HVAC question

[Paa Langfart]

Just now, Zaximus said:

The people who bought your house had a bad realtor if they let them buy it without an inspection.    Sadly, there are quite a bit of them out there.  

I did not say they didnt have it inspected I said It was bought as is.  I did nothing on the inspectors list.  

[Zaximus]

Just now, Paa Langfart said:

I did not say they didnt have it inspected I said It was bought as is.  I did nothing on the inspectors list.  

Ah, I see what you are saying.  Sadly, some people really do opt out of inspections and don't want to pay the money.  Silly when you think about it.

[Anybodyhome]

17 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

I would offer the potential buyer a rebate of $250 on the purchase of the house so that they could have the scraping done if they so chose. I would also make sure in no uncertain terms, though, that you have been advised not to do it.

You come off being the good guy either way there.

 

Actually, what I would do is simply buy them a one year check-up agreement with your current HVAC guy, will cost you about $140 and they'll come out and do the pre-winter and pre-summer maintenance checks on the system for the new owner. 

[cookinbrak]

AC coils are aluminum. Aluminum doesn't rust.

[thefuzz]

2 hours ago, Zaximus said:

The people who bought your house had a bad realtor if they let them buy it without an inspection.    Sadly, there are quite a bit of them out there.  

I'm in the business and bought mine with no inspection, no repairs, and offered a 20 day closing.

I wouldn't say I'm bad at my business.

[Jimmy]

2 hours ago, cookinbrak said:

AC coils are aluminum. Aluminum doesn't rust.

On newer units they are on older units they're not. Mine is 25 years old and has slight rust and is not aluminum. How do I know....just spent $$$ on 4lbs of freon and a maintenance check. 

[cookinbrak]

I've been working on ACs for over 25 years. They're either aluminum coils and fins or copper coils and fins. The aluminum fins corrode over time and start to powder.

Unless they're talking about the housing rusting, which wouldn't hurt anything.

[h0llywood]

If someone backs out of buying the house because of rust on the AC coils, they didn't want the house to begin with!

[Zaximus]

17 hours ago, thefuzz said:

I'm in the business and bought mine with no inspection, no repairs, and offered a 20 day closing.

I wouldn't say I'm bad at my business.

Who ever would?

It's never a good idea to buy a house without inspection and find out about termites afterwards that cost thousands to fix.   I guess if you were getting a ridiculous deal and took into account there could be repairs, sure.  Or maybe if the house has just been built or not long before.   But any house that's been standing for some time, should be inspected.

[thefuzz]

3 hours ago, Zaximus said:

Who ever would?

It's never a good idea to buy a house without inspection and find out about termites afterwards that cost thousands to fix.   I guess if you were getting a ridiculous deal and took into account there could be repairs, sure.  Or maybe if the house has just been built or not long before.   But any house that's been standing for some time, should be inspected.

You know more than me then.

Don't speak in absolutes, they often bite you in the butt.

1:  Termite bond in place, and can be transferred.

2:  You are in the business of building.

3:  Home is undervalued, and no matter what is wrong it's not enough to make up for the valuation difference.

4:  You are going to tear it down and rebuild within the next couple years.

 

There are many reasons some buyers wouldn't want to drop 450-700 on a home inspection, it's normally the folks that don't care, or have the resources to fix any and all issues.....or they know exactly what they are looking at.

 

Just saying, not all buyers are the same.

[Zaximus]

Yeah mostly that's what I said in the post (scenarios) , but I would say law of averages is most people will want to get one if house has some age and definitely septic tank.  

[sharkkiller]

5 hours ago, thefuzz said:

You know more than me then.

Don't speak in absolutes, they often bite you in the butt.

1:  Termite bond in place, and can be transferred.

2:  You are in the business of building.

3:  Home is undervalued, and no matter what is wrong it's not enough to make up for the valuation difference.

4:  You are going to tear it down and rebuild within the next couple years.

5. You are a home inspector

 

There are many reasons some buyers wouldn't want to drop 450-700 on a home inspection, it's normally the folks that don't care, or have the resources to fix any and all issues.....or they know exactly what they are looking at.

 

Just saying, not all buyers are the same.

Added one more scenario for you.

[Snake]

On 5/24/2016 at 2:20 PM, cookinbrak said:

AC coils are aluminum. Aluminum doesn't rust.

This is what I was thinking. 

[Davidson Deac II]

On 5/25/2016 at 0:21 PM, thefuzz said:

You know more than me then.

Don't speak in absolutes, they often bite you in the butt.

1:  Termite bond in place, and can be transferred.

2:  You are in the business of building.

3:  Home is undervalued, and no matter what is wrong it's not enough to make up for the valuation difference.

4:  You are going to tear it down and rebuild within the next couple years.

 

There are many reasons some buyers wouldn't want to drop 450-700 on a home inspection, it's normally the folks that don't care, or have the resources to fix any and all issues.....or they know exactly what they are looking at.

 

Just saying, not all buyers are the same.

Some lenders wont lend the money if there is no home inspection.  Doesn't really matter if one is paying cash though.  But for most people, it is an issue.