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Section 5: OPA Board Subject: ARC/ECC Nonsense Msg# 1230721
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I read the document in the link you provided. The title of the document is Request for Disclosure Packet and it looks to me the purpose of which is to (i) cover OPA's responsibility that the DRs for the property being sold are photocopied and provided to either the owner or a real estate agent to be delivered to the buyer and (ii) where the owner certifies that any improvements, alterations, etc. to the property do not violate DRs, ARC Guidelines, etc. The payment of $250 covers the document packet prep.
There is nothing in the document or anywhere in the current ARC Guidelines that references any inspection by OPA during a home sale yet I've heard from some that CPI did an inspection of the outside of their home to ensure no DR or ARC Guideline violations. I presume we have local realtors who are Forum members as well as Forum members who have sold a home in OP who might be able to explain the current process. I prefer to understand the current process before I listen to an explanation of why we need to make changes. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Below is a link to resale certificate or whatever the name is now: de338a37-b59a-7fe1-566d-743ec7f6c96e Can someone explain what this "final inspection" is before an OP homeowner can sell their house? Is this something CPI does when you are in the process of selling? Yes. However, OPA cannot prevent you from selling your home without a resale inspection, as far as I know, but any buyer might be a fool to buy a property here without one. I like to call it an "exit permit." With regard to the professional lot survey, I am not sure what to make of that. My impression is it is as much about protecting OPA as it is in protection of the buyer. If OPA issues a resale document, and it turns out CPI made a mistake due to lack of an updated as-built, perhaps the buyer can subsequently sue OPA????? Perhaps these are all legal issues the board should not even be directly involved in, but receive written legal opinions from counsel. The buyer of OP property has to decide if they want to do a survey to identify any easement, boundary, wetland and setback issues before buying. If the buyer chooses not to do a survey as described and issues are discovered down the road, the burden is on them. Why is OPA eliminating this choice? Beats me. Burden on buyer? That might depend on the language in the OPA-issued resale certification. LEGAL - again. |
$250 or so.
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