Wow, just when you thought the story was over, it goes on…

Just received word from our Real Estate agent that they are now refusing to pay the inspection fee that they promised.  If you recall (you can read about it in earlier posts on this blog) the first time and second time the inspector went to the unit the gas was turned off.  This meant that he could not do his inspection.  As result, the seller was due to pay for the return visit.  It was $75 – a fraction of the fee of the original inspection which the buyer pays (and we did, promptly).   They are falsely claiming that they only agreed to pay this if we closd on the property.  Not only is this not true, but it’s completely not standard practice.  If the inspector encounters an impediment to the inspection, it is normally the sellers responsibility to pay for the return visit.

This is the e-mail that was forwarded:

From: Perry Henderson
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:16 AM
To: Angela Skloss; Sheri Mitchell
Subject: Re: Invoice

He agreed to pay it if he closed. He did not. Frankly, This is getting rediculous and to me seems little abusive. Do not come back to me and ask this again.

As you can see, not only do they refuse payment, they accuse us of abuse for asking for it.  Incredible.

In an act of good faith and because I don’t think our excellent inspector should be dragged into this, I have agreed to pay his invoice.  Absolutely shocking that the seller would refuse to pay and even more shocking that Perry Henderson and his Prudential backed agency would send such an outlandish e-mail and stand behind this decision.  A real show of character and integrity.