New to this area, is point of sale inspections, which are mandated inspections by the city (or county in this case) to have certain items inspected, and signed off on before a sales transaction of real estate can be transfered.
Summit County has just enacted the following legislation:
MANDATORY POINT OF SALE INSPECTIONS TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 1 IN SUMMIT COUNTY - Effective
September 1, 2008, any 1, 2, or 3 family dwelling within Summit County General
Health District (SCGHD) served by a household sewage treatment system and/or
a private water system, must have an inspection on each system before the property
can transfer ownership. This requirement excludes the cities of Akron, Barberton,
and Norton as they have their own Health Departments. Homes with a septic system
must have a service provider, registered with SCGHD, or a SCGHD sanitarian conduct
the evaluation prior to transfer. Inspections on private water systems must
be conducted by a private water system contractor, registered with the Ohio Department
of Health, or a SCGHD sanitarian.
This one is apparently just for well and septic. Other communities in this area have adopted very strict "point of sale" inspection standards for the whole house, and especially with emphasis on exterior items, and in some cases, even mechanical systems.
Have any of you had much experience with these point of sale inspection communities? It seems some of the communities have adopted rather strict standards, for example Broadview Heights just made a friend of mine replace his concrete driveway because it had a few cracks, and some minor surface erosion, which by most other standards would have been considered normal wear, and acceptible/serviceable, which is what I put on his report, mentioning the cracks and surface wear, only to be shot down by the city inspector, who insisted that the drive be replaced. Is this a case of a community with too much power?
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