On Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 3:51:14 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 19:34:29 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>"Bruce" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >>> On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:21:27 -0400, jmcquown >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Maybe in Canada. In the US, until the actual "closing", anyone can back
> >>>>out.
> >>>
> >>> Without penalty, really? What's the meaning of the sale contract they
> >>> signed then?
> >>
> >>They can come up with a reason. Reason people kept backing out on this
> >>house
> >>was the siding. Or so they claimed. This kind of siding had a recall. We
> >>were told that ours was fine and the recall didn't apply. But after buying
> >>the house, I think the real reason was that it is flat out not up to code
> >>and getting it up to code would cost a fortune. We had a guy who said he
> >>would do it for $2,000 so we hired him only to have him walk away saying
> >>that he'd been wrong and couldn't do the job for any price. We based what
> >>we
> >>paid for the house on that. Now we are stuck with a house that likely will
> >>never be up to code.
> >
> > Can't you get a new quote? Or else, never move.
>
> A quote means nothing. I haven't got the money for anything like this. That
> $2,000 that we once had is long gone. House has been riddled with plumbing
> and electrical problems. Got those fixed. New roof. Had the exterior
> painted. Replaced toilets and appliances.
>
> I have had many a handyman type person over here to do various things. When
> I mentioned what the specific problem was, they'd look around, shake their
> heads and admit that it would take a whole lot of work. Or weren't even sure
> they could do it. In a nutshell, every part of the garage (and I use that
> term loosely as it isn't big enough to park a car in) needs to be fully
> unclosed with drywall. And because of the stupid way the remodeling of this
> house was done, this would mean cutting many small and tiny pieces of the
> stuff and fitting it around pipes, vents and other stuff. But some other
> things would have to be done in case something went wrong and whatever was
> enclosed in there needed to be accessed. Like a hatch or hatches or
> something.

That doesn't mean it couldn't be done "for any price". I conjecture that
the contractor simply didn't want to deal with it. Drywall is not difficult.
It might be expensive to have a professional fiddle with this job, but
it doesn't sound like it cannot be done.

Cindy Hamilton