VA drainage problem

[Eli]

What do you think about this drainage issue? Definitely a sloping problem. Subject to certification? if so by who? or am I qualified to assess drainage?

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

Hard to tell from just looking at the photos. Is there a sprinkler system?

 

[Eli]

Hard to tell from just looking at the photos. Is there a sprinkler system?

No sprinkler. Here is one more photo. The pics are so small that it is hard to see the slope.

 

[ALLEN3686]

If there is no water in the basement, put a period on it and move on.

 

[Ida S. Romo]

Eli,

Is it a sale?

Review the contract and sellers's disclosure forms which the listing agent, lender, seller's attorney should have. In any event, if you are concerned, disclose your concerns in the report and recommend an inspection from an expert in that particular field of expertise. Let the UW decide whether or not an inspection is in order.

CYA
Side Note
Those concrete(?) splash guards don't cut it in my humble opinion. Have seen some homemade gutter extensions consisting of simply a gutter cut to length and attached to the downspout with self tapping screws.

 

[Don Clark]

Any water drainage toward the improvements as opposed to away from it require correction. Sometimes that can be cured by installing a French drain. Sometimes it takes additional grading. We have very few basements in my market. However we do have sloping and drainage issues. VA requires that any condition that could cause a property to not be safe, sound or sanitary would need to be corrected whether refinancing or a sale.

If water is causing a wet foundation or basement and that is a result of the slope of the site, it would need to be corrected to prevent further damage. And yes, I have had several instances where I made that a subject to. VA does not accept "as is" conditions except on Liquidation appraisals.

 

[stangtime]

The thing that jumps out at me is the smudge brown line on the brick. Hard to imagine that could be from a high water level, probably from grading or dirt work, but still, I'd wonder about it.

Dan

 

[Eli]

Eli,

Is it a sale?

Review the contract and sellers's disclosure forms which the listing agent, lender, seller's attorney should have. In any event, if you are concerned, disclose your concerns in the report and recommend an inspection from an expert in that particular field of expertise. Let the UW decide whether or not an inspection is in order.

CYA
Side Note
Those concrete(?) splash guards don't cut it in my humble opinion. Have seen some homemade gutter extensions consisting of simply a gutter cut to length and attached to the downspout with self tapping screws.

It is a bank sale.

 

[Eli]

The thing that jumps out at me is the smudge brown line on the brick. Hard to imagine that could be from a high water level, probably from grading or dirt work, but still, I'd wonder about it.

Dan

Yes me too and the smudge is only where there appears to be a slope problem.

 

[Rich Heyn]

Is it possible that the gutters and the landscape mulch are fairly recent? If that's the case, the brown line could be the result of back splash from roof runoff.