On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:14:51 GMT, "Janet O'Leary"
wrote:


When making an offer subject to survey,, is it proper or common to have the
seller and the buyer share the cost of the survey?

As others have said, definitely not, and in my experience the buyer
will normally have to pay for the haulout. However, if there have
been previous offers on the boat that were withdrawn or rejected for
some reason, it may be possible to buy the previous survey, which
might save some money.

When I sold my previous boat, the buyer asked me to pay for a haulout
so he could inspect the bottom for blisters - as that was only $200 on
a potential $34,000 sale, and I'd owned two boats for a year and a
half, I agreed to pay - I wanted to get rid of the thing.

If the seller is sufficiently motivated, you can sometimes make
deals...


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Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca

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On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:14:51 GMT, "Janet O'Leary"
wrote:


When making an offer subject to survey,, is it proper or common to have
the
seller and the buyer share the cost of the survey?

As others have said, definitely not, and in my experience the buyer
will normally have to pay for the haulout. However, if there have
been previous offers on the boat that were withdrawn or rejected for
some reason, it may be possible to buy the previous survey, which
might save some money.

When I sold my previous boat, the buyer asked me to pay for a haulout
so he could inspect the bottom for blisters - as that was only $200 on
a potential $34,000 sale, and I'd owned two boats for a year and a
half, I agreed to pay - I wanted to get rid of the thing.

If the seller is sufficiently motivated, you can sometimes make
deals...


--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca


Yes, and I'll add that in my case, I was originally going to pay for both
haul and survey, but he decided to pay for it after all, due to
circumstances that aren't worthing getting into. He was a stand-up guy,
which I knew as soon as I met him, and my opinion of him hasn't changed over
years.


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