[Shop-talk] wells and such.

[ericm at lne.com]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:15:09AM -0700, George wrote:
> In California most rural transactions require a separate septic inspection 
> and well inspection.  Make sure you pick a good inspector, not one chosen by 
> the seller's real estate agent.

When we bought our rural california property, we had the
well and septic inspected by inspectors we (or our agent) selected.

Both did a good job and we have used them to service their
respective specialties since.

If you get a good inspection, know the issues up front and
take them into account in the purachase, then the only real
issue is maintenance and fixing stuff that's broke.

In 10 years we have had the water system quit four times-
twice a relay on top of the water tank stuck, requiring
me to climb a 20' tank and jiggle the relay.  Twice something
in the well pump broke- once the pump drive, once a pipe rusted through.

If you're mentally prepared for the water to stop working
and then deal with it, it is not so bad.  For some reason it seems
to happen at the worst possible times, but that it also to
be expected.

Eric