Northern Virginia Home Buyer Guide-Buying a Home with Swimming Pool in Winter
One of my buyer was interested in a beautiful
single family home in Oak Hill Virginia 20171
area. My buyers fell in love with the home, they were concerned about
in-ground swimming pool. They did not know the pool condition since it
is winterize. The sellers were willing to provide all the invoices of
the work done in past couple of years. Since my buyers never owned a
home with a pool were anxious before making a big decision.
We called around couple of pool company to check what is the best way
to ensure that the pool is in working order. Since lender won't allow
escrow till the we can reopen the pool.
Here is what we found:
1. Pool companies can still inspect the surrounding walls, flooring,
ladder, fence, walk ways and/or any things that leads to the pool.
2. Secondly on the equipment since it is winterize they can check on the
health of the equipment, pump, verify if the winterize was done
properly, GFICs, circuit board, plumbing condition and other equipments.
3. Lastly, one of the them mentioned they can do a manual pressure
test on few of the short lines to ensure they are not busted.
If you are a
buyer in Northern Virginia
area or area where the pool are winterize due to the weather condition
there are option you can explore before you pass on the home because it
has pool and you cannot access the pool.
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