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June 22, 2011 at 11:47 PM #706317June 23, 2011 at 7:33 AM #706185moneymakerParticipant
I think you did the right thing. Now you have a bargaining chip and better knowledge of what you are getting into. We had a friend do our home inspection and he didn’t even crawl under the house. He knew how much my wife wanted the house so I don’t think he really wanted to find any major issues like deteriorating cast iron pipe or recently fixed foundation (I think everyone knows what that means). All in all though I will admit that we would have bought our house anyway because it was not house A versus house B for us @ the time but more of house or no house @ the time. I think all inspectors find lots of issues but it is the big ones that you really want to know about. A personal peeve of mine is that the big ones are probably known to the seller/realtor and I’ve yet to hear them pointed out by them.
June 23, 2011 at 7:33 AM #706338moneymakerParticipantI think you did the right thing. Now you have a bargaining chip and better knowledge of what you are getting into. We had a friend do our home inspection and he didn’t even crawl under the house. He knew how much my wife wanted the house so I don’t think he really wanted to find any major issues like deteriorating cast iron pipe or recently fixed foundation (I think everyone knows what that means). All in all though I will admit that we would have bought our house anyway because it was not house A versus house B for us @ the time but more of house or no house @ the time. I think all inspectors find lots of issues but it is the big ones that you really want to know about. A personal peeve of mine is that the big ones are probably known to the seller/realtor and I’ve yet to hear them pointed out by them.
June 23, 2011 at 7:33 AM #706699moneymakerParticipantI think you did the right thing. Now you have a bargaining chip and better knowledge of what you are getting into. We had a friend do our home inspection and he didn’t even crawl under the house. He knew how much my wife wanted the house so I don’t think he really wanted to find any major issues like deteriorating cast iron pipe or recently fixed foundation (I think everyone knows what that means). All in all though I will admit that we would have bought our house anyway because it was not house A versus house B for us @ the time but more of house or no house @ the time. I think all inspectors find lots of issues but it is the big ones that you really want to know about. A personal peeve of mine is that the big ones are probably known to the seller/realtor and I’ve yet to hear them pointed out by them.
June 23, 2011 at 7:33 AM #705588moneymakerParticipantI think you did the right thing. Now you have a bargaining chip and better knowledge of what you are getting into. We had a friend do our home inspection and he didn’t even crawl under the house. He knew how much my wife wanted the house so I don’t think he really wanted to find any major issues like deteriorating cast iron pipe or recently fixed foundation (I think everyone knows what that means). All in all though I will admit that we would have bought our house anyway because it was not house A versus house B for us @ the time but more of house or no house @ the time. I think all inspectors find lots of issues but it is the big ones that you really want to know about. A personal peeve of mine is that the big ones are probably known to the seller/realtor and I’ve yet to hear them pointed out by them.
June 23, 2011 at 7:33 AM #705491moneymakerParticipantI think you did the right thing. Now you have a bargaining chip and better knowledge of what you are getting into. We had a friend do our home inspection and he didn’t even crawl under the house. He knew how much my wife wanted the house so I don’t think he really wanted to find any major issues like deteriorating cast iron pipe or recently fixed foundation (I think everyone knows what that means). All in all though I will admit that we would have bought our house anyway because it was not house A versus house B for us @ the time but more of house or no house @ the time. I think all inspectors find lots of issues but it is the big ones that you really want to know about. A personal peeve of mine is that the big ones are probably known to the seller/realtor and I’ve yet to hear them pointed out by them.
June 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM #706342scaredyclassicParticipantMy short sale lender did about 7500 in repairs found during post acceptance inspection
June 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM #706704scaredyclassicParticipantMy short sale lender did about 7500 in repairs found during post acceptance inspection
June 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM #705593scaredyclassicParticipantMy short sale lender did about 7500 in repairs found during post acceptance inspection
June 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM #705496scaredyclassicParticipantMy short sale lender did about 7500 in repairs found during post acceptance inspection
June 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM #706190scaredyclassicParticipantMy short sale lender did about 7500 in repairs found during post acceptance inspection
June 23, 2011 at 8:38 AM #706205sdsubieParticipantThanks all, great information as always from this board.
sdr: thanks for the info, it’s actually a newer house, and the repairs are not terribly extensive. I just ask out of general curiosity in how these transactions work, and my general cheapness.
walter: That’s great to hear, gives me some hope when I ask for repair costs.
June 23, 2011 at 8:38 AM #706357sdsubieParticipantThanks all, great information as always from this board.
sdr: thanks for the info, it’s actually a newer house, and the repairs are not terribly extensive. I just ask out of general curiosity in how these transactions work, and my general cheapness.
walter: That’s great to hear, gives me some hope when I ask for repair costs.
June 23, 2011 at 8:38 AM #706719sdsubieParticipantThanks all, great information as always from this board.
sdr: thanks for the info, it’s actually a newer house, and the repairs are not terribly extensive. I just ask out of general curiosity in how these transactions work, and my general cheapness.
walter: That’s great to hear, gives me some hope when I ask for repair costs.
June 23, 2011 at 8:38 AM #705608sdsubieParticipantThanks all, great information as always from this board.
sdr: thanks for the info, it’s actually a newer house, and the repairs are not terribly extensive. I just ask out of general curiosity in how these transactions work, and my general cheapness.
walter: That’s great to hear, gives me some hope when I ask for repair costs.
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