Note to self, never ever waive an inspection no matter what anyone tries to tell you! Second note to self, pay for plane tickets, lodging and meals to hire this or one of the few other inspectors who are always diligent and thorough, to do the inspection!
I recently put in an offer in a market that is VERY much a seller's market (i.e., most homes get multiple offers above list price within 3 days of being listed, and are usually taken off the market just as fast; a home that has been on the market for over a week probably has something very wrong with it). As such, in a market like that as a buyer you have to make your offer as seller-friendly as possible. Instead of waiving my inspection, I basically made it "pass/fail", by writing into my offer that I would not negotiate any discounts or repairs based on the inspection, but would still reserve the right to get out of the agreement if I didn't like the results of the inspection. That made my offer more attractive to the seller and still covered me in the event that the inspection covered MAJOR issues with the home (which it didn't). I'm on the hook as a buyer for a few minor repairs (and radon mitigation) that were uncovered during the inspection, but I'm okay with that. As my realtor put it when we were crafting the offer, "What would the inspection have to uncover, in terms of issues or costs to repair, for you to not want to buy the house?". For me, that was basically anything like bad mold, major structural, or > $20k to repair/replace (and the roof would be less than that to replace), so it made sense to do my inspection contingency the way I did it.
I trusted my agent enough to use his inspector’s report. His report noted an issue with the floor in the mater bathroom. When the ceramic floor tile was removed, we found that half of the subfloor in the bathroom had rotted. An issue? We were lucky that none of the workers fell while removing the tile.
Being forced/coerced to waive a home inspection would be a major red flag for me, complete with rotating red beacons and a blaring Klaxon horn, and the robot from "Lost in Space" yelling: "Danger, Will Robinson!" If a seller has nothing to hide, or feels an inspection might only reveal MINOR issues, then they'd have no problem with an inspection. 2:00 - The jokes pretty much write themselves, don't they? 6:37 - That reminds me so much of our Four Seasons sunroom, during the manufacturer's and builder's warranty period. Out of five windows, four cranks would fall off no matter how much we tightened the setscrews, the teeth on the mechanism stripped under normal use, and both the builder and Four Seasons themselves said that was "completely normal." We kept a pair of Vise Grips in front of one of the windows to use... In less than two years, three of those windows wouldn't crank anymore without extreme effort (bent linkage), and we had to manually push them closed from the outside (while cranking with the Vise Grips) and Gorilla-tape them closed. After three years, the exhaust fan speed controller failed (and they wanted almost $7000 in 1993 Dollars for just the part - we'd install it ourselves), so we opted to seal the room off from the house for 3/4 of the year. Periodically we come in and empty out the buckets placed under all the ceiling leaks, which are easy to find due to water stains on the wood trim - well, at least in places where the wood trim stayed attached. The entire framework makes soft creaking noises as it expands/contracts with temperature changes, as the sun comes up, and as the sun sets. Oh and the aluminum exterior channel trim from one row pulled out if its track one winter when a few inches of snow slid off, and we can't get it back into place. The inner pane of one window shattered on an autumn afternoon while nobody was home, during the warranty period; Four Seasons blamed the installer, installer blamed Four Seasons, so it was never fixed. Moral of the story? Don't ever buy a Four Seasons sunroom, unless you don't mind having your addition unusable 365 days out of the year and you have copious amounts of money to throw away. Their claims about being warm in the winter and cool in the summer are rubbish, many of the window panels' internal seals are failed and have moisture ingress between the panes; in some, the UV tint film sandwiched in the middle is wavy, discolored/blotchy, and pulling away from three of the four sides. Sunny and 75°F outside? Gonna be at least 90°F indoors, with the side door open, and one of those big noisy metal cage fans at the door exhausting air. (Gotta be careful, though, the sliding screen door will fall out, the rollers on the bottom didn't last three months before they were all split down the middle.) In the winter, with hot water baseboards and a kerosene heater to supplement, 30°F outside, struggling to hit 60°F inside. My bedroom is above the sunroom, we had to cover the entire sunroom with a tarp to keep the sunroom roof leaks to a minimum, and to prevent reflected sunlight from cooking me alive in my bed. I had an oversized in-window air conditioner struggling to keep my 8' x 10' room below 80°F when it was 65°F and sunny outside, and massive oak tree shading the entire roof of the main house... By far the worst decision my father ever made with the house was adding that sunroom! We got less than one year of trouble-free use, and over thirty years of ongoing problems. The room is nothing more than a glorified closet now, it's only good for storage of items unaffected by temperature extremes and humidity from the leaks (no mold, though, due to how drafty it is it gets pretty good air exchange), and we've drained that zone of our baseboard system and valved it off because our furnace would run almost non-stop trying to heat it when temps dropped below freezing. On the plus side, valving that zone off saved us thousands a year on our heating bill!
