Went under contract with the understanding theyre getting a new roof. Inspection went fine, fixed all inspection asks and they got their new roof.
In the process of the roof, the roofing supplier backed the crane truck onto the driveway and cracked it clean in half on the ‘bottom’ two slabs. The repair, which is basically an entirely new 1/4 of the driveway is $2500, the supplier is paying the repair, and the roofer agreed to toss another $2500 out of pocket for their troubles.
The concrete contractor quoted the repair, and then he quoted the cost to replace the entire bottom half of the driveway (instead of just the broken half). The buyer is demanding a new culvert pipe (another $2500 cost) because the concrete guy mentioned that it could have cracked due to the pipe, but cant confirm until he pulls the concrete out. He also said its completely normal for that to happen to a 40 year old culvert, and it was unlikely that it would have happened if they didnt drive the crane onto the driveway.
The driveway was already in terrible shape when the buyers went under contract, and, even with a repair and not a replace, they are getting a way better driveway than what they contracted for.
I have already negotiated under asking, and gave them a $20,000 roof. And at one point the buyers agent told my realtor “my hud shows them making $xx,xxx so they cant say they dont have money for stuff” when negotiating gutters; which isnt even true because that take home number was before we factored in the roof as a line item. They have been very demanding and not happy with a single thing we offer.
Is it crazy to just stand firm and offer them the repair option and if they arent satisfied we ask for a terminate? We close monday.
[link] [comments]
source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1x72nos/preclosing_post_inspection_period_fix/
Comments
Post a Comment