Posted on 03/08/2015 4:31:20 PM PDT by Blue Highway
Just wondering if someone here on FR could give an estimate as to how much this would cost to repair. I had a home inspection done on a house I am planning on buying. The inspector downplayed this but this will be out of my pocket to repair and I paid more than I wanted to for the house and that was based on everything being perfect without the need to repair anything structurally.
Good. Inspector was on the ball. Is it a somewhat nee house?
nee=new
Why don’t you make the repair a condition of the sale?
I bought it; paid the deposit but still not past the closing which is next month. paid $475 for the inspection.
Expensive. You need to find a source for the roof tiles, depending on where you are and the source $25 to $50 a piece maybe.
Because the owner will have no stake in doing it right. I’d opt for fair consideration and have it done myself.
built in 2004 and yes I am buying it to live in not to flip or resell.
That’s why I am trying to get an idea of the cost so I can re-negotiate the price as I would rather hire someone to fix it rather than them taking the easy way out and doing a “duct tape” lol type of fix...
One note — my opinions on the scope of the job were based on replacing tiles only. If the roofer has to break out the trowels and mortar, that will add to the expense, and it’s more time consuming. But still can’t see how (from the pics) it’s more than an easy day and that can’t really add up to much.
I did send these pics to a local roofer that installed a new roof on a guy I work with. Hopefully I will get an actual dollar amount so I have some ammunition when I talk to my realtor to have him talk to seller’s agent to have them reduce the cost for this repair.
You can either hire someone that will TELL you what needs to be done, or you can hire someone that YOU can tell them what needs to be done.
Or, do it yourself.
If you don’t have any extra roof tiles laying around the likelihood of matching them with a new purchase is very slim.
Any contractor will have the same problem.
You can seal the cracks with very little cost or attempt to replace the tiles,(which should be done), at a much greater cost, especially if you want to match what is already there.
Best of luck.
I’m sure you’ll have bigger fish to fry this year. I wouldn’t worry too much about this one.
When I had to deal with this stuff a half-a-lifetime ago, the manufacturer was a few miles away, so tiles weren’t a problem. His thing looks pretty new, and they always left tiles around. Hopefully he’s got some.
Around here in Ohio, defects must be disclosed before sale, You should not have to pay for the repairs.
I noticed during the inspection that they took down the ceiling fan in the lanai and the contract states that all ceiling fans are to be included. They are not supposed to remove any of them.
1. can you see light from inside..?
2. any water damage on or under the cracks.
3. any evidence of dry rot in the roof beams
4. any termite infestations....look for fine wood dust
5. any warping in the roof beams.
You’ll probably need some written estimates from roofers to present to the seller if you want the seller to kick in some cash. The seller would probably not accept a verbal estimate from the buyer.
Truth be known, the seller may already have an estimate from a roofer...but forgot to mention it.
Sellers...!
I definitely agree with your getting a concession now, and then doing repairs after closing.
I’ve installed hundreds of tile roofs and most of what I can see in your pictures is just cosmetic. At eleven years old, that roof is effectively brand new.
I’m betting those funny looking vents have lead bases that flow the water on to the course of tiles below them and the cut tiles just below the vents are glued on and mostly for show. I’m fairly confident that this should just be an hour or two job for a pro and something you can do yourself if you’re at all handy and don’t mind climbing a ladder a few times.
What are you stupid?
Go get an estimate from a licensed roofing contractor. Submit the estimate to the Seller and request a reduction.
I forgot to mention, if you look at one of the spare tiles it’s probably going to have the manufacturer’s name on the it. Just from looking at your pictures, I think they’re probably Monier brand concrete tiles, in their Coppo di Grecia shape. If I’m correct, you can get replacement tiles quite easily.
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