On Mon, 16 May 2011 18:05:30 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> On Mon, 16 May 2011 13:41:47 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 16 May 2011 15:28:31 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 16 May 2011 09:13:37 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Mon, 16 May 2011 10:21:33 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Up here, I believe houses that are being sold must have stoves.
> >> >> Or is that just for rentals? I don't know.
> >> >
> >> >It makes sense for rentals. Owners can live how they want and when
> >> >they sell either they sell with a complete kitchen or open up a
> >> >negotiating point big enough to drive a truck through... especially in
> >> >this economy.
> >>
> >> Items required to be present for a CO can't be negotiated during a
> >> sale... in every municipality I know of a residence must have an
> >> functioning stove and sink in the kitchen... some don't require a
> >> fridge.
> >
> >You're talking about rentals? In my part of the country, the entire
> >house can be a nonfunctional wreck but it can be sold anyway.
>
> No it cannot be sold, the municipality would condemn that property.
> It can be sold and go to contract but title can't be transfered... it
> would need to be sold as vacant land, rezoned and reassessed for tax
> purposes... the municipality would insist that the uninhabital
> structure be removed for safety reasons, or apply for permits to bring
> it back to code before title is transfered. Trashed houses are sold
> all time but with contingencies, they first need to be brought back to
> code within a certain period of time, or removed from the property.
> Often people die and when the heirs go to sell it it's found to be in
> such disrepair that it cannot be rehabed, it needs to be demolished
> and removed... what do you think happens when a house burns down... if
> the owner hasn't the funds to clean the property and/or rebuild the
> town siezes the property, takes bids to remove the rubble, and the
> property is auctioned, a very common occurance... there are realtors
> that specialize in the area of condemned properties and/or non payment
> of taxes. I follow their web site listings. There are hundreds of
> properties in every county in the US that are auctioned periodically,
> one can subscribe to receive the listings, I do.
> http://www.nysauctionsbids.com/

Those houses can't be rerented until they are brought up to code, but
there is no restriction on the buying and selling of that property.
As far as houses that are uninhabitable, such as abandoned wrecks or
those that have burned, that's an entirely different matter from Om
removing a stove and being able to sell her property without it.
People buy homes without kitchen appliances all the time, so she most
certainly CAN do it. However she will be opening herself up to
selling her house for far less than the cost of reconfiguring her
kitchen back to normal plus the cost of a replacement stove.

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