The
last thing you want when you assume possession of your new home is to
find it in a total mess. Therefore, you should make it clear in your
offer that certain minimum standards are required. If you do not, you
might find out the seller or neighbors have begun using the back yard as
a trash dump, or something worse – and you would not be able to do
anything about it.
Some of the
requirements you might want to include in your offer are that the roof
does not leak, the appliances work, the plumbing does not leak, that there
are no broken or cracked windows, the yard has been kept up, and any
debris has been cleared away.
