I've talked to the Realtor since and he elaborated on the reason for the question. The buyer had a home inspection on his listing. The home inspector recommended having the roof certified by a roofing company.
The response from the buyers agent was that the "roof need to be certified by a licensed roofer" - nothing more. He had a roofer go out and they certified that the house and garage roof will last at least 2 years. The buyers agent informed the listing agent that the garage needed to be certified for 3 years and the house needed to be certified for 5 years. Since the response from the buyers agent was poorly written only asking for the roof to be certified, the listing agent feels he upheld the written agreement. On top of that, he was questioning the 3 & 5 year thing. This is why he called me.
I informed him I never heard of the 3 year, 5 year requirement.
Sorry for the original post. I was driving, I don't know what he was doing, but when we talked the second time, the situation and what he was asking was much clearer.
