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Originally Posted by missypie
Good luck with everything. My friends had a 6 year old house in an upscale neighborhood and the inspector for the buyer had so many ridiculous demands. It has cost them thousands because the buyer has the ball. So when you think your house is perfect, think again. The house inspector for the buyer has to substantiate his value to the buyer that is paying him and stupid stuff came up. The important things didn't come up, so we let it go.
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You got that right
Our buyer's Home "Invader" as I like to call him, pointed out something that is not code yet, but will be code for new construction as of July 1, 2012. Older homes will be grandfathered and will not be required to be bought up to code.
The Buyer insisted the we bring the house up to code anyway. It is costing us $2600! And her contractor's proposal does not really bring the house up to the forthcoming code. I know this because a friend of mine is a code officer in a neighboring town. I had her sign an addendum saying that if the work in her contractor's proposal was completed as written it would meet her requirements. She signed it, thank goodnes!
These Home Invaders have to find something to justify their fee. And, thankfully, our margin was such that we could suffer the $2600 loss and still make the deal go.