On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:12:23 -0700 (PDT), rile
wrote:

We are selling a house to a buyer using an FHA mortgage. There is a
rule, because of lead paint, that any house built before 1978 cannot
have any "peeling, checking or flaking paint".

The property has no
lead paint....all buildings have been repainted since the late 80's.

Repainting over lead paint does not stop it from being a problem.
All lawyers of paint that may contain the lead must be removed to
assure there is no problem.

I don't know what the law says must be done but I would bet the FHA
does have a recommended procedure. Have you asked them what needs to
be done? They are the ones you need to make happy. You may need to
go over the inspector's head.

An inspector came out, rejected it for that reason. My son and I
scraped, power washed, scraped again, and painted. They guy has come
back two more times and still rejected it. All he does is walk around,
take pictures and make a recommendation. He doesn't touch the paint,
scrape it or anything. All of the paint is tight. The worst is, the
buyers don't want us to do the painting...they want to repaint it a
different color.
Any ideas....we are at the ends of our wits.