Had two building inspections yesterday. The first one took almost three hours, and the second one lasted for four hours. The second one was on the two-family, and the seller was there to let us into the rented side. He was there the entire time, which made for an interesting afternoon. He was a nice guy, but he was already upset from the Laclede Gas inspections and occupancy inspections from earlier in the day. Then our termite inspector found evidence of termites (old, but the building has never been treated). In addition, DrainCo, my sewer scope company, found a major dip in the sewer pipe under the floor in the rented side. It appears the line is rusting/rotting out from the bottom. The rest of the inspection was pretty routine, but I thought the seller was going to blow a gasket. I did my best to keep him talking and away from the inspectors so they could do their jobs without being pestered. Listing Agents - please have your sellers gone during the inspections. Nothing gets a seller more upset than to find that the building they think is in perfect shape has problems... On the bright side, at least he watched the sewer scope and now knows where the problem is. Our report won't be complete shock to him. The sewer scope on the little ranch in the morning also found sewer issues. A hub in the front yard is breaking up. I am so glad I have my buyers order the scopes.
Today I met with the two buyers, and we wrote up the Inspection Notices from yesterday's inspections. Also pretty well finished negotiating two of my previous inspections of the month. I think we'll get those two closed.
Tomorrow is my third building inspection of the week - the ranch in Webster Groves. Received clear Laclede Gas inspections on that one today. Again, I'm not really worried about anything on that one, but the sewer scope. We shall see.
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