people on reddit have recently been wondering about the "$200K bat guy" so I've been posting the link to your substack. :-)
TY! As long as I can help at least one person with all this, I'll call it a win!
Eventually I'll call on my "bat fans" to help get some visibility on consumer protection laws on estate sales. So thanks for following along!