Hick House PASSED INSPECTION!

Thus ends a chapter of Hick's bloggy life. He has brought home most of his tools, leaving only those HOS (Hick's Oldest Son) needs for a couple small projects and doesn't have in his own collection. He says he left his table saw, miter saw, and a drill. I'm pretty sure there will be some grieving. For 3.5 months, Hick has risen every day and trucked off to Hick House. Sometimes with HOS, sometimes alone. The only days he didn't go were Saturdays and Sundays when weather was good enough to open his Storage Unit Store.

The inspection was scheduled (on Friday) to take place Monday morning. HOS swore that Hick House would be immaculate. I think his exact words were spic and span. Which apparently is still around, available at Walmart. Hick was doubtful. He picked up HOS on Monday morning at 7:30, and quizzed him the whole ride about what he had done. HOS's idea of spic and span differs from Hick's.

This is what Hick loaded up and took to the landfill. Or as we call it around here, The Dump. It cost him $18 and change. Some was in the basement, piled in front of the electric box which was needing to be inspected. Good thing the inspector was a no-show!

Yes, after all the careful planning, Hick got a phone call from the city Monday morning after 8:00, saying the inspector couldn't make it at 9:30. He rescheduled for Tuesday at 10:00.

Again, Hick and HOS were at the house on Tuesday, ready to be inspected, when the city called and said the inspector couldn't make it. They'd need to reschedule for Wednesday. Hick wasn't having it! He said he'd be out of town. Which is true, somewhat. Just not for Wednesday. Anyhoo, the city said they'd send the woman inspector, who Hick has never met. Not the man who used to stop by there randomly, and look around the house (upon invitation), and had offered to have the water turned on so they could clean.

The lady inspector asked Hick what needed to be inspected! Like, WHY did he need an inspection. He told her about the list of repairs required on the house, and she said she'd look them up. Hick said she found ONE ITEM that was unsatisfactory.

DUN DUN DUNNNN! A living room window had a crack!

Hick said he remembered it then. He'd noticed a crack in the top of the front living room window, and he'd meant to replace it. But he forgot. The inspector said she wasn't going to fail Hick House for that one little problem, because everything else was good. Hick said the window will be fixed.  HOS is on his own now.

Sooo... mission accomplished. HOS has a forever house, safe and livable, which has passed inspection. The original timeline was 3 months, which would have been June 1, which Hick modified to June 3. So they went one week over. The original budget (after the $5000 price of the house!) was $2500. Hick said he's spent roughly $3000 to $3200, which means $500-700 over budget. We will recoup that money by selling the travel trailer. Which is a story for another day.