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Home inspection issue - help
We are selling our home. The buyers had it inspected, and one of the items on their follow up request (the Reply to Inspections Form in PA) said, "Have licensed roofer evaluate roof and make necessary repairs. Lack of kickout flashing." It also said, "have roof inspected and certified," but we crossed that last line off, and the buyers agreed to it. So, I planned to have a roofer come install kickout flashing and make any repairs that he thought were needed. I did not plan to pay the $275 roof inspection fee since we crossed that request out.
Fast forward... The roofer comes today, goes up on the roof, comes down and says there already is kickout flashing up there, and that there are no repairs needed. I ask him for a receipt and he says there's no charge since he's not doing any work. I told him I needed a receipt or some type of documentation, and he said no because I wasn't willing to pay the $275 report fee.
I called a few other roofers and they told me that they wouldn't provide me anything in writing, either, unless I pay the certification fee and have the roof inspected.
In reviewing the reply to inspection form and contract, it doesn't say ANYWHERE that I have to have the repairs done by a certain date or provide receipts or proof of anything. So, do I have to provide a receipt for this roof stuff? I held up my end of the deal, I had a roofer come out and evaluate, he can't install the flashing cause it's already there, and no repairs are needed. What do I do? I don't want to screw the buyer, but shouldn't they have asked for receipts? Do I have to pay the certification fee when they didn't write anywhere that they need documentation? I can give them the name and number of the roofer that we used if they want to call and talk to him. I don't know what to do. Thanks.
Re: Home inspection issue - help
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This. If the buyers want certification, they can call their own roofer to go up, inspect it, and write up their findings.
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I would tell them what you told us and provide the name and number of the roofing company (and the name of the person who came out, if you can). As a buyer, I would accept that, based on the terms of the agreement you described. However, I would be prepared to pay the $275 to keep the deal going, if necessary. From their perspective, the buyers have documentation saying that the roof needs to be repaired, but you are presenting conflicting information with no documentation to back it up. You did hold up your end of the bargain, so it stinks if they don't accept your explanation, but I don't think it's worth losing a sale over $275.
I agree with this. They have documentation that repairs are needed, I would wonder as a buyer why your professional didn't find the same.
Their inspection report notes a lack of flashing on the roof, but also says that the inspector stood on a ladder and looked at the roof with binoculars rather than climbing up there. Our roofer went onto the roof. His guess is that it was hard for the inspector to see with binoculars - said he should have gone onto the roof to inspect it.
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Uhhh - no. I hired him to install kickout flashing and make other necessary repairs. I did not ask for a report (which would certify that the roof and his repairs are warrantied for a year). Since he couldn't install flashing since it was already there, I expected him to document that he looked at the roof, there already is flashing, so he didn't install flashing.