Well, they already bought the house without an inspection, so it’s a bit late to do this. What is the solution for this foundation problem and how much will it cost to prevent the house from moving even more?
Drop that ball in the middle of my 101 y/o living room floor, and it'll pick up enough speed by the time it gets to the corner that it'll damage the baseboard. 1" drop over 4 linear feet. You would get a million views of an inspection of this place.
The seller's report was legit? With wavy gravy ceilings, walls and foundation I would say they flunked big time. I'm guessing you said that to soften this massive foundation disaster to the new owners. My daughter was duped on a home. The realtors are required by law to disclose known problems. They might be able to sue the realtor. My daughter just had the realtor sell it off. Such a slimy business.
Note to self, never ever waive an inspection no matter what anyone tries to tell you! Second note to self, pay for plane tickets, lodging and meals to hire this or one of the few other inspectors who are always diligent and thorough, to do the inspection!
I recently put in an offer in a market that is VERY much a seller's market (i.e., most homes get multiple offers above list price within 3 days of being listed, and are usually taken off the market just as fast; a home that has been on the market for over a week probably has something very wrong with it). As such, in a market like that as a buyer you have to make your offer as seller-friendly as possible.
Instead of waiving my inspection, I basically made it "pass/fail", by writing into my offer that I would not negotiate any discounts or repairs based on the inspection, but would still reserve the right to get out of the agreement if I didn't like the results of the inspection. That made my offer more attractive to the seller and still covered me in the event that the inspection covered MAJOR issues with the home (which it didn't). I'm on the hook as a buyer for a few minor repairs (and radon mitigation) that were uncovered during the inspection, but I'm okay with that.
As my realtor put it when we were crafting the offer, "What would the inspection have to uncover, in terms of issues or costs to repair, for you to not want to buy the house?". For me, that was basically anything like bad mold, major structural, or > $20k to repair/replace (and the roof would be less than that to replace), so it made sense to do my inspection contingency the way I did it.
I trusted my agent enough to use his inspector’s report. His report noted an issue with the floor in the mater bathroom. When the ceramic floor tile was removed, we found that half of the subfloor in the bathroom had rotted. An issue? We were lucky that none of the workers fell while removing the tile.
@@jayschafer1760 that’s an acceptable alternative but my financial situation and age would have a lower dollar limit. Thanks for the suggestion.
All of is are howling “So much nope!” Holy moly!
Being forced/coerced to waive a home inspection would be a major red flag for me, complete with rotating red beacons and a blaring Klaxon horn, and the robot from "Lost in Space" yelling: "Danger, Will Robinson!" If a seller has nothing to hide, or feels an inspection might only reveal MINOR issues, then they'd have no problem with an inspection.
2:00 - The jokes pretty much write themselves, don't they?
