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Open Question: Has anybody heard of the company Access 2 Trade Careers and their professional electrician course?
I would like to hear from anybody with experience or information about the company Access 2 trade Careers and in particular their professional electrician course. The course takes 9-12 months and gives you upto city and guilds level 3 in inspection, testing and certification of electrical installations aswell as level 3 in inspection and testing of electrical equipment ( c and g 2391-10 and 2377-12 ). Any info appreciated, good or bad.

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Resolved Question: does anyone know a good building inspector in san jose?
this is my first remodelling project in our home. we will need foundation, plumbing, electrical, and framing inspections. we have heard how difficult sometimes these inspectors could be. we would want to work with someone who is fair and reasonable. anyone know a municipal building inspector for san jose?

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Resolved Question: What would you do? VA appraisal question, (long one)?
My husband and I are first time home buyers and are using the VA for financing. We are trying to purchase a lender owned home that has been vacant for quite a while. We had an offer accepted on a house and proceeded with the home inspection.

At the inspection, the hot water was turned on. It is connected to a solar panel on the roof. When it is on, it sends water up to the roof and it leaks heavily. Within seconds of turning on the water heater, there was a waterfall coming off the roof. This is not a big deal, the solar just has to be taken out of the connection and the hot water will work just fine. Because of this, there were also other minor plumbing issues that need to be addressed.

Also, the permit to have the power on is temporary. The electrical does not meet city standards. There are missing GFC protectors and the fuse box is not labeled correctly. We did not need an inspection for this, the failed permit is sitting on the counter when you walk in.

Also, the furnace does work.

There are other minor things wrong with the house but those are the biggies. Well, we ordered the VA appraisal when we signed the contract on Jan 07. We sent a BINSR report to the lender after our home insect on Jan 14 letting them know what we wanted repaired. The lender told us that they would not agree to any repairs until after the VA appraisal so we let it go and waited.

We finally received the VA appraisal 02/09. Per our lender, these appraisals are only expected to take ten business days plus five more for the underwriters. We have been in constant contact with our lender asking for the appraisal. We have gone past our closing date and because of that, the seller is keeping our earnest money. During this past month, the listing agent never received a call from the appraiser asking for the key code to get into the house.

Now the appraisal has come back and they have said that no repairs need to be made to the house. Our lender said that she has never seen a house come back clean. So the seller is refusing to make any repairs to the house and we are stuck with a house that has no hot water and no heat.

My question is, it is obvious that the VA appraiser never entered the house. If he would have turned on the hot water heater, he would of seen a waterfall off the side of the house. The furnace does not work. There is a pool in the back yard and the fence surrounding it is completely dilapidated. What options do I have? Any experience?
Of couse we have an appraisal contingency, it only applies if the house appraises for more than our loan, which it did not.

You may have been an underwriter, but you have obviously not dealt with VA appraisers and property.
If you have not dealt with a VA appraiser, don’t answer the question. I cannot get funding if the VA does not approve of the house and yes, they do inspect the HVAC. The house has to meet certain VA standards before they will fund the loan. Look if you don’t know and get a little smarter.

http://www.vba.va.gov/ro/Roanoke/rlc/forms/APPRAISER%20GUIDE%202005.pdf

The Seller refused to make any repairs before the VA came through because the VA ALWAYS demands certain repairs be made. Like I said, our lender told us they have NEVER had a house come back needing no work when it went through a VA appraiser.

Seriously, if you do not know, don’t answer. Of course we knew the house needed work but so did the seller. They knew that repairs would have to be made when they agreed to accept VA financing.

Maybe read the link I have posted so next time you answer a VA appraisal question, you sound a little smarter.
“An appraisal IS NOT THE SAME AS A HOME INSPECTION AND NEVER STATES WHETHER REPAIRS MUST OR MUST NOT BE MADE ON THE HOME…an appraiser IS NOT a licensed inspector.”

This statement right here makes it painfully obvious that you do not know what you are talking about and are not, in fact, an expert realtor. VA appraisers make repair demands all the time. If you don’t know, don’t answer.

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