The state has a new rule that any home that is within the Very High Fire Hazard zone must be inspected for compliance when selling. Each fire district has developed their own way to handle the requests, and Carlsbad charges $149 to visit the property and issue their report on the same day.
Here’s how our first inspection went:
Once the report showed some issues, it’s negotiation time because nothing in the contract dictates who is responsible – and the city doesn’t require compliance or does any reinspections.
Donna received the report promptly, and called me and asked what she should do.
But I had already handled it with the buyer’s agent.
I traded the responsibility for the fire hazards for the fridge!
Wow! What a hassle! “What if…”
what types of problems were revealed in the report?
Careful. Fridges have become the golden ticket in house negotiations.
The eldest just went through a couple rounds as sellers. Finally had to say their 6 month old $3000 fridge was not subject to any offer. Period. Might be because they now cost $3400 and 4 months backlogged.
This was their 3rd purchase. Literally the first two they “bought” were supposedly in stock then in the warehouse and then in transit and then two days after delivery date not anywhere to be found. Twice.
If I might be allowed a small Libertarian rant.
County requires abatement. Got it.
County charges to verify abatement. No.
what types of problems were revealed in the report?
The big bouganvilla needs to be trimmed down to 4ft tall or removed, and the decorative bark within 5 ft of the house needs to be removed.
If there is a fire so big that is torching the bark, I’m not sure whether it being five feet back will matter.