Is it unreasonable to have a contractor walk through a property before going into contract if the inspector found significant damage done by the previous owner in doing upgrades – example, a 6 inch section of the joist removed to accomodate a PVC pipe installed in the upstairs bathroom?<\/p>\n
The sellers broker thinks he is doing us a favor by allowing a 30 – 45 minute visit with a licensed contractor and wants a non-refundable deposit to accomodate such request. I don’t think this is unreasonable as a buyer and we told the contractor we would request two estimates, one for the damage done by the sellers “contractor” if you even call him that, and one for for the cosmetic upgrages we would like done – to clarify, we asked for the estimate to repair the damage asap to determine a new lower offer from the original accepted offer and a seperate estimate within two weeks as this would not impact the seller. Mind you this property has been on the market for 10, going on 11 months.<\/p>\n
Who is the a$$hole here – me or the sellers agent? Thanks all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Is it unreasonable to have a contractor walk through a property before going into contract if the inspector found significant damage done by the previous owner in doing upgrades – example, a 6 inch section of the joist removed to accomodate a PVC pipe installed in the upstairs bathroom? The sellers broker thinks he is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-17559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agent"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/11\/is-it-unreasona\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Is it unreasonable to have a Contractor walk through before contract to determine damage by unlicensed workers owner hired?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/11\/is-it-unreasona\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/11\/is-it-unreasona\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Agent","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"bedstuytownhouse"}],"creator":["bedstuytownhouse"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2007-11-25T01:20:04Z","datePublished":"2007-11-25T01:20:04Z","dateModified":"2008-07-28T16:27:46Z"},"rendered":"