Try the garage out for size?

We tried a garage out during a showing once... Years ago. I made the buyer try to get my big old boat (Crown Victoria) in the garage..  I think the problem was the angle of the driveway really rather than the size of the garage.

Walk through, I ususally don't inspect but I welcome the buyers to flush toilets etc. if they are so inclined. 

Gosh Monika, you do seem to have some strange experiences!!  Of course, that gives us something to read about and hope never happens to us!!!   ;-))

I always have buyers do a walk-through, and I suggest they check whatever they want.  We do also verify that the items requested from the inspections were repaired/replaced as agreed to.

Just last year I had buyers who drove their big SUV on showings specifically for the purpose of checking out the garage size. 

You'd think that if buyers had a large oversized car that they'd be acutely aware of garage sizes and would have noticed that the garage of the house they bought was small.  I surely hope they weren't successful in that lawsuit against their agent. 

Ann

I suggest they flush toilets, run the water including the shower, run appliances (especially check the burners), turn on the heat (even in summer), the garage door openers etc. etc.    I've never thought about the garage but that would be too late by the walk thru.

You know, we never mention anything. We are afraid that we might be considered as ADVISING if we were to do anything else and advising can lead to law suits. (That is out of our "scope" of our profession - looking for things that are wrong.)

However, we have never had anything like that happen between inspection and final walk. The worst that we have dealt with (for the most part) is leftover furniture and wall dings.

Our final walks are verification of current condition and a final verification that all inspection items were completed. So, besides the inspection checklist, the rest is up to the buyer. Our contracts state "buyer" only in reference to the final walk.

What stories you have Monika! Good thing you are writing them down. You could publish a book.

The mediation I know about?  ;-)

Yes Monika, you do have some strange experiences! Must be that mountain air.  I do not personally check things in a walk through. I suggest to the buyer (if I am the agent) to check anything they want to know is working. I will admit we have not checked a garage, though and I may mention that in the future.  I don't think that the size of a garage should be a criteria for suing though!!!!  I have to agree w/Marianna about not mentioning anything. But suggesting someone check things out surely cannot get us in trouble?

I have had the garage experience but tell you that it makes me more afraid of the customer trying out the garage and damaging their car or the house!  I pretty much tell them to make sure they have the proper measurements of the car and the garage - no trying on my shift....imagine if they press the gas instead of the break and go through a wall?

As for walk-through's I do suggest that they try EVERYTHING!  I make sure that they understand there is no going back if they find anything wrong after that point.  They pretty much take care of turning everything on by themselves.

For a minute there, I though you were going to find a mouse inside the garage!    :)