Regarding requests following an inspection

[an]

My heater is also around 20 years old. There’s a constant buzzing sound coming from it, but it has been working fine for the last 2 years. So, old isn’t always = soon to die.

[sreeb]

23 year old furnace? Not a problem if the house is at least 23 years old. What were you expecting? If the house is 5 years old and someone has installed a furnace 18 years older, you have some grounds for complaint.

San Diego’s climate is very mild and furnaces aren’t used heavily. There isn’t that much to go wrong and they aren’t made of plastic. It isn’t that common to replace them. It probably isn’t really near end of life.

Barely works? If it requires maintenance or repair, you should expect the seller to fix it. If it is undersized or the ducting is substandard and it won’t heat the house, you have an issue to work out with seller.

A lot depends on how motivated the seller is and how good the deal is. Your agent seems to feel “not that motivated”….

[sreeb]

23 year old furnace? Not a problem if the house is at least 23 years old. What were you expecting? If the house is 5 years old and someone has installed a furnace 18 years older, you have some grounds for complaint.

San Diego’s climate is very mild and furnaces aren’t used heavily. There isn’t that much to go wrong and they aren’t made of plastic. It isn’t that common to replace them. It probably isn’t really near end of life.

Barely works? If it requires maintenance or repair, you should expect the seller to fix it. If it is undersized or the ducting is substandard and it won’t heat the house, you have an issue to work out with seller.

A lot depends on how motivated the seller is and how good the deal is. Your agent seems to feel “not that motivated”….

[sreeb]

23 year old furnace? Not a problem if the house is at least 23 years old. What were you expecting? If the house is 5 years old and someone has installed a furnace 18 years older, you have some grounds for complaint.

San Diego’s climate is very mild and furnaces aren’t used heavily. There isn’t that much to go wrong and they aren’t made of plastic. It isn’t that common to replace them. It probably isn’t really near end of life.

Barely works? If it requires maintenance or repair, you should expect the seller to fix it. If it is undersized or the ducting is substandard and it won’t heat the house, you have an issue to work out with seller.

A lot depends on how motivated the seller is and how good the deal is. Your agent seems to feel “not that motivated”….

[sreeb]

23 year old furnace? Not a problem if the house is at least 23 years old. What were you expecting? If the house is 5 years old and someone has installed a furnace 18 years older, you have some grounds for complaint.

San Diego’s climate is very mild and furnaces aren’t used heavily. There isn’t that much to go wrong and they aren’t made of plastic. It isn’t that common to replace them. It probably isn’t really near end of life.

Barely works? If it requires maintenance or repair, you should expect the seller to fix it. If it is undersized or the ducting is substandard and it won’t heat the house, you have an issue to work out with seller.

A lot depends on how motivated the seller is and how good the deal is. Your agent seems to feel “not that motivated”….

[sreeb]

23 year old furnace? Not a problem if the house is at least 23 years old. What were you expecting? If the house is 5 years old and someone has installed a furnace 18 years older, you have some grounds for complaint.

San Diego’s climate is very mild and furnaces aren’t used heavily. There isn’t that much to go wrong and they aren’t made of plastic. It isn’t that common to replace them. It probably isn’t really near end of life.

Barely works? If it requires maintenance or repair, you should expect the seller to fix it. If it is undersized or the ducting is substandard and it won’t heat the house, you have an issue to work out with seller.

A lot depends on how motivated the seller is and how good the deal is. Your agent seems to feel “not that motivated”….

[sdrealtor]

I dont understand the advice the others are giving you particularly from the self professed hard nose buyers agent in the group. You said it was barely working. You should ask for something. Whats the worst the seller can do? Say no? You have nothing to lose by asking.

[sdrealtor]

I dont understand the advice the others are giving you particularly from the self professed hard nose buyers agent in the group. You said it was barely working. You should ask for something. Whats the worst the seller can do? Say no? You have nothing to lose by asking.

[sdrealtor]

I dont understand the advice the others are giving you particularly from the self professed hard nose buyers agent in the group. You said it was barely working. You should ask for something. Whats the worst the seller can do? Say no? You have nothing to lose by asking.

[sdrealtor]

I dont understand the advice the others are giving you particularly from the self professed hard nose buyers agent in the group. You said it was barely working. You should ask for something. Whats the worst the seller can do? Say no? You have nothing to lose by asking.

[sdrealtor]

I dont understand the advice the others are giving you particularly from the self professed hard nose buyers agent in the group. You said it was barely working. You should ask for something. Whats the worst the seller can do? Say no? You have nothing to lose by asking.

[DataAgent]

I’m with sdrealtor… if it’s ‘barely working’, ask the seller to replace it. Blame it on the inspector ie. “My inspector said this heater won’t make it another year. He says I shouldn’t buy this house with the current heater.”

You’re the buyer. You have the leverage.

[DataAgent]

I’m with sdrealtor… if it’s ‘barely working’, ask the seller to replace it. Blame it on the inspector ie. “My inspector said this heater won’t make it another year. He says I shouldn’t buy this house with the current heater.”

You’re the buyer. You have the leverage.

[DataAgent]

I’m with sdrealtor… if it’s ‘barely working’, ask the seller to replace it. Blame it on the inspector ie. “My inspector said this heater won’t make it another year. He says I shouldn’t buy this house with the current heater.”

You’re the buyer. You have the leverage.

[DataAgent]

I’m with sdrealtor… if it’s ‘barely working’, ask the seller to replace it. Blame it on the inspector ie. “My inspector said this heater won’t make it another year. He says I shouldn’t buy this house with the current heater.”

You’re the buyer. You have the leverage.

[Author]

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