said by Jon:said by scooper:If YOUR inspector said my house will need a new roof in a couple years , and you say "I want a new roof" - I just raised the price of my house by $10,000 (the price of a new roof) (I have A LARGE amount of roof).
Similarly for anything else - if what's there right now is working fine, and you're asking for new - you just raised the price by the cost of the replacement item. If this is not acceptable to you - then we will not be making a deal.
The appraisal you get before you put it on the market should account for that stuff.
People don't want to buy a house they immediately have to dump 5, 10 or 20k into. So you're gonna take a house that already needs major repairs and raise the price because of it? Yeah, good luck with that. I'll sell you my car for blue book. But if you actually want it to have a transmission, it's gonna cost you double.
When we bought our current house, we got the seller to throw in a small credit because it needed a new furnace. Probably would have bought it anyway but it's the just the right thing to do.
The attitude has alot to do with it . If he is saying that just to get a new roof - I don't think so. OTOH - if the roof was less than 10 years (that's mine), and he came with that remark (we used 30 year shingles) - again - I don't think so. If he wants to negotiate about it - he'd better have a real reason. I'll be stacking up MY home inspectors report to his on requests / requirements like this. I KNOW my house needs new floors - heck, I'VE been wanting new floors since I moved in - that's something I'd be a bit more serious about.
Blanket off the cuff remarks just to draw a reaction will not win you any points with me. Serious discussion will be treated appropriately. You come combatative at me - you're going to get that and worse from me.
True story from my past - we were selling a condo in Northern Virgina (the first place we owned). The buyer had a home inspector come through, and there was this remark about "some paint on trim was "rough" , please fix" . No clue about where this "rough paint" was, and what it looked like. I told them I didn't see what they were talking about. Later - I did find it - about a 6 inch strip that about 5 minutes of sanding took care of. It was all in the presentation.
