How Do I Write A Repair Request?

Protecting the Buyer

Currently the NVAR contracts library does non take a standard form for Buyer Agents to utilise when asking for the Sellers to practice Home Inspection repairs. Because of this ofttimes times agents volition use a blank Addendum class and outline the repairs. I've reviewed and negotiated countless Dwelling house Inspections and very often the amanuensis writes something similar this:

The buyers request the sellers to make the following repairs…

That's it! That'southward all that's written! So, if I were the Seller, I'd sign off in a heart-beat, considering all I'thousand doing is acknowledging that the buyer had a want for certain repairs. I didn't necessarily elect to brand those repairs and fifty-fifty if I had, there's no stipulation as to the quality or blazon of work.

Allow's Try This

It's have a look at the unlike factors that we should be asking for when negotiating for home repairs. The post-obit list of considerations should be fabricated.

First, let's identify who is doing what. The Purchaser is requesting repairs to be fabricated and by signing the agreement we want the Sellers to be compelled to make those repairs.
We want the Seller's to pay for the repairs and for the work to be done by professionals who are licensed or certified to do such repairs
Nosotros want evidence of the repairs to be given prior to closing. 'Prior' is important. Getting the receipts or doing a walk through the morning of endmost makes no sense. If the repairs weren't done appropriately than you lot've left no time to make those repairs prior to closing. Therefore we either delay endmost, escrow repair costs (adept luck with that) or the buyer accepts the home in the condition of ill repair.
The agent should make sure that the Seller doesn't "pull a fast i" and replace that really overnice, only malfunctioning refrigerator with something he found at the scratch-due north-dent store.
Lastly, nosotros want to make certain that the Buyer has sufficient rights to inspect the piece of work prior to closing. The current NVAR Regional Sales Contract gives the buyer an opportunity to inspect the property 5 days before the closing engagement. If you read it advisedly one could argue that the verbiage would simply permit one inspection. This prompts two thoughts. The first is that we should ask for repairs to be washed at least five days prior to closing and secondly that the Buyer have more than one opportunity to make inspections. If you practice your inspection five days prior to closing and the work however isn't done OR you want to brand one terminal walk-thru the morning of closing later the Seller has moved out, at that place shouldn't exist a limitation to the number of inspections.

Now I know this is a lot to recall each and every fourth dimension y'all write a Home Inspection annex, so for Coldwell Banker Aristocracy agents, we've created a Clause Library in your Zipform accounts. Now yous tin simply add a clause that we've created right into the addendum and keep on writing.