This week I have been scheduling and gather quotes.
I have a listing.
I represent both buyer and seller.
The home is a rehad.
The home has been 100% renovated except for the crawl space.
The home was built in 1960 and has some wood root in the gurter and a few more places in the crawl space.
The inspector suggested a Structual Engineer evaluate, but then did a wink wink a General Contractor will be able to make these repairs, another wink wink wink a handyman will be able to replace all of the rotted wood and the home will be fine.
Buyers are concerned - they want the repairs done prior to closing, and the repairs to monitored by a structual engineer.
The seller is ok with this.
The problem has been quotes ALL OVER THE BOARD. I have had 3 to 4 contractors head over to the house and only 1 quote. The 1 quote does not recommend a structural engineer(but the buyer wants a structural engineer) so today I asked the contractor to obtain the approval and recommendations of a structural engineer.
2nd quote - contractor went to the property on Monday and will not provide me with a quote until Friday. Contractor has had the request since last Wednesday. I asked this 2nd contractor to ballpark it for me he was 5x higher than contractor #1.
I am frustrated because I feel like I have all of this responsibilty and I can't even get contractors out there. My normal GC is the inspector I use he does not want to do this job because of the evident conflict of interest.
Now the other kicker the contractor will need to paid at closing from the sellers proceeds.
I hope tomorrow everything comes together alittle better.
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