On Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 11:43:54 AM UTC-4, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 8:48:57 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> ...
> > Obviously he doesn't know better. When I was (briefly) considering
> > selling my house the real estate agent told me I'd have to repair the
> > wood rot (some of the exterior trim has issues). That would also have
> > involved repainting the house. Both major expenses and would have been
> > my responsibility as the SELLER.
> >
> > Jill
>
> And because you're a CHEAP ASSED SELLER you CHOSE NOT TO FUNDAMENTALLY IMPROVE YOUR PROPERTY to come up the the BUILDING CODES in place today!
>
> Shitty of you!! :-( SOMEONE is gonna have to do it, else scrape your house FLAT and start over!

It's a funny thing, John. You can sell a house that isn't up to code.
I've bought three of them, and neither the mortgagee, the insurance
company, nor I cared one little bit. We've been living in the house
for 17 years, and it still doesn't meet current building codes. It
just doesn't matter.

The one that comes immediately to mind is that there are no hurricane
clips on the roof. It's mainly held on by gravity, although the
rafters might be toenailed into the top sill. Or they might be
sitting right on the masonry walls. I'm not about to mount an
expedition to the attic to check on it.

The garage that we built in 2006 was up to code when we built it,
and has hurricane clips. I nailed 'em on myself.

Cindy Hamilton