Can we talk about spending $500 on a sewer scope before closing? | First Time Home Buyers - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals
Can we talk about spending $500 on a sewer scope before closing?
Some folks say skip it and trust the general inspector, but mine found a cracked clay pipe under a 1950s ranch in Akron that would've run me $8k to dig up later. The $500 stung at the time and I'm still not sure if I got lucky or smart, so did anyone here skip the scope and regret it, or pay for it and find nothing?
A cracked pipe sounds scary but how often does that actually happen? Most old houses have clay pipes that keep working fine for decades. One bad story on a forum doesn't mean everyone needs to drop 500 bucks.