I would not put a repairs amount; wait until the inspection is done, then negotiate, if necessary. You do not know what, or if, the inspection will reveal any problems that would need to be corrected, or their cost. With an amount listed, if little turns up, the buyers might ask for things they might not otherwise just to reach your limit. If something serious turns up that costs more than the limit, but would need to be corrected by you prior to selling to another buyers, it might be better to be flexible in your repairs amount and not have your current buyers walk. I cannot address your septic system question, as we have not sold a home that had one.

It's often local Sanitation or Health Departments that require septic inspections. You're right, mike, practices and requirements do vary greatly from place to place. The "bring it up to code" process you describe is not practiced where I am at all. My state innovated a standard disclosure process, now followed elsewhere, where sellers need to disclose issues, problems, work done without proper permits, etc, of which they have knowledge., None of it, with I believe the exception of serious health risks, needs to be remediate, just disclosed. A seller remains liable to remediate undisclosed problems discovered after close. The rationale being if the deficiency had been known, the price offered might have been lower. I'd like to hear from a real estate lawyer on what I'm about to say but I believe other than new construction, real estate is always sold "as is". Other than with the proviso that one should be able to assume something of common appearance functions as would be expected unless disclosed to the contrary - a faucet when on should provide water, a drain should drain, a toilet should flush, a switch should turn on a light, windows and doors should open and close, roofs shouldn't leak, etc.

Many reasons will fail a septic inspection: 1. The baffle needs repairing Tree roots are damaging the soil around the drain field House drains are emptying slowly or not at all Sewage backs up into the house The grass near the septic tank is greener and wetter than the rest of your lawn Septic Works LLC

Joe, I went to the link you provided on the Florida case. It lays out perfectly what Construction Administration is, but again, you are missing the point. No where in that brief did they say the contractor was fired because they didn't know to install an item that was not designed or spec'd on construction documents. That brief is in regards to the contractor just being able to continue work under their original contract, but were fired from having that opportunity (and the reason why they were fired was not stated). The pool issue is a simple one. The pool needs an item installed. That item was not indicated anywhere by the party responsible to indicate it needed installed. So others, that are not the party responsible to indicate it needed installed, are being blamed for not knowing. The Landscape Architect is not responsible to know how the pool equipment is being connected to the electrical, and doesn't show that on their drawings. The pool contractor has an in-house, or hired an electrician, to hook up the pool equipment. The bonding and grounding is part of that electrical equipment.