Selling a house FHA, electrical question.

[93Prostar190]

If they are family of Rob then at least you know they will have well manicured lawns and great landscaping!!! (It comes from a place of love and respect brother!)

Well played sir .... I mean senor.

[jkski]

Congrats on the sale ..... I just love all your threads, I feel like I learn something .... happy holidays.

DoubleD - your new neighbors are family of mine, I hope YOU like loud parties.

If they are family of Rob then at least you know they will have well manicured lawns and great landscaping!!! (It comes from a place of love and respect brother!)

[Double D]

Congrats on the sale ..... I just love all your threads, I feel like I learn something .... happy holidays.

DoubleD - your new neighbors are family of mine, I hope YOU like loud parties.

I hear they plan to put in a pool so they can be loud, as long as I am invited....

[93Prostar190]

Congrats on the sale ..... I just love all your threads, I feel like I learn something .... happy holidays.

DoubleD - your new neighbors are family of mine, I hope YOU like loud parties.

[Double D]

Well, it is all done and the house officially transferred yesterday!!! Signed all the papers Monday night, the buyer signed Tuesday morning and I had a check in the bank (albeit a very small one) by Tuesday evening!!!
Yes Virginia, there will indeed be a Santa Clause coming this year!
Thanks again for the advice guys.

Awesome!! Congrats!!

My neighbors is sold too so I will be getting new neighbors in January, after 15 years. Hope he likes boats, jamming music, and early morning loud truck exhaust as I hook up the boat to go footin!!!

[jkski]

Well, it is all done and the house officially transferred yesterday!!! Signed all the papers Monday night, the buyer signed Tuesday morning and I had a check in the bank (albeit a very small one) by Tuesday evening!!!
Yes Virginia, there will indeed be a Santa Clause coming this year!
Thanks again for the advice guys.

[JimN]

Thanks guys. I like to size up my competition and then pride myself on taking shots at them that they don't even know hit them yet they find themselves thanking me for it. I spent roughly 1 hour with the guy and when he left he was thanking me for my time while I had the general satisfaction that I had abused him and he had no clue! Oh and yes, one of the comments was a mama comment to which he laughed!

Beware the delayed reaction! When it hits him, he may not be a happy camper.

I did a bar system and was there when the electrical infector did his walk-through. Fast forward 1-1/2 months and the owner was trying to get his occupancy permit- when he asked about that, he was told that the EI didn't sign off. Upon further questioning, he was told that the guy quit soon after his walk-through at the bar, so he never turned it in.

[jkski]

Thanks guys. I like to size up my competition and then pride myself on taking shots at them that they don't even know hit them yet they find themselves thanking me for it. I spent roughly 1 hour with the guy and when he left he was thanking me for my time while I had the general satisfaction that I had abused him and he had no clue! Oh and yes, one of the comments was a mama comment to which he laughed!

[JimN]

Then say something about his Mama.

Depends- feel him out and if it seems like a go,.....

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Then say something about his Mama.

[JimN]

If you want to stir the pot, ask why engineered lumber I-joists have holes punched in the middle 1/3 of the OSB- they're for plumbing and electrical cabling, BTW.

[Double D]

Thats good news at least. Hope the rest goes smoothly and quickly.

[jkski]

To help close this out, I met the appraiser at the house over the weekend when he went to do his re-inspection. He still did not provide any documentation but did pass it so we are now in the home stretch.....I think.
The appraiser kept talking about wires not in conduit or running thru joists as a safety hazzard stating that a wire that is up against something hard, like being stapled to the side of a joist, poses a potential hazzard in that the wire could easily be stabbed, whereas one running thru a joist can not as it will move or give.
Still not happy about it but it's $200 closer to a closing date!

[JohnE]

The point being with my post is the inspector is not necessary out of bounds with his request. The code is not as clear as it should be for this type of installation. I’m a professional electrical engineer who works in the industry and you’d be surprised what can come up in a lawsuit. And it doesn’t matter what’s in the code. If I was to design this installation, and if someone damaged the cable and got electrocuted, the first item the attorneys’ would bring up would be “The code requires physical protection of the cable, and obviously you didn’t provide it as someone got electrocuted”. At that point in time my Errors and Omission’s insurance kicks in $50K as opposed to trying to fight it and paying substantially more after a trail. This could be the inspector’s company policy for this type of installation. It cost no money to them to implement, and can save a potential lawsuit from occurring in the future against them.

This is the only part of your response that I agree with. But lets agree to take the rest over to Mike Holt's site. We won't bore anyone here with it. We'd have ten pages of responses over there.

[cbryan70]

I bought my home FHA and somehow no repairs were needed. I dont even think they sent an home inspector out besides the one I paid.