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Gas leak found during home inspection..what to do?
Question : Gas leak found during home inspection..what to do?
We had a home inspection prior to buying a home and a gas leak was found. The home owners just installed a new furnace and CA unit so I assume the pipe was not sealed properly after the installation,
We brought this up to the home owner and he feels that since he has already reduced the price on the home by $ 16,000 and added the furnace/CA (which by the way we did NOT request) he feels he shouldn’t have to pay to have it fixed.
How can you sell a home with a known gas leak?????
We are going through FHA to buy the home and I assume that they will find this during their inspection, if they do could they refuse the loan for the home?
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Answer by acermill
A discovered gas leak is an extreme hazard, FHA or not. If the seller refuses to have it repaired, you need to walk away from the house.
There should be NO issue with such a situation, since the seller should be able to contact the furnace installer and have that leak remedied at no charge. Most gas leaks are not expensive to repair, and need to be handled immediately.
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#2 written by eastwoodelvis 1 year ago
Different laws for different countries .. I would just get it repaired myself as long as its not going to cost me a fourtune… Seeing that you have not signed for the home yet then its his responsibility… He is putting lives at risk by not getting it repaired and im sure he is in breach of some law… Tell the Home owner that you are not buying the home unless he gets it repaired…
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if the gas leak was created by the installation of the new equipment – the homeowner should go to the installer and get them to fix it – and neither one of you should have to pay –
beyond that – you can’t force him to pay to fix – but what you can do is back out of the contract and not buy the house – you can’t be held to the contract if the house in not inhabitable –
you can also call the local building inspector and appraise him of the problem – most likely what he’ll do is have the gas company come out and shut off the gas – with that the gas company will not turn it back on until proof of repair is available
or if you really want the house and the owner won’t call the installer and won’t pay for it – pay to fix it yourself
those are pretty much the options