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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Need advice on bidding on a house
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 15:55:59 EDT
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> 1. Make sure you account for loose ends like things that need to
> be fixed. Tell your lawyer that you want some contingency to make
> sure things get fixed and when you close, don't wimp out, make them
> pay up.

 Another loose end to close when buying a "used" property (i.e. from another
owner as opposed to from the builder), is to get it in the contract that
the place be left CLEAN. I just got burned big time by this, and had to spend
a whole day and a half extra moving time making the damned place livable. 
Those of us who have lived in rental property are used to the place being
left clean, because the landlord has the previous tenant's security deposit
to guarantee it, plus you get to inspect the place with the landlord prior to
occupancy. There is nothing in the law which requires the seller to leave the
place clean (if I am mistaken about that, I'd LOVE to hear it so I could sue
his butt off!) unless it so states in the contract. Now, the repairs he was
supposed to make that ARE in the contract are another matter...

--Greg


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