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The guy seems to have thought the realtor was on his side (they are always on their own side), so he agreed to buy the house as-is and, presumably, used to the inspector the realtor recommended (bad idea). I feel sorry for him but he should have spent a fraction of the effort he's spending now on a bit of research before buying, that way he would know what not to sign and also have learned how to inspect the house himself (you should always try and get a good inspector, but understand that most are lazy and useless so you need to have a good look yourself).
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Manifest posted:Your experience with home inspectors is the opposite of mine. I had one tell me to straight up stop looking at one house, and his reports were so detailed that even my licensed contractor brother and our electrician buddy were impressed. Mine didn't bother to check out the gas heater, gas meter, or any plumbing around either because they were "inaccessible" because of a 3 foor high staircase to the back door that could be squeezed by if he was not fat, or climbed over if he was - put it this way - if it he considered it an insurmountable obstacle there's no way he looked under the house or in the ceiling.
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Ryoshi posted:I literally didn't sleep the night after someone posted that, so thanks a lot. I should mention that my house wasn't perfect - the floorboards below the onsweet had been water damaged enough to need replacing, and we ended up gutting the whole room - thing is I knew I would have to do this before I made my offer on the house, because I'd discovered it when me and my builder mate went over the property. Being proactive about finding problems myself saved me enough to fix the damage and make that room look a hell of a lot nicer in the process.
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