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| Any words of wisdom for someone looking at a foreclosed property?
We are going to have a very through inspection done, the house in general has the look of an active handyman homeowner who tended to be more enthusiastic about starting projects than finishing them, including an abandoned bathroom remodel/addition. |
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- Posted by marie-ndcal (My Page) on Sun, Aug 21, 11 at 23:00
| Check with your city/county building department to make sure the previous owner got the needed permits and everything is up to code. You might have them look at the propery also. Is this in the city? county? water? sewer? septic? heating? roof? etc The average home inspector may not be the best from what you describe. Ask your building dept if they will do an occupancy inspection. Are you buying from the owner or agent. Get everything in writing and if you give more details, we have some very knowlegable people here that will help you |
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- Posted by barbcollins (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 7:46
| Do you already have an accepted contract? The banks we dealt with when we bought our (3) foreclosures would not accept an inspection contingency. Many I see on the MLS state that "seller will make no repairs and any inspections are for buyer's information only". |
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| Marie-ndcal, agreed. We're actually planning to get a local building inspector. I think the guy doing the work was quite capable, but I would be surprised if he actually went out and got all the necessary permits. I just learned it passed all the septic stuff just last year, which was an important question. But we're very sensitive to possible problems, there's already a lot of work before move-in that we can see, anything serious that isn't immediately apparent would be a big issue. Barbcollins, not yet. We hadn't even been setting out to buy a house quite yet, but this is a very unusual and beautiful property for our price range so we're going to try and jump on it. I'll keep in mind what you say tho, that would be a big deal breaker for us. |
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| "Check with your city/county building department to make sure the previous owner got the needed permits and everything is up to code. You might have them look at the propery also." Not very likely. Inspections cost time and money. |
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- Posted by ncrealestateguy (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 18:31
| Barb, All banks that I have dealt with over the last 10 years offer the buyer at least 7 days, usually more, to do one's due diligence. The buyer can back out for any or no reason. I bet your contract was the same. The only time I have heard that you can not do a formal inspection is at an auction. Otherwise, the sellers would have a terrible time finding a buyer who was silly enough to purchase a home w/o a chance to perform at least a basic inspection. |
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