radon: Home Inspections: The Good, Bad and Questionable - 08/31/16 09:31 PM
It’s happened to many of us in the real estate business. The “engineering” or house inspection prior to a contract signing can kill the sale of a house. I remember the very first time I heard the complaint of a realtor whose engineering resulted in a failed septic system and the bank refused to give a mortgage.
“With a failed septic, it’s considered a non-functioning house!” my colleague told me. It was quite an expensive ordeal to get the house into functioning order and to move the transaction along.
A bad engineering report can either be a negotiating point or can put … (2 comments)