![]() Is the hot water plumbed to the left faucets and the cold to the right? Does the refrigerator door service work?.When the water service is locked off by the local utility, or the well is not functioning or missing, here’s some of the things we can’t tell you: You have to be able make sure the toilets flush and the lights switch on, along with checking numerous other functional components, before agreeing to purchase. Would you buy a car without driving it first? A house is no different. We discourage homebuyers from ordering an inspection unless all the utilities were on, but usually will go ahead and do the inspection if they insist they really want it-and are willing to accept the risk of having major defects we were unable to discover.īut the list of items we have to disclaim (indicate they were excluded from the evaluation) is so long, it would seem to someone reading our report that we were disclaiming responsibility for just about everything. ![]() ![]() The only exception is some bargain-basement foreclosures where the bank absolutely will not turn the utilities on or allow the buyer to arrange it (for more information on evaluating this type of property, see our blog S hould I buy a foreclosure house if the bank refuses to turn on the utilities (electric, water, gas)? Ideally, you should wait for the seller to turn on the utilities-or in some cases it’s the buyers responsibility-before ordering an an inspection. Some inspectors will evaluate a house with the utilities off, and some will not. ![]()
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