A few posts back, I mentioned the appraisal process we were going through. Well, I'm happy to say that we came in at a good number and the refinancing is going through. The sad thing is, it's an FHA loan and they'd like to see some improvements before it can go through. Nothing huge- just some scraping and painting, some concrete patching and a 2 year certification of the roof. The 2 year certification was a breeze- $65 and the roof guy came out and said it was good!

However, if you've been noticing the weather this year, you might think (with the exception of one good day- which we took advantage of) it's either been too wet or too cold to do any painting. To be honest, I have no idea what temp it needs to be for cement work, but I'm positive it needs to be dry.

The loan guy is starting to act a bit nervous that it's taking so long. I honestly don't know what they expect me to do about the weather. The last I checked, I don't have super-powers that control any portion of nature (if I did, I wouldn't be needing his services ;).

As far as the concrete work is concerned- never done it. All I've heard from other people is it's expensive as hell. Great. I do know that if something isn't done soon, our porch (the concrete that needs repaired) is likely to turn into the Cypress Structure.

If anyone in the Frederick, MD area has any advice on who to contact for concrete repair, please comment below! :P