First contract is a HUD home with radiators, winterizing question

[Nathan Murray]

I got my offer accepted today on a HUD home that was winterized a contractor. We will be seeing record breaking temperatures around the Quad Cities this week and I want to know if HUD normally winterizes boiler/radiator systems? Not sure if the system is water or oil or if it was filled to begin with. The listing agent has no details and my buying agent isn't having any luck getting an answer from the listing or HUD. Wondering if anyone has been through a HUD home with radiators being winterized...long odds on that one

Luckily it is suppose to warm up by this weekend for the inspection

Thanks

Nate

[Kevin Sobilo]

In my area, the vast majority of the time when a house is winterized there are stickers indicating that with a date on each fixture as well as the boiler etc. This way you know who did the winterization and when. If I didn't see that or have documentation from the seller that it had been winterized I would assume the worst and hope for the best and base my expectation on my own observations.