Its the law (here in California). I simply showed the new report sent photos of the additional damages and asked them if they wanted to handle this between the two of us or should I go to the Contractors License board and the termite inpection board or whatever it was called. I also offered to have another inspector come out so they knew I wasn't trying to scam them. A couple of phone calls later and it was resolved. They replaced a couple of doors and door jams and paid me to do the other repairs.
-----Original Message----- From: Larry White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:25 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: First Time Home Buying Usually, at least here in California, a title or escrow company holds all money and documents until close of escrow. If you and the seller go to them and explain the situation they can probably guide you thru the disclosures and paperwork required. Some things like termite inspections and title insurance will be rquired by your lender. You should hire your own inspector for any other defects before closing. Ken if you got money back you were really lucky. Normally those inspection reports are preceeded by so many disclaimers, there is little recourse. > I would either go to a low end realitor (we have them for 1.5% out > here), or see a real estate attorney to make sure everything is done > properly. The other thing that I would do is hire a reputable termite > inspector. He'e not just looking for bugs. He is checking for dry > rot etc... Its been a couple of years but if I remember right it will > cost you about $150 - $300. A fraction of the cost to make a repair. > Besides at least in California after the termite inspector certifys > the place he buys all related repairs for the next either 6 months or > one year. > > > I didn't trust the inspector the seller used (had some visable reasons > to doubt them). So after I got the keys to the house I hired another > inspector. It cost me something like $150. He found nearly $3,000 in > damage the other company ignored. The other company had to fix them > for free. So I put out about $150 and got nearly a $3,000 return. > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > delete any copies of this message. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142858 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
