I am currently getting a Santa Clara Probate sale ready for market. However, for a variety of reasons the Personal Representative has decided to let the Santa Clara Probate Process finish up before putting the home on the market. As a result, she has now inherited the home outright and so the rules have changed some.
This means that she can now do repairs on the house without putting the Santa Clara estate in jeopardy of increased liability. The previous owner was almost 100 years old when he died and there is a lot of differed maintenance.
Both bathrooms were completely filled with dry rot, besides being old, ugly, and dirty. She made the decision that it was worth having the termite company come in and get rid of the dry rot, replace the fixtures, and re tile the bath rooms before selling this Santa Clara home. That seems very straight forward right?
The termite company came into this Santa Clara Probate home before sale and removed everything in the original baths, put in new shower valves, and then called the city in for an inspection. The Santa Clara city building inspector came to the house and said the work was fine, but in order to final the permit the contractor had to hard-wire the house for smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Just putting them on the walls was not enough. He wanted them all hardwired together. Plus, he wanted motion sensor detectors in the light switches in both bathrooms. Neither the contractor nor the owner of the termite company had ever had to do this before, and they rip up bathrooms every day.
However, as the expression goes, you "Can't fight City Hall." If the Santa Clara Building inspector says all the smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors have to be hardwired and the light switches have to be motion sensor-ed then it will get done.
The electrical panel is old, has fuses, and needs to be replaced. My client decided she was not going to do it for fear they would ask her rebuild the chimney in order to get a permit to replace the electrical panel. Some cans of worms are not worth opening.
If you have any questions about selling a home in Probate please feel free to contact me.
Marcy Moyer
BRE 01191194
650-619-9285
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