Home Inspection Repairs

[Joseph Adelmann]

Hello Bpers!

So I had a home inspection on the 3 unit house I am purchasing and came up with a  list of items to have the sellers repair. They came back not willing to fix these issues but instead offering a $1000 credit at closing. So can anyone tell me what of the following items are doable as a complete noob to home improvements but pick things up quickly:

1. Electrical work- install about a half dozen GFCI, fix a splice that doesn't have a junction box, and correct a double tap in the breaker box. But the GFCI would be replacing two prong outlets, so I'm not sure if there is a ground line to those outlets. What electrical skill level is required to install a ground line?

2. Install safety cables in the springs of one of the overhead garage openers.

3. Add a railing on the stairs leading down to the basement.

4. Fix a leaky faucet.

5. Remove exterior paint on window trimmings, this is required for a FHA loan. The problem is it's an old home so I would think the paint would have lead in it. In which case, does anything special have to be done to remove lead based paint? I mean aside from eating it...

I'm going to get a quote on all of this work but does anyone know the costs to have a contractor do these fixes?

Thanks,

Joe