v wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:41:16 -0500, someone wrote:

In my old home town inspections were required by the city....

But that's not for someone to be "allowed" to BUY the property, is it?

No, before you can sell it you have to have an inspection.

Who are these inspectors you talk of, who approves them, who do they
work for?

They are "independent" inspectors. I don't know who approves them but
the city had a long list (several pages) of them. I had no idea who to
call so I looked through the list and called a guy who lived in the
neighborhood.

Sounds like, for a Certificate of Occupancy, which is a health &
building code issue, if you want to actually use the house you just
bought.

That would be different from the usual pre-purchase inspection. You
cold still buy at your own risk, couldn't you?

You can't sell it without the inspection.