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Old 3/12/11, 9:51 PM
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Inspected a vacant HUD house this afternoon. Found the water heater in a pit in the crawlspace with about 3-4 ft of water. Also remembered why I hate crawlspaces. Enjoy!
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Old 3/12/11, 9:54 PM
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Now flood damaged...
As indicated by photos, unit will be required to be replaced and should be reported as such....


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Old 3/12/11, 9:56 PM
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...and the furnace...and tear the house down while you're at it.

Did the inspection for HUD and actually recommended tearing the house down.
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I love when scenarios are presented where I can recommend "Demo & Replace" as a comment...


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Old 3/12/11, 10:03 PM
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My favorite HUD needs to demo recommendation was a house I found about 2 years ago where the chimney had fallen off the side of the house and the back wall and half of one side wall were angled out with about a 6 inch gap from the foundation. Needless to say I didn't go in that house!
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Old 3/13/11, 12:57 PM
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Underwater gas is expensive! (LOL)

Answer is: No!

Salut!
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