On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 01:18:53 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 12/28/2020 10:12 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 20:13:53 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2020-12-27 6:45 p.m., cshenk wrote:
>>>>>> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah, a stone mason is an expert at roofs, electric, plumbing,
>>>>>>> heating, etc. Generally the buyer pays a house inspection
>>>>>>> company to check all aspects of the property. No one cares if
>>>>>>> the window shades are crap but major defects have to be
>>> repaired >> > > by the seller.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No Sheldon, the seller does not have to repair any major defects.
>>>
>>> Of course not, the seller can decide not to sell.
>>>
>>> There's no such thing as a perfect house, which is why minor defects
>>> are negotiable, but major flaws need to be repaired or the local
>>> building code enforcement authority will stop all sales and likely
>>> evict the owner, may tear down the house and bill the owner.
>>
>> Bullshit Sheldon.
>>
>
>Semi Bullshit. A house can be declared uninhabitable by the local code
>enforcement agency. More likely to happen with a rental property after
>complaints from a tenant.
>
>Typically, a condemned property cannot be sold as a structure. The
>property can usually still be sold as land, though the value is actually
>reduced due to the buyer expense of tearing down the condemned house and
>hauling it away, making it difficult for a buyer to get a mortgage loan.
>
>Owner occupied properties can be deemed uninhabitable after a fire or
>other structural damage. I don't know about eviction though.

I've not had it happen to me but I know of two instances where the
houses burned to the ground, fortunately no one was at home. There
are agencies that find housing for those people, they obviously were
not evicted, they were relocated.