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Natalia Avalos
  • New to Real Estate
  • San Francisco, CA
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Turn-key property... how picky to be with inspection findings?

Natalia Avalos
  • New to Real Estate
  • San Francisco, CA
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Hi BP friends,

Ok, so I've been under contract with a turn-key property and just had the inspection completed. About 10 things came back and the seller has agreed to fix about half of them... noting that the others are probably 'fine.' This is my first property and I obviously don't want to get screwed but am also pretty fixated on details so want to make sure I'm being realistic. 

1) How much of a stickler should I be regarding getting 100% of the issues noted in the inspection completed? 

2) Out of these items, which are the most important to push to get addressed:

- Ceilings have minor cracks in them and seller doesn't want to address this...not ideal but should I push on this?  

- Driveway and sidewalk have cracks in them... seller will caulk the sidewalk but is telling me that the previous and current tenants haven't complained about the driveway and it's not worth it to fully re-do the driveway... is this BS or true? 

- Electric is 60 amp panel and the seller is saying this is standard for a home this age... true? Is it worth it to upgrade now/what issues could happen?

- There are no gutters; seller is saying that it's uncommon for houses in this neighborhood to have gutters, since tenants would have to clean them and that's actually more of a liability... thoughts?

- Inspection called out large trees with a few overhanging branches...recommends further inspection. House is in Alabama, so limited snow issues but I'm wondering if I should get this checked out. Seller has not been concerned about trees.

Thanks in advance for your feedback/guidance! I appreciate the gut check during this process. 

best,

Natalia 

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