Don’t let groundwater problems kill your home sale or purchase.
Nothing beats knowledge and preparation.
Home drainage is a common deal killer when it comes to home purchases. Many times per year I receive calls from homeowners in a panic due to the fact that they… either have not dealt with the home drainage issues that affect their home, or they did not know about them.
Most of the time the home is already in escrow. The heat is turned up, and everyone is in panic mode. The pest dryrot and structural home inspection has a laundry list of things the inspector believes needs to be addressed, among which is the home drainage issue, and the seasonal recurring groundwater entry into the crawl spaces and/or basement.Homeowners want to know what action should be taken, with respect to home groundwater problems, and their impact on earnest money agreements to purchase real estate, that are made subject to solving home drainage problems, in order to satisfy the conditions of the lender, with respect to the new financing. This all becomes a jump ball situation depending on how strong the repairs clause in the earnest money is, with respect to protecting the interests of the eventually damaged party to the transaction.
Surprising is the fact that few contractors actually understand and specialize in hand excavated french drains. Most contractors that advertise as professional home drainage contractors are sump pump installers.
I contend that most of these described, “would be” home drainage contractors, really do not have a clue and are licensed scammers.
Much precious time and money is lost and squandered in the attempt to solve home drainage problems. Contractors are all talking a different language too. Time to study up and take them on.
To prevent this from happening to you as a home seller or home buyer, learn how to deal with the situation if it does happen to you during a home purchase.
Read my e-books, published and offered free as a pdf file on this web site.
Arm yourself with powerful, practical, working, home drainage knowledge that works.
If you are a member, look AAA Home Drainage up on Angies List, for a sampling of how our Portland market feels about their success with hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems.
Do not be a victim of groundwater problem fear and loathing ever again.
Stupid sump pump contractor tricks can, and will, cost you thousands of dollars, and make your home drainage problem worse to boot.
Hand excavated french drains have been around for thousands of years in various forms.
Read on and learn about the alternatives to solve home drainage problems and hold your transaction together.
Your not dead in the groundwater yet.