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And educate yourself on the symptoms of CO poisoning.
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just like anything else. New home purchases would need to have them to pass inspection. And then anyone else would have to abide to the law on their own, and when its too late they can place the blame on you for not following the mandatedavidmcbeth3 wrote:Smoke and CO2 detectors are fine to have but I don't think the gov't should mandate them....now how they going to enforce these laws? Unwarranted searches?
Already there grumpy.grumpy wrote:Why can't the new home owner install there own.. I don't get this Law, it's like you can't sell unless all the light bulbs work..
Soon you won't be able to sell your house unless its well insulated...
Most of this is nothing new. FHA and VA backed loans have always had to have such repairs and corrections made. I've been in this industry for about 26 years and this has been the case for all of that time. Home warranties are optional. Someone did some arm twisting there. But lead paint and asbestos remediation, smoke detectors have been required all of that time.Sunny Boy wrote:Already there grumpy.grumpy wrote:Why can't the new home owner install there own.. I don't get this Law, it's like you can't sell unless all the light bulbs work..
Soon you won't be able to sell your house unless its well insulated...
If your buyer is getting a government loan,,, or you live in places like Calif. I couldn't believe how much nit-picky stuff my sister had to have done to her place, plus also provide a house warrantee, just to sell here house in Carmel.
When we sold my father's house here, 10 years ago, the buyers got their mortgage through the Government Fanny May/Fanny Mac program that brought down the economy. If we wanted that sale to go through, we had to repaint everything that might have lead paint and/or chipping, or pealing - even though there were no young children moving in. Install new smoke detectors. Replace any roofing that was older than a certain number of years, even if it was ok. Remove, or encapsulate all asbestoses. All the house systems had to be properly functioning. No dripping faucets, or shutoff valves. A long list of requirements and none of it negotiable like in the past. And the banks put just about the same restrictions on it before they'll give a morgage. There was no way we could sell the house in "as is" condition except to a cash sale.
Paul