Sydney buyers spend a million dollars to buy a house, and the cost of serious maintenance is more than one hundred thousand. (photo by Australian News website)
According to the Australian News website, a Sydney buyer found that there were many worms in the house and needed to spend more than one hundred thousand Australian dollars to repair it, reminding other property buyers to learn more about the house inspection report before buying the property.
The unnamed buyer bought a two-bedroom in St. Peters (St Peters), Nessi, Sydney, for nearly a million last year. When it comes to damage to real estate, the seller`s report on building pests before buying is not mentioned at all, except that the inspector did not inspect parts of the house. In a second report later, other buyers identified termites, structural damage, and moth damage in their homes.
"the first report focused on the fact that most of the items in the house were in almost good condition, with a note indicating that they did not look under the floor. As an inexperienced buyer, I thought they didn`t have to look under the floor because there was no particular reason. " The buyer said.
It is understood that the scope of the original report included roof gaps, internal and external environment, and pointed out that the entire floor and part of the roof gap areas have not been looked at. The report said the ground floor could not be inspected because the right entry point could not be found, noting that the property might be flawed, but could not be judged because of the lack of a full inspection. The report strongly recommends a complete inspection of all areas of the house.
Another potential buyer received a second house inspection report, which indicated damage to the house, and decided to abandon the property`s bid. The report examined the inside and outside walls, roofs and floors of the house and found "serious termite damage in many areas."
The St. Peters buyer admitted that he was not careful enough to buy the house, but found the inspection report he had received was intolerable. "the problem with these reports is that the next sentence of each sentence is an additional warning that they minimize their possible responsibilities," he said. The buyer expressed no hope as to whether the law could compensate for the loss.
Rogers (Rhys Rogers), chief executive of shared economy website Before You Bid, cautions that consumers have to be cautious in their home-buying surveys. And put forward two suggestions on how to evaluate the feasibility of the laboratory report: one is to check the grade of the examiner on the Internet; The second is to see if the surveyor carefully inspected the floor and roof of the house. He also said buyers could file claims if there were serious omissions in the checking report, but noted that the industry`s coverage rate was generally low.
A spokesman for the New State Fair Trading Agency said the Australian Consumer Act (Australian Consumer Law) required that any pre-home building pest inspection report must ensure that consumers were informed of all information that could cause their losses.
