From: "Tyrone" 
Newsgroups: misc.invest.real-estate misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Can we be forced to hire a contractor for basic repairs?
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 05:13:48 GMT


 wrote in message
news:1114723278.312084.40230@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> "Yes the seller can set a new date.  When the buyer decided he wasn't
> happy with the deal was the time to offer him the agreed thousand
> dollars and head for the closing.  If he does anything but close, the
> contract is void.  "
>
> Did you bother to read the OP or the contract?   The buyer didn't
> decide he wasn't happy with the deal.  The contract provided for an
> inspection and repairs, that is the issue.  How does that give the
> seller a right to now set unilateral dates that were never specified
in
> the contract, which is still valid and the buyer has not defaulted on?
> The issue is the buyer wants the repairs done by a professional, which
> the contract at least partially addresses, and the seller agreed to.
>

You seem to think this is an ironclad contract.  It is not.  The buyer
did decide he wasn't happy with the deal.  The deal was for the full
amount of the contract.  Being the buyer is unhappy, he now wishes to
activate the repairs clause.  Up to $1,000 is the key phrase.  Who
determines what the cost of each repair is.  I can get a $1,000 estimate
very easily.  Tell the buyer, that will only cover items 1, 2 and 3 but
not 4, 5, 6 and 7.  Accordingly, that's all I will have repaired.  Take
it or leave it.  If he takes it fine, go to closing.  If he thinks he
can do better, credit him $1,000 at closing.  If he's still not happy,
end of deal.  The contract is void.