SELLERS BE AWARE, DOES YOUR CITY REQUIRE PRE-SALE INSPECTION?
There are many cities in Southern California that require either a pre-sale inspection report, or specific inspections and city building department approval for the sale of a house or the transfer a real estate. Most will charge a fee for this inspection report; an inspector will review all permits on their file regarding the property you are selling. This is where many times problems come up of which the most common that I have seen are roofs performed without required permit, windows changed, garage conversions into sleeping quarters or for any other purpose, bathrooms, additions, kitchen up grades, patio covers or converted into living areas, changed electrical panes, change of laundry areas, and many more things that probably where done throughout many years. When a city inspector sees there are no finalized permits on file for these changes a report against the property and owner will be filed.
This report will have to be addressed and corrections must be performed in order to obtain city approval and clearance. Most sellers and many real estate agents are unaware of this requirement; it usually will come up right before closing since lender will not fund the buyer’s loan until it is cleared and bringing the property to current city building code requirements. I have seen some cities record on title a substandard condition notice and it will stay there until corrected by owner or after some time they may decide to perform the correction and put their cost as a lien against the property, it will not be cheap and for sure not free. I at housemaxvalue have dealt many times with these issues and always capable of solving the problem before it escalates for the worst. You the seller will be equipped and prepared to address this by verifying if your city will require a PRESALE INSPECTION REPORT AND CLEARANCE. For a list of cities that require this procedure go to HOUSEMAXVALUE.COM or CALL ME at (562) 652-8992.
Cities that require Pre-sale inspection approval:
-Azusa
-Bell
-Beverly Hills
-Burbank
-Carson
-Compton
-Cudahy
-Culver City
– El Monte
-El Segundo
-Gardena
-Hawaiian Garden
-Huntington Park
-Hermosa Beach
-Inglewood
-Laguna Beach
-Lomita
-Long Beach
-Los Angeles City
-Lynwood
-Manhattan Beach
-Marina Del Rey
-Monterey Park
-Newport Beach
-Oxnard
-Pacific Palisades
-Palos Verdes Estates
-Pasedena
-Port Hueneme
-Rancho Palos Verdes
-Redondo Beach
-Rolling Hills Estates
-San Diego
-San Marino
-Santa Monica
-Signal Hill
-South Gate
-Thousand Oaks
-Torrance
-Van Nuys
-Venice
-Ventura
-Westlake Village
-Wilmigton