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jmcquown[_2_]

On 7/12/2017 10:15 PM, wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:14:10 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 7/12/2017 12:46 PM, wrote:
>>
>>>>> And the $375 A/C repair today did wonders!! The first floor A/C is actually functioning as it should and keeping the first floor at 77F which is it's setpoint. And I even turned it down to 76F for nighttime! YUM!! And it does it easily now!!
>>>>>
>>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>>
>>>> That's kind of goofy. I would have made the sale contingent on the owners getting
>>>> their property in compliance.
>>>> That seems only right and natural.
>>>
>>> That's how it's normally done, or the seller reduces the price by what
>>> it would cost to comply.... however in my experience a property
>>> needing such extensive repairs takes so long to remedy and reinspect
>>> that typically the closing doesn't happen. It was very foolish for
>>> John to invest in the A/C before closing.... and having A/C is not
>>> required for a CO. But this is a rather strange deal as John lives
>>> there so is essentially renting with the option to buy (or first right
>>> of refusal), whereas in such a case it's normal for any future rent
>>> paid to be subtracted from the buyer's cost.
>>
>> Fixing the AC is probably the only thing I'd have paid for. If I'm
>> living there I want comfort while waiting for the closing.
>
> I thought of that but then I would have bought a window unit
(snip)

I would have done that too, just for my personal space in the house.
Until and if and when the deal closes. He seems determined to spend a
bunch of money on a house he doesn't even own yet.

Jill