The first-time buyer: Will we or won't we?

So our home inspector tells us the roof is dodgy, the preloved airconditioner has almost reached its best-before date, and there’s that God-awful stinky odor in the common hallway. We’re not sure what to do (bear with us, the place is still right on the lake, dead cute, surrounded by lush greenery etc). We ask the buyer for some money to compensate us for the unit’s shortcomings but he doesn’t budge, saying there is nothing wrong with the place. The airconditioner works, he says. But it’s hail-damaged and at the statistical end of its life, we argue. It’s working, he says. Show us your (nonexistent) maintenance logs, we say. This part isn’t fun. We determine that the stinky corridor will likely remain that way because the property management company doesn’t vent the west side of the building, due to the insomniac upstairs. The official line reads like a government press release quoted in Pravda: “The east side exhaust fan is operated 24 hours a day, the west side exhaust fan is operated when needed.” We know the middle-finger salute when we see it. We’re not interested in buying a home only to wade headlong into condo politics. Disappointed, but the wiser for it, we decide to say goodbye.

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