So, it is Sunday about 8:00pm, the day after Christmas. It is snowing like crazy in New England during our first blizzard of the year. The weather forecasters are predicting that the snow will continue through the night into tomorrow and that we will have accumulations of 1 foot to as much as 1 and a half feet. It’s blowing gusts at up to 40 miles an hour!
As I am planning my Monday – 2 inspections – I receive a call from my first client. I am expecting him to ask me to postpone and reschedule. However, that is not the case. He wants to go ahead with the inspection and is particularly concerned about the roof.
Hello! There will be a foot of snow on the roof in the morning! As I explain to him the safety concerns, he keeps telling me that tomorrow is the last day he can do the inspection. I guess it was up to me to read his contract.He wants me to get him an extension! I am not his Realtor!
I am more than willing to accommodate my clients and revisit properties to complete inspections. Depending on whether I can get back to them with little inconvenience, I may not even charge them for the revisit. But, I can not be responsible nor should I be made to feel guilty because they want to wait to the last minute!
I love what I do, I love meeting the people I am working for, but sometimes it is difficult to not say something! I will be there at 9:00am (actually 8:30am). I will do as much of the inspection as possible, taking into consideration the conditions. I will even return to the property to inspect the roof and submit an addendum. I can not, however, be a broker! That is not in my job description!
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