With FHA loans being so sensitive to conditions, restrictions, guidelines and timeframes, you do not want your deal to fall out due to delays related to problems with the physical inspection.
If your buyer's inspector cannot test the water, gas and electricity on your FHA deal, they will have to to a re-inspect with the utilities on at a future date.
This cause your buyers to have to pay for a re-inspection. I guarantee they will not appreciate that the least, and it will inject frustration into your escrow at that point, which is NEVER a good thing.
Plus it will create a bump in your FHA loan approval procedure and since they are so sensitive these days anyways, you're inviting disaster.
As soon as you get into escrow, GET THOSE UTILITIES TURNED ON if they are not already. If you're seller has any worries about it, you can always shut the main water valve off until the inspector gets there. He/She will know enough to check the main valved and turn it on.
If you're representing the buyer, you may want to check with their inspection company, as some of them now have to ability to get the utilities turned on for their inspection themselves.
IT JUST TAKES A FEW MINUTES FOR YOUR SELLER OR WHOMEVER HAS THE AUTHORITY FOR THE PROPERTY TO TURN ON THE UTILITIES.
Make it one of your listing checklist points!!!
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