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Winterized Homes Part 2
Hey folks, caught the thread on winterized homes recently. About 5 of the last ten inspections this week have been winterized, partially or completely. Even if our office inquires as to the status of the property, and tells the client they will not get their "money's worth" from the inspection, we still arrive to "non" de-winterized homes.
It is frustrating, but in this case, comedic...... Last week I arrive to the property which is vacant, and have been informed prior to arriving that the property was winterized by the owning bank. Complete winterization, no heat, water, electricity, etc.
My M.O. is to work from the top down, so upon arriving in the basement I take a look around and note that the water meter is connected to nothing except for the incoming line from the street. It appears to have been forcefully cut at the top outgoing line, and is actually bent over. I quickly start to notice that there seems to be a shortage of copper "anything" in this basement, ie: water lines, baseboard connections, and yes, electrical wiring.
So I turn to the listing agent and ask when the property was vandalized and the copper stripped out. He says "vandalized?" I say yes, Vandalized.
He says, "ohhhh, I thought the utilities were kind of heavy handed when they turned this place off! This place was stripped?"
The buyer walked.
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