HVAC question

[thefuzz]

20 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

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. 

Oh, I agree.  He was just saying that you should never buy a home without one.  Just letting him know that in this business, nothing is absolute.

[d-dave]

Lots of interesting points.

Now having been on both sides (having my home inspected and inspecting my new home), I can really see the value in a home inspector, and also the problems.

Like the guy who inspected my home was kind of an airhead (outside of the initial AC system).  Certainly, home inspectors work for the buyer to protect their investment, but some of their items were weird.  Like caulking at the base of all our toilets.  I spoke to a plumber friend who said that was dumb because if your toilet leaks, you won't know it until it breaches the caulk, which will delay your response to the water damage.  Or how they want me to caulk all the metal edging on my house that's never been caulked.  Or they marked my patio damage from settling as something to be addressed by a professional...  Yeah, there were A LOT  of random nitpicks.

Mean while, I appreciate having someone take the time to look at some areas of our new house that we'd like addressed.  I didn't know that there was an issue with the chimney flue because I never looked at it from the angle.  Or that there were some sink piping issues (ribbed flex piping will eventually need to be replaced).  

Now some folks will say it's all a crock of poo, but I do see the value in it, and it helped us get a few extra things out of our seller, and meant I need to do a few things around my house for my buyer.  

[the butch]

On June 1, 2016 at 9:13 AM, d-dave said:

Lots of interesting points.

Now having been on both sides (having my home inspected and inspecting my new home), I can really see the value in a home inspector, and also the problems.

Like the guy who inspected my home was kind of an airhead (outside of the initial AC system).  Certainly, home inspectors work for the buyer to protect their investment, but some of their items were weird.  Like caulking at the base of all our toilets.  I spoke to a plumber friend who said that was dumb because if your toilet leaks, you won't know it until it breaches the caulk, which will delay your response to the water damage.  Or how they want me to caulk all the metal edging on my house that's never been caulked.  Or they marked my patio damage from settling as something to be addressed by a professional...  Yeah, there were A LOT  of random nitpicks.

Mean while, I appreciate having someone take the time to look at some areas of our new house that we'd like addressed.  I didn't know that there was an issue with the chimney flue because I never looked at it from the angle.  Or that there were some sink piping issues (ribbed flex piping will eventually need to be replaced).  

Now some folks will say it's all a crock of poo, but I do see the value in it, and it helped us get a few extra things out of our seller, and meant I need to do a few things around my house for my buyer.  

Something tells me these are very patient people that are willing to wait to get exactly what they want with as little as reno as possible.  Sounds like they have a short-term plan for the house.  Or I could be off and they could be wackos demanding all these little things. Either way, I agree, that's a headache to deal with.  The place I bought had some generic features with bad paint, some baseboards needed finishing, and the caulk on the windows needed to be fixed up, but I didn't itemize and value those things.  Those were hip pocket unknown costs used to bargain a little bit more off the final price but AFTER I was already signed the contract.

[d-dave]

58 minutes ago, Dick the Butcher said:

Something tells me these are very patient people that are willing to wait to get exactly what they want with as little as reno as possible.  Sounds like they have a short-term plan for the house.  Or I could be off and they could be wackos demanding all these little things. Either way, I agree, that's a headache to deal with.  The place I bought had some generic features with bad paint, some baseboards needed finishing, and the caulk on the windows needed to be fixed up, but I didn't itemize and value those things.  Those were hip pocket unknown costs used to bargain a little bit more off the final price but AFTER I was already signed the contract.

Yeah, I am a little curious.  Nitpicking these little details, but not mentioning the terrible shape our builder basic, 10 year old, cat puked on carpet was in...

I'm thinking they have a bunch of money, want to rennovate and try to flip before the end of the summer...  We are the lowest price in our area by at least $20k.  And homes are popping up for $230k+  Or they just want to make their house their own and the inspector is a douche...

At the end of the day though, I don't care.  We're all good for closing up!  That's what matters!