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Buyers You now have a better picture of the house you are buying and its condition. The reports findings may have been worse than you thought they would be, problems you did not know about seem to have taken on a life of their own, and you are not sure what the next move is. 1) Make a list of the problems noted in the report that you would like to have addressed. Your Realtor may inform you that certain problems on your list will be hard to convince the seller to repair. 2) The offer you made to buy the home subject to a home inspection by a professional inspector holds the seller responsible to make good only those defects in the home that relate to habitability or safety. 3) There are instances in the report where it is noted that an item “needs immediate repair or replacement”, the item in question should be repaired but it may not be something that you can go back to the seller about because it is not a defect, and does not relate to habitability or safety. In most cases these would be smaller items that would normally be considered routine maintenance. 4) The list of repairs you want carried by the homeowner must be given to your Realtor. 5) Your Realtor must get this list known as a post inspection agreement back to the sellers Realtor within the time frame allowed for the inspection. 6) The post inspection addendum is in essence a counter offer that you make to the seller asking for certain items to be repaired or replaced before you buy the house. 7) Remember the document you signed when you made your offer, (the pre-inspection agreement) it did not give you the right to have the house rebuilt. 8) We strongly recommend that you insist that a contractor
or a licensed professional completes any repairs required in
the post inspection agreement. 9) Before closing you should return to the house and
verify that all the repair work has been done. Receipts for
the completed work should be given to you, proving that the
work has been professionally completed. After the Inspection
we are here to help you and your Realtor if you have any
difficulty in understanding or interpreting the inspection
report. If you
need to us we are only a phone call away and more than happy
to do anything that will help you. Bottom Line, if the problems are of a serious nature and affect the habitability of the house or the safety of your family and the sellers refuse to do anything about them or make concessions, you have the right to break the contract. This will be a hard decision for you to make, particularly when you realize how much money you have invested in the various inspections and fees. Remember... it is much better to find out about the house before you buy it rather than after you have moved in. | Welcome to BIS | About BIS | Home Inspections | Get Started | Technical FAQ | Contact us |
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