In California most rural transactions require a separate septic inspection
and well inspection. Make sure you pick a good inspector, not one chosen by
the seller's real estate agent.
George C
RE Investor in CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene D Abbondelo" <eabb@loc.gov>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>; <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] wells and such.
> Shoppers:
>
> I find this discussion very interesting. I'd like to ask a less technical
> question if I may:
>
> I live in a city and have public water and sewer;everything works fine.
> I've
> never owned a home not being so provided. My wife and I plan on retiring
> in
> about 3 years and moving to a rural area. When buying a house that is not
> on
> a public water/sewer supply is a normal house inspection going to cover
> the
> problems that have been brought up in this discussion (low
> pressure/capacity;
> type of pipe used, etc.) or do you really have to get a specialist in to
> check
> that specific aspect (water/sewer) of any house you're really interested
> in?
> Sounds like you could unknowingly inherit a poor system needing lots of
> money
> to fix. Simply turning the water on or flushing a toilet in an inspection
> may
> not be enough.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
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