Repair Request Negotiations: CYA - Every one in any legal transaction wants to cover their ____ and, I believe, most people also want to create a win, win, win, outcome for all involved.
CYA sometimes leads to complications for no real reason. For example, the home inspection done our home "uncovered" flexible polybutelene piping. The home inspector, (because he has attended plumbing workshops and inspected homes with obvious damage from flexible pipes), brings this to the attention of the buyer and buyer's agent. Rightly so. He further regals the buyer about the many failures in a nearby city.
What he does not say is that the failures were due to a combinations of factors; first generation polybutelene, the plumbing also being used as part of hydro-heating system and that most failures in the early polybutelene were on the hot water supply. That accounted for the many, many failures in the development he referred to.
The buyer's agent, trying to protect her client's best interest, is concerned about the plumbing and wonders why we did not disclose the fact that the house had flexible plumbing.
The seller (me) did not believe this was anything to disclose. When I had my home inspection, the same plumbing was identified as 2nd generation polybutelene, not the piping that had caused so many problems. Not totally convinced, I had plumbers confirm that it is still the piping they use in homes today, especially homes on well water. Having lived with copper plumbing in a home with well water and dealing with the green stains on fixtures AND green hair, I was happy to have non-corrosive plumbing and less lead in the system. If anything, I felt the flexible piping was a plus.
Not sure how this will play out and if it will be a deal breaker. Will post our progress or lack thereof.
In the meantime, still not packing.
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