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Re: Winterized Homes
I have done several homes that had been winterized.
I do not turn on water at the meter. If the agent wants to and will take the legal responsibility, then it is on them.
I do the inspection and in the report state that the plumbing fixtures and funtional flow could not be inspected because the water was turned off at the meter.
So far all the winterized homes I have done are foreclosures being purchased by investors who plan on doing some rehab to the property.
At one inspection, the agent turned on the water at the meter. The buyer, seller, and agent were gabbing while I did the inspection. They wandered into the bathroom and there was a big puddle on the floor. Agent turned off the water, went down the street to his house and brought back a mop and bucket and cleaned up.
Several others the buyer accepeted it as just something they would deal with during rehab.
Did one last week. Agent turned on water at the meter and got sprayed in the face. He turned it off and tried again. Got sprayed again. Stream was 5-6 feet in the air. Agent contacted seller and asked to have the city repair the meter. ELectiric meter had been pulled, service lateral cut, gas turned off and padlocked, water meter turned off. A week later seller asks for second trip. Agent goes to property and finds still no electric meter and service lateral still cut. Put second inspection on hold until utilities available.
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