Posted on 10/24/2020 11:04:08 AM PDT by CaptainPhilFan
COMPLETELY off topic.
Buying a home in a unknown market, just hit with horrendous and unexpected Inspection Report
A full rewire??? Why?!? That seems like an odd conclusion unless it’s wired with aluminum wire or knob and tube.
Plumbing As well. If it’s copper that’s a 100 year life expectancy.. unless pipes have frozen and burst. And even that is t a whole house replacement.
Pex is like 20-25 year life expectancy
The Inspector can only make the report, not make recommendations. ALSO - there may have been a suicide in the house
and Gladys Kravitz lives next door. Seriously.”
Nope. Find another place. A bad neighbor is a huge downside.
” Next time, make sure your purchase and sale agreement is contingent upon a home inspection”
How do you know he doesn’t?
You’re not very nice.
For your info I currently live in a 200 year old historic property. It’s got plenty of “quirks” and many original features.
Earlier this year I sold a home built in 1850. I let the buyer know every thing wrong with it. I sold it for 15 grand less than I should have just to get it off my plate.
The sellers here in Roanoke don’t tell you a damned thing you need to know to make an informed offer. I can’t imagine scamming someone to any extent, let alone mislead an interested buyer who may be getting into more cost and work than they can handle.
I despise modern. Open Concept makes me ill. Most of the market I can afford here is being picked off by flippers who remove all the walls and paint everything gray.
So go stuff yourself you pompous ass.
I need something because I'm under contract and this is my only negotiating chip, or else I walk and lose a few thousand.
“Pex is like 20-25 year life expectancy”
Where did you get that?
An assumption on my part. If all electrical and all plumbing needs to be replaced...how can it be?
“Because this is what he clearly states in his original post:”
He may not be clearly stating the contract. He paid for an inspection prior to closing.
Most probably contract was contingent on satisfactory inspection which means he can walk away without losing deposit.
But we don’t have the contract or inspection report.
I didn’t see this report. Im a GC and do sale repairs for a brokers. Im the guy that gets the reports, reinspects, and does a scope of work. OP didn’t give enough info for est purposes, so I recommend a second opinion. “Most” home inspections I have seen are not very good. My favorite ones are 50+ pages long to try and seem better than they are.
+100
Not necessarily. I often replace old outlet covers. Over the years they gather dirt, dust and paint spatters. New ones really spiff up the looks and are very inexpensive.
Buying a home in SW Virginia.
This is God’s Country, so, I’m sure everything will be fine.
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“An assumption on my part. If all electrical and all plumbing needs to be replaced...how can it be?”
I would have to see the report. Does the report list code violations and defects? Does the report recommend evaluation by a qualified person?
How did the inspector inspect the wiring?
look elsewhere its a lemon
Or even show the report to your lender - if the house doesn’t appraise you won’t get the loan....unless it’s too late for that part.
Also, the ground wire is technically called "Equipment Protective Ground". You can get electrocuted just as easily with a EPG grounded circuit. If you want to genuinely protect life, you require a GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter). And surprise! A GFCI will work just fine on an ungrounded circuit.
Ballpark estimate $50-75K and months of construction.
Also, the ground wire is technically called “Equipment Protective Ground”. You can get electrocuted just as easily with a EPG grounded circuit”
Equipment-Grounding System
Equipment grounding serves several functions. First, it is the primary way to protect personnel from electrocution. Secondly, it is the most critical common link to all electronic components of a data, telecommunications, or process-control system. For this reason, ineffective equipment grounding causes equipment to operate at different electrical ground-reference voltages. These voltage differences among system components or nodes disrupt data-flow quality and can bring the network to a total halt. When industrial process-control equipment experiences a sudden, inexplicable system halt, a grounding problem probably exists. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) states that “better than 80% of all electronic system failures that are attributed to power anomalies are actually the result of electrical wiring or grounding errors or are generated by other loads within the customer’s facility.”
http://www.epgco.com/effective-equipment-grounding/
I would guess an early version of braided cloth sheathing and may not contain a grounding conductor.
“An assumption on my part. If all electrical and all plumbing needs to be replaced...how can it be?”
“Code” creates a hazy gray area for home inspectors and their customers. A home inspection identifies defects and dangerous conditions. The knowledge about what makes a condition hazardous is rooted in the building code, but home inspectors are not code enforcers.
The gray area creeps in where a code violation and a defect cross paths. Reuben Saltzman for Structure Tech says home inspection association Standards of Practice do not require inspectors to determine compliance. That’s a protective measure. Because inspection and code compliance are different, reporting outside the inspector’s authority puts them and you at risk.
https://hireaninspector.com/will-my-home-inspection-find-code-violations/
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