If your home is in Robbinsdale, you’ll need a Robbinsdale Point of Sale inspection to sell:
- All single family homes, duplexes, condominiums, and townhouses are included
- The report is good for one year or one sale
- Items marked “Required Repair” on the report must be repaired. Other deficiencies may be noted but will not require repairs.
- A city inspector will inspect the repairs when they’re done, not Apple. There is a $50 charge for the re-inspection.
- The buyer can take over the repairs if they’re willing to do so.
The Robbinsdale Point of Sale ordinance requires a disclosure report prepared by a certified evaluator (hired by the seller), prior to the house being placed on the market or shown for sale. For more information:
Repair/Replace Requirements – Quick List
General conditions
- Potential for imminent structural failure
- Severe deterioration of walls or floors
- No water, no hot water, or no electricity
- Staircase or stoop cannot support load
- Sump pump without proper discharge piping
- Missing or improperly installed smoke detectors
- Floor coverings with serious trip hazards
- Broken glass and exposed edges with cut hazard
- Chimney structurally unsafe, or visible deterioration of flue liner
Gas connection problems
- Kinked, deteriorated or improperly connected gas pipes
- Unapproved flexible gas lines
- Broken or stuck gas shutoffs
- Improperly capped gas lines
Water heater and/or boiler problems
- scorching, missing or broken valves
- leaking
- installed on combustible surface and guidelines prohibit
- no temperature/pressure relief valve
- missing, inoperative, or improperly located discharge pipe
- flue improperly installed or evidence of backdrafting
Plumbing issues
- unsanitary plumbing fixtures
- improperly abandoned drain lines
- improperly operating or no sink in kitchen
- improperly operating or no sink in or near toilet room
- no toilet facility
- no water connections to shower or tub
- improper repairs allowing sewer gas leaks
- broken, cracked, or leaking fixtures
- water flow must be at least a pencil width wide in the lowest tap or faucet
- visible leakage in waste pipes
Electrical issues
- overfused, tampering or alteration of wiring
- improper grounding of electrical outlets
- extension cords used as wiring (under floors, through walls or cabinets)
- broken outlets
- no GFCI in remodeled bath areas
- exterior mast broken or improperly secured
- electric wires over outside pool or hot tub
Heating system problems
- signs of leakage, cracks in combustion chamber, uneven discoloration of heat exchanger
- cracked or damaged casing
- improper clearance to combustibles
- missing or clearly defective shutoff
- flue not properly installed/sealed, or holes caused by rust/corrosion
- freestanding gas space heater that takes combustion air from the room
Clutter – egress obstruction
Sanitation – excessive garbage
Vermin – infestations
To schedule an inspection after the Point of Sale “Repair/Replace” items are completed, call the city at 763-531-1268.
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