6:37 - That reminds me so much of our Four Seasons sunroom, during the manufacturer's and builder's warranty period. Out of five windows, four cranks would fall off no matter how much we tightened the setscrews, the teeth on the mechanism stripped under normal use, and both the builder and Four Seasons themselves said that was "completely normal." We kept a pair of Vise Grips in front of one of the windows to use... In less than two years, three of those windows wouldn't crank anymore without extreme effort (bent linkage), and we had to manually push them closed from the outside (while cranking with the Vise Grips) and Gorilla-tape them closed. After three years, the exhaust fan speed controller failed (and they wanted almost $7000 in 1993 Dollars for just the part - we'd install it ourselves), so we opted to seal the room off from the house for 3/4 of the year. Periodically we come in and empty out the buckets placed under all the ceiling leaks, which are easy to find due to water stains on the wood trim - well, at least in places where the wood trim stayed attached. The entire framework makes soft creaking noises as it expands/contracts with temperature changes, as the sun comes up, and as the sun sets. Oh and the aluminum exterior channel trim from one row pulled out if its track one winter when a few inches of snow slid off, and we can't get it back into place. The inner pane of one window shattered on an autumn afternoon while nobody was home, during the warranty period; Four Seasons blamed the installer, installer blamed Four Seasons, so it was never fixed.
Moral of the story? Don't ever buy a Four Seasons sunroom, unless you don't mind having your addition unusable 365 days out of the year and you have copious amounts of money to throw away.
Their claims about being warm in the winter and cool in the summer are rubbish, many of the window panels' internal seals are failed and have moisture ingress between the panes; in some, the UV tint film sandwiched in the middle is wavy, discolored/blotchy, and pulling away from three of the four sides. Sunny and 75°F outside? Gonna be at least 90°F indoors, with the side door open, and one of those big noisy metal cage fans at the door exhausting air. (Gotta be careful, though, the sliding screen door will fall out, the rollers on the bottom didn't last three months before they were all split down the middle.) In the winter, with hot water baseboards and a kerosene heater to supplement, 30°F outside, struggling to hit 60°F inside.
My bedroom is above the sunroom, we had to cover the entire sunroom with a tarp to keep the sunroom roof leaks to a minimum, and to prevent reflected sunlight from cooking me alive in my bed. I had an oversized in-window air conditioner struggling to keep my 8' x 10' room below 80°F when it was 65°F and sunny outside, and massive oak tree shading the entire roof of the main house... By far the worst decision my father ever made with the house was adding that sunroom! We got less than one year of trouble-free use, and over thirty years of ongoing problems. The room is nothing more than a glorified closet now, it's only good for storage of items unaffected by temperature extremes and humidity from the leaks (no mold, though, due to how drafty it is it gets pretty good air exchange), and we've drained that zone of our baseboard system and valved it off because our furnace would run almost non-stop trying to heat it when temps dropped below freezing. On the plus side, valving that zone off saved us thousands a year on our heating bill!
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Nothing hides from the all seeing flashlight of doom.
So informative
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What was the reasoning on the buyer’s side why did they pass on an inspection?
Well, they already bought the house without an inspection, so it’s a bit late to do this. What is the solution for this foundation problem and how much will it cost to prevent the house from moving even more?
Drop that ball in the middle of my 101 y/o living room floor, and it'll pick up enough speed by the time it gets to the corner that it'll damage the baseboard. 1" drop over 4 linear feet. You would get a million views of an inspection of this place.
The seller's report was legit? With wavy gravy ceilings, walls and foundation I would say they flunked big time. I'm guessing you said that to soften this massive foundation disaster to the new owners. My daughter was duped on a home. The realtors are required by law to disclose known problems. They might be able to sue the realtor. My daughter just had the realtor sell it off. Such a slimy business.
It's a crackhouse.
The ball didn’t roll on any floors in my house. Is this a good thing ?
This is my ball. Its blue...and i just got married.
I wish they had hired you first and not after the sale. I’m hoping for their sake, this can be fixed but how?
Just put a diagonal jackpost in.
A crack house.. 😅😅😅😅😅
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Big buncha nope or buncha oops?