Repair Request and Agreement

Time to Gather Repair Estimates
Monday morning we got the estimate from Chris, the General Contractor for the repairs to the very wet floor joist and garage door frame. I forwarded that to our Realtor who added that estimate with the others and had the Repair Request ready for us later that afternoon when we met him at his office to discuss the issue. He also had written estimates from an Electrician about the double-tapping and a few other things mentioned in the inspection, the Septic Service that I had come out, and an estimate for a dehumidifier for the crawl space. All of these things fell into the "surprise" category with the inspection and we were not expecting anything along these lines. This house has been neglected for quite awhile as far as routine maintenance is concerned and it is showing dramatically. We were deliberately looking for a house with "projects" that we could do at our own pace because we enjoy these things, but these "surprises" discovered in the inspection are out of our league and therefore more costly than just materials. We feel it is fair to ask the Seller to pay for these repairs and we hope he accepts the offer. It's up to the appraisal outcome and then the bank, from what our Realtor tells us, as to exactly how this will be handled between the two parties. (The Seller & Buyer since we have requested that instead of the Seller making the repairs, that we be given a "credit" so that we can have the repairs made ourselves)