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Originally Posted by Villager1234
Is there any way to find out if a house is in compliance before you buy it
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I am assuming that you an asking about a pre-owned home, and about deed compliance rather than building code compliance.
Practically, the burden is on the buyer.
I don’t believe an independent service exists to represent the buyer for assuring deed compliance. (Too many variations of legal deed restrictions in The Villages that makes a deed compliance inspection business impractical, and ARC records are not easily searchable in contrast to county real property records for deeds and liens.)
You could try to get the seller to accept responsibility for deed compliance by putting a clause in the sales contract. But if you tried to enforce that clause later against the seller when you discovered deed non-compliance, you might or might not be successful in finding and getting money from the buyer. You might need to sue the buyer to enforce the clause.
@Michael61 had a practical approach focusing on the bigger risk items for deed non-compliance. A buyer new to The Villages would need to learn to identify the bigger risk items. A visit to a CDD office such as in Lake Sumpter Landing is likely an efficient and effective way to learn about common bigger items.
But a buyer would still need to discover what items at a particular home are after-market rather than done in the original build such as a bird cage and pool. You can ask the seller of course. Searching online property records for original-build items and after-market construction would take knowledge and effort.
For a buyer new to The Villages purchasing a pre-owned home, it will take effort to learn to reduce your risk. Good luck.