Comments on: Energy Audits Required With Home Sales Montgomery County Maryland January 1, 2009 http://movinmaryland.com/2008/11/14/energy-audits-required-with-home-sales-montgomery-county-maryland-january-1-2009/ Movin Maryland. Your real estate source for real estate news, market trends and community information for Maryland and surrounding regions. Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:09:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michelle Jones http://movinmaryland.com/2008/11/14/energy-audits-required-with-home-sales-montgomery-county-maryland-january-1-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Michelle Jones Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:44:59 +0000 http://movinmaryland.com/?p=183#comment-791 What a horrible idea! Govt. forcing anything is bad business all around. What is wrong with people! Why should to Govt. tell me how to upkeep my house? What's next - landscape patrol? I'm trying to sell a home now and it will cost almost 400 dollars to have a regular home inspection, add in the cost and hassle of this and it's over $1000 just to start off selling my home. Then what? If my husband is moved out of town quickly for a job and we have "energy" issues to uphold we're in for more money and time. I say houses are sold AS IS and the buyers can be warned about what they need to do to ensure better energy, NOT the seller. This is America - does freedom ring a bell? Forcing is for places where people have no rights. You want a home - it's sold as is. You want it more productive, you pay for it out of your own pocket when you make a "choice" to buy the home. Also - who's going to go around and help all the lower Middle Class people uphold this? They certainly can't handle it and their neighborhoods will just end up falling apart more since they can not afford to move. I see it in the town I live in now. No one wants homes in those areas because the lower classes have no money to even have nice landscaping and new siding. This will also affect people who make money off flipping houses resulting in higher home costs to make up for the rise in prices to fix them up and make them energy efficient. Is the BIG Govt. coming in and paying for that for all these people? Adding more into the cost of selling a home is just bad news. What we need is more JOBS and less nonsense taxes so people can start taking care of their homes and families better. What a horrible idea! Govt. forcing anything is bad business all around. What is wrong with people! Why should to Govt. tell me how to upkeep my house? What’s next – landscape patrol?
I’m trying to sell a home now and it will cost almost 400 dollars to have a regular home inspection, add in the cost and hassle of this and it’s over $1000 just to start off selling my home. Then what? If my husband is moved out of town quickly for a job and we have “energy” issues to uphold we’re in for more money and time. I say houses are sold AS IS and the buyers can be warned about what they need to do to ensure better energy, NOT the seller. This is America – does freedom ring a bell? Forcing is for places where people have no rights. You want a home – it’s sold as is. You want it more productive, you pay for it out of your own pocket when you make a “choice” to buy the home.

Also – who’s going to go around and help all the lower Middle Class people uphold this? They certainly can’t handle it and their neighborhoods will just end up falling apart more since they can not afford to move.
I see it in the town I live in now. No one wants homes in those areas because the lower classes have no money to even have nice landscaping and new siding. This will also affect people who make money off flipping houses resulting in higher home costs to make up for the rise in prices to fix them up and make them energy efficient.
Is the BIG Govt. coming in and paying for that for all these people? Adding more into the cost of selling a home is just bad news. What we need is more JOBS and less nonsense taxes so people can start taking care of their homes and families better.

]]> By: Audrey Forshey http://movinmaryland.com/2008/11/14/energy-audits-required-with-home-sales-montgomery-county-maryland-january-1-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Audrey Forshey Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:02:21 +0000 http://movinmaryland.com/?p=183#comment-72 Thanks Riley. I am sure it will start in a few places and move across the country. Just not sure how it will all play out as far as the real estate sale transaction goes? We will see. Thanks Riley. I am sure it will start in a few places and move across the country. Just not sure how it will all play out as far as the real estate sale transaction goes? We will see.

]]> By: Riley Smith | Coconut Grove Real Estate http://movinmaryland.com/2008/11/14/energy-audits-required-with-home-sales-montgomery-county-maryland-january-1-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Riley Smith | Coconut Grove Real Estate Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:32:03 +0000 http://movinmaryland.com/?p=183#comment-70 What a great thing. It is about time the government got involved in forcing awareness of individual's environmental footprints. I wish Florida were this progressive. What a great thing. It is about time the government got involved in forcing awareness of individual’s environmental footprints.
I wish Florida were this progressive.

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