Sewer Line Inspections are Recommended

One item that we (real estate agents) continually run into on inspections is the integrity of the sewer line.  As there are only 2 ways to find out if a home has a sewer line issue (either a camera inspection or a back-up), a $150 digital video inspection is money well spent. With such an inspection, you can see if the house has a problem that could cost up to $10,000 to fix, considering the cost of excavating and replacing pipes, and potentially replacing a sidewalk, driveway, landscaping, etc. (Not to mention any additional mess or damage.)  The past 3 transactions where we have represented buyers in central Denver discovered compromised lines and we were able to save our clients $7,500- $10,000 in all of these cases. It’s common practice at Estey Realty Group to recommend a sewer line inspection, and that’s when we discovered in one of these recent inspections that the line was at the end of its useful life and needed to be replaced all the way from the tap at the house out to the city sewer tap at the street. The expensive replacement was negotiated as part of the inspection and resolution process of the purchase contract, and the buyer is scheduled to close on the home tomorrow.