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Home inspection - would you ask for this?
So far, there are only two things we are asking the sellers to take care of as a result of our home inspection (one electrical and one furnace related).
In addition, there are two smoke detectors that seem to not be working although we don't know if they just need a new battery or if the unit needs to be replaced. Also, my state laws require that there are carbon monoxide detectors in the home and there are none.
Would you ask for the smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector issues to be resolved? My husband and I don't agree on this.
Re: Home inspection - would you ask for this?
This, but you could always ask for a credit.
I just want to say that this can go against you. If you are asking the sellers to buy a $2 battery for the smoke detector, they may get fed up with it. I know my parents did when they sold their last home.
If it was truly something like a $25 carbon monoxide detector, I would just buy my own.
If Carbon Monoxide detectors are required by law, I would certainly ask for them. You are entitled to them. Also, I'm not sure about your state, but in Mass. a fire chief comes to every house before it is sold and will check to make sure that the smoke detectors and CO2 detectors are working and has to sign off on it (I'm not sure if that's a state law there or a town/county thing). If that's the case in IL then the seller will have to take care of this stuff anyway.
I would not worry about the seller walking away over CO2 detectors and smoke detectors. That is not nickel-and-diming--that is safety and required by law--he has no defense if he refuses. It's in his best interest to spend $50 getting everything fixed because the next buyer is going to ask for the same thing. It's a fair request. Trust me, most sellers would be thanking their lucky stars to get such a small list of repairs after an inspection. And as a new home buyer, the fewer small things you have to worry about, the better.
I agree, especially the bolded.
Agreed. I'd probably leave it alone, because if it's not required, I wouldn't risk anything by asking for them...I'd rather choose my own. But if they are required then the seller is going to have to do it anyway. When we sold our house in NJ, we were required to set up a fire inspection at which the county verified that we had working fire alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, and a fire extinguisher (which not only had to work but had specific regulations governing where it should be placed...we ended up having to put one under the kitchen sink to pass since the one hanging six feet away in the basement stairwell did not pass code).