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va home inspect: Buyer Be Wary! - 11/05/07 03:05 PM
If you like television series CSI, you'll enjoy this.
This inspection was of an 11 year old single family house that showed well...no, better than that, it was spectacular! Tremendous upgrades, granite, ceramic tile, hardwood floors, the works. It was also almost vacant, but tastefully staged, when I saw it. It had been the object of investor greed, changing hands several times in the past three years, and most likely without inspections. While the house had been rented several times, no one who had owned the house had actually lived in it...which partially explains why the seller was so suprised by … (8 comments)
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va home inspect: The Fixer Upper! - 10/14/07 03:57 PM
"Does this house qualify for one of your email letters? My agent friend asked me with a devilish grin. "Probably about three" I said, and I began to think of the lessons this house could teach.
This was a 29 year old split level on a beautiful mountain lot which showed lots of wear and tear, both natural and man-made. Over the years it had suffered the effects of owner tinkering, bad judgement and bad taste. All of the walls and ceilings were covered with textured ivory paint and all the floors were poorly laid linoleum. None of the baseboards or … (4 comments)
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va home inspect: Unwritten Rules #101 & 102 - 10/09/07 07:03 AM
These rules may be covered in real estate training, but they never came up in my home inspection classes. I believe they apply equally to both agents and home inspectors.
"Pretty nice place" I said as I began reviewing the home inspection report with my client. This had become a standard comment, and I had always considered it to be pretty bland. Later I learned that my statement, was construed by the seller who was standing nearby, as a justification for hard negotiating on any concessions. The seller went further to point to my statement as being the reason why not … (5 comments)
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Bill Duncan
Haymarket,
VA
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