Brief House News

[willowisp]

At 2pm callicrates and I are going to the owner orientation to our house. As of about ten seconds ago, the status page does not have "Ready for buyer orientation" checked.

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[missysedai.livejournal.com]

Owner orientation? Buh?

We had a house inspection and got an "owner's manual", but an orientation?

[willowisp.livejournal.com]

Did you build from dirt? I think that's why we're doing so much stuff which most people seem not to. Actually, it turned out that this wasn't even the orientation, it was just a walk-through so we could tell Pam anything which was bothering us which had escaped her notice, plus we learned how to turn light the pilot for our water heater. I believe orientation will be telling us things like "Don't use undiluted chlorine bleach to spot-clean your carpet", "This is how to set the timer on all of your appliances", and so on. It may well also be where we add a clause to our contract that unfinished work will be finished in this decade.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

Ah, that would explain it.

We bought a 33 year old house, and it's apparently assumed that you just automatically *know* things about your house. (No, I don't know why they'd think that.)