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Originally Posted by APovi
Apparently Florida is a 'Buyer Beware' State.
How do you handle existing 'Non-Compliance'?
Some home buyers/owners have been cited for violations existing for the past 10-20 years or more.
Sellers, Builders and Realtors do not typically represent buyers at all.
Does the buyer have to apply to each CDD to find out if the home they want (new or pre-owned) is in compliance?
Will all the CDD's issue a 'certification' that a home is 'in compliance' with all their regulations before you buy it?
Should I put a contingency in my offers/contracts that requires the Owner/Seller/Realtor to take care of it?
I've seen this problem reported many times but never any solutions.
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This is not a TV enigma. This is every home in America. Nearly every home everywhere would fail a full compliance test. For instance: I did a few years of Real Estate back in Illinois ( Cook County, often referred to as Crook County). The town of Cicero abutting Chicago was considered by many as even more corrupt than Chicago.
Every home sold in Cicero had to pass a compliance test before a sales stamp approval. No home could pass, period. The inspector would write up the found violations, then the home owner would correct the issues, then the inspector would write up some more violations and home owner would correct; and on and on until homeowner coughed up $900 to pay for “pre-certification”.
Some of the violations were: #6 electrical screw not used in light socket instead of #8; Drain gutter downspout attached in two spots to house instead of three; water softener 4 inches away from wall instead of 6. No I’m not making this up.
The point I’m making is that violations can always be found if you look hard enough. An inspection to cover everything would cost at least a couple thousand. Don’t open a can of worms. If you think you see some obvious violation, yes address that; otherwise just relax most of us don’t have that many years left, shy spend then worrying?