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That's silly. You pay for a home inspection before buying a house anyway. Leave safety to the government and comfort to the private sector.
by donatj 10y ago
That's silly. You pay for a home inspection before buying a house anyway. Leave safety to the government and comfort to the private sector.
- cm2187 10y agoA home inspection can't tell what materials were used inside the floors and the walls, and how the pipes were installed. Particularly in a modern apartment block. And for new constructions you often buy ahead of completion. In the UK for instance, health safety regulation mandates that all doors shut automatically in an apartment block. As a result doors spend their time slamming in modern flats. You'd better have good sound insulation. How can you check that unless you pay someone to make noise in every flat around yours to test it?
- donatj 10y agoI don't think apartments have any real bearing on this conversation, I don't know of any apartments built by a single person for their own use. They should rightly be held to a higher standard than a single occupancy home.