I did something out of the ordinary yesterday and showed my Buyers a home in another county forty miles from my home. They are a lovely couple with two darling children - the kind of Buyers who make you want to go a little extra out of your way for them. 
Unlike Tulsa County, Okmulgee county does not use electronic keyboxes. So I had to go by the Listing Realtor’s office to pick up the key for the house my Buyers wanted to see. Office gals (very helpful) could not locate the key.
Evidently Roy showed the house and brought the key back to the office, but Kelly showed the property after that. So the helpful gals in the office tracked down Kelly to learn that she had run into Roy at the grocery store and returned the key to him there. Helpful gals located Roy and he would bring the key to the office as soon as possible.
Do you see that I’m already out of my comfort zone somewhat?
The Listing Realtor did not have the Seller’s disclosure uploaded on MLS, so I asked for a copy. I sat down to review the disclosure and yelled, “Holy Cow! This roof is 94 years old??!!”
The Listing Realtor explained to me that while the roof appeared to be a stylish clay tile, it was actually metal and was original to the house. He then went on to tell me more about the history of the home and the updates made through the years. 
My Buyers (and I) fell in love with the house and made an offer. During my 45-minute drive back to Tulsa, I felt all snuggly and content about this lovely family living in this charming home and thought about the memories they would build there. But I still couldn't get over the age of the roof.
Then it hit me. The home was built in 1930. How could the roof possibly be 94 years old?
Fuzzy math in Okmulgee County or more to the story? It looks like we are going to have some interesting inspections on this home.
And how many times do we wonder as Realtors, “if only this home could talk.”
Lori Cain is a residential Realtor with Chinowth & Cohen Realtors serving the greater Tulsa Oklahoma area, including midtown Tulsa, Owasso, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Sand Springs and Jenks. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.
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Lori is a residential Realtor with Chinowth & Cohen Realtors serving the greater Tulsa area and specializing in downtown Tulsa and midtown Tulsa real estate.
That's funny, they must have filled out the disclosure after a night of partying.
Good story and an interesting home. Thanks for sharing. Have a good weekend!
It's wonderful that you had a client who made you want to go the distance. Hope all goes well with the inspection.
I'm guessing that someone did the math in their head AND the court house records may be inaccurate about year built. Although the roof has some dents in it, I saw no signs of leakage. Will keep you posted!
Another wonderful day in the life of a realtor. Thank you for recording the events - those seller's disclosures are never right
That math would have escaped me til about 3am, when I would bolt up in bed and say huh? LOL I'm looking forward to more on this home!
Great story Lori. I'm looking forward to hearing how the home inspection turns out, hope it's great.
Good grief - even if it's built in 1930's to have the original roof is amazing. I've never heard of such an old roof before. Looks like a really cool home - congrats to the buyers and I hope the inspection goes well. Keep us posted!
Lori,
Cute post. I will be curious to hear what you learn. In one respect, I love older homes because of the quality of the craftsmanship of when they were built. On the flip side, sometimes the maintenance over the last 80 years hasn't been so good.
I am very happy we are on electric key boxes here. I remember my parents as Realtors 30 years ago going around to get and return keys. NOT fun:0(
All the best, Michelle
I hope to get a chance to speak to the Sellers at time of inspection - maybe they can shed some light on this. Interesting experience.
I might add that these special Buyers have been previewing homes all over God's green earth - they didn't ask me to DRIVE to one until they were 90% sure they had found the one they wanted.
This is hysteical, Lori. Maybe the roof was prefabricated 94 years ago and they built the house under it :) It will be interesting to hear about that? Also, you upload disclosures on your MLS? That is also interesting.
Very interesting, Lori! DO keep us posted! Isn't this what we LOVE about our job? There's never a transaction just like another one!
OH, and don't you just LOVE buyers like those? I've recently been blessed with a couple like that and thought I was in heaven! LOL
Have a wonderful evening...
Jane and Debe: interesting update! Here is what my architect posted in reply to this blog post on Facebook:
It can happen! My house on 21st had a clay tile roof which had already been out of production when my house was built in 1928. Just as with my current house, I've purchased some antique light fixtures which predates this house. If people do a good restoration & have researched the materials, they might actually know it's older than the house.
Whoda thunk?
That is some interesting math. Maybe that's the modern mathematics?
I dunno - but their insurance quote is 3x higher than normal. Will be at inspections tomorrow and will keep y'all updated!
Can't waite to hear the rest of the story. Could be the roofer was 94 years old.
Don, haven't a clue - inspector said roof was in tip-top condition. Of course, those of us that sell historic homes know that they built 'em better almost a century ago!
Update on insurance quote: got a decent quote - over 50% less than original quote!