All Forum Posts by: Yulia Garvanovic

I have a personal policy of not buying from flippers.  Seen it from others multiple times. Corners cut.  Shade covered.  No thanks for me.

Thank you:) I think this will be my new policy from now on. I just bought this house because my unit was move-in-ready except for some minor things, the house was in a very decent shape compared to the others available on the market back then within the same price range, and there was already a great long-term tenant in the other unit. Plus each unit has 4 bedrooms, which is rare in our area. 

Yes, they did cut corners in a bunch of places: some I just made peace with and left as it; the others I have had to fix (like poorly installed drain pipes and lines). Thank God they didn't do any major renovations except for installing new carpeting in my entire unit, replacing the roof, refinishing the hardwood floors, and installing new siding ))

It's an easy problem to fix that requires a drill with a spade bit, jigsaw and about 15 minutes. 

Residential mechanical code states that return air inlets are prohibited in kitchens unless the system is serving only the kitchen. The open concept may give you some leeway in the eyes of an inspector because it may be difficult to determine where the kitchen ends and the adjoining room starts. Under no circumstance is the return allowed to be installed closer than 10 ft from the stove. If the return inlet was caused to be in violation by a kitchen renovation, even if it was part of an existing HVAC system, it should have been required by the code officials to be moved. I would be concerned that this work was done without permits and has not received code official approval. If this is the case you could have other issues as well. I would suggest checking with your town building department to determine if there have been any permits pulled for this work and if any of those permits are still outstanding and awaiting inspection.

Was this a new HVAC installation? Central return air inlets installed in a kitchen are a code violation.

Personally, I would think the home inspector would be more at fault than the previous owner. The home inspector may be willing to work with you on fixing the issue, it would seem he was the negligent party. This is just my opinion, but that would be my first call. 

Hi, is this your first investment property? I would eat up the cost since it's only a few hundreds. Maybe if you bought home warranty at timr of closing they'll fix it, but seriously if few hundreds are going to affect your ROI, the the deal isn't that good.

Is this an in floor air return or a duct drop?

"main furnace grid". Exactly what is that?