HUD Foreclosure -- Pool Cover Removal?
I'm attempting to purchase a HUD foreclosure (as an OO) and it's got a nice sized a pool in the back. It's been winterized and covered with treated lumber, plastic (think garbage bags) and metal fencing sections. I would really like to get a pool guy out to look at the vinyl liner, but HUD's people at Prescient are stating they won't remove the cover.
Has anyone run into this predicament? I'm doing a 203k loan and supposedly all they need is something on a pool contractor's letterhead saying everything's in operational condition, or I guess a repair quote.
I talked to the guy who installed the pool and he said the liner's 2 years old but has been pretty neglected. He said he could get it replaced for $2500 tops, but that it probably doesn't need replacing.