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MarieChele Porter
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  • San Francisco, CA
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Inspection findings questions

MarieChele Porter
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  • San Francisco, CA
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Hi all,

So I am in contract with a property that is a flipped property and was built in 1917. The home and pest inspection were done on Wednesday, and Friday the plumbing inspection was done. Only problem is that only about 1/3 of the crawl space was able to be inspected because there is a wall blocking entry and none of the attic was able to be inspected because there is a wall cutting it off as well. 

To make things worse the plumbing inspection on Friday was also unable to fully be completed because there is no space to put the camera down the plumbing pipes.

There were additions added to the property and the inspector figured this is when the walls were added a while ago not from the recent flip. The flip was done beautifully for cosmetic purposes but subpar with other more expensive finishes, for example electrical outlets are all 3 prong but actual electrical is not updated and grounded. There are many other things you can imagine but to save you from giving a full inspection report inbox me and I'll tell the deets.

This property will be a good cash flowing property and there is a in-law suite that I plan to house hack. I just know that some of the things that were not able to be inspected could end up costing a lot of money knowing that they were not updated and the house is almost 100 years old. The thing is they can either be in good shape or they can be in bad shape and we just don't know since we were unable to inspect, but if they were in bad shape depending on how bad they can kill the whole deal after purchase.

I just want more experienced opinions about what you would do in this situation and if you've ever encountered a situation like this?

Thank you in advanced,

MarieChele

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