Aren't Sellers most creative people while selling their homes?
A day before our closing during the final walk through my easy transaction became a night mare transaction:
Our very friendly Mr. & Mrs. Sellers thought it would be cheaper to take up the task of the home inspection to do list on their shoulder. With the confidence of sure to beat the best handyman in the town lead to a stress full and more expensive to my dear sellers.
The list of fairly simple to:
Repair /replace shower stall loose & broken tiles with similar new ones: My buyers had requested to have the problem corrected with new similar tiles by a professional receipt provided. Seller felt it was a fairly easy task to install the new tiles. The problem they bought more trendy and fancy tiles (found on sale) than the rest of the shower stall wall had. There assumption was this would stand out and make a bold contrast. It ends up looking gaudy, unprofessional & a patch up shower. This became a huge point of discussion on the closing table. Seller ends up crediting more money to have the problem corrected later by my buyers.
Repair or Replace the back door lock: Minor problem to replace and have it realigned so the back door would lock properly. Again sellers thought it was so easy for their handy skills. They did replace the lock but every time you have to lock you have to lift the door up to have it latched to close. My concern if a child is locked in how he/she is going to open the door?
Consider this post as sarcastic or a sense of humor. The time & money these folks might have spend to correct the problem was more than a handy man would have taken and cost. If you are not sure talk to your Realtor and run by them before assuming.
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