Help- What's Wrong with This Roof? URGENT - Thanks

 Greetings,

Help! What's wrong with this roof? We are considering buying a house
that is 6 years old. We have through Monday to make our decision. The
house is in perfect condition.. except for the roof. There are no
leaks/moisture spots in the house. There are no leaks visible in the
attic.

PROBLEM: Quite a few shingles are slightly raised. Not buckled, or
warped, just raised slightly --at random-- primarily over the west side
of the roof. One area of the roof appears wavy. Almost all the aluminum
drip caps --where they overlay the other drip caps-- are raised by 1/4
inch. The drip cap ends are raised enough to start making inverted "v"
indentations in the shingles above them.
None of the other roofs in the same neighborhood --the houses were all
built at the same time-- have the same problem. All their shigles are
flat and their drip caps are not raised.

There is a bonus room built in the attic and I am wondering if there
isn't enough ventilation.

Thanks!

  Might be a heat problem.  If you're in love with the house ideally
you'd want to have the roof inspected by a reputable roofing contractor
before even making an offer.  If you can't do that, make the offer
contingent on inspection in the normal manner but make sure the wording
lets you stick it to the seller, or back out.  Your lawyer could help
with that, if you're working with a Realtor they'll just try to get you
to accept the situation.  When you buy a house you want cr@p like this
fixed because whoever buys the house from YOU will sure want it fixed.

The repair could be in the thousands if they have to rip off the roof
and sheathing.  Can't tell of course from the description, sounds weird
though.

 On 27 Mar 2005 05:46:49 -0800, someone wrote:


What Seller in their right mind would agree to a clause like that?
That you can "stick it to them"?  The usual inspection is accept or
back out, though sometimes Sellers will agree to specify repairs up to
a certain $ value ahead of time (I won't do this myself since it just
invites the Buyer to make sure they find that amount).

Just how many properties have you bought and sold their Roger, you
seem to be just speculating without actually adding any info.



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 v,

I've bought and sold quite a few houses, enough to advise this
potential buyer not to rely on the language contained in a standard
Realtor purchase agreement, but instead to either

a) Have the thing inspected BEFORE making an offer

   -or-

b) Make sure the language in the contract clearly spells out a means to
either make the seller fix the item, or gives the buyer a clear way to
back out.

The worst possible situation is that the buyer uses a standard language
PA, puts a few thousand down in earnest, and the subsequent inspection
of the roof comes back vague.  Then the buyer has a potential legal
hassle.

What are you, a Realtor (tm) who lives in la-la land, where things
don't have to be clearly spelled out in contracts ?  Where a seller can
just that the buyer takes care of things ?

Get real.  "Accept or back out" is a naive way to approach a
potentially complicated situation.  I don't see how this could be any
more obvious.

 Thanks to all that replied. We are having the house checked by an
inspector.