Comments on: Mastermind for June 20th. Chattels and Fixtures in Good Working Order and Status Certificate Delivery

By: mark mclean

mark mclean — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:21:55 +0000

As I said to Josie, I think reasonable might be a better term but I wonder if people would start arguing about the definition of that too.

By: mark mclean

mark mclean — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:20:48 +0000

CondoChris puts in “reasonable working order”. Do you think that would make a difference or would there just be a debate about what is reasonable? Would it be too much work to have an agent document the age and condition of every chattel in the house?

By: CondoChris

CondoChris — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:23:14 +0000

I prefer “reasonable” working order…

By: RealtyqueenTO

RealtyqueenTO — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:55:09 +0000

Good working order is a tough one as its very vague. What it means to one person, may not mean the same thing to another. I find that with appliances and light fixtures it’s relatively straight forward, they either work/turn on or they don’t and if they don’t, I think the seller should be responsible for fixing/repairing it before the closing date. Having said that, it doesn’t mean that they will and believe it has happened to me when I purchased my first property and nothing was done, did I let the deal close…of course….was I going to sue later, not worth the hassle, but not everyone feels the same way. In my opinion if it doesn’t work at all, then the seller should fix it before closing, if it still works, like in the case of the blind in your example, then like one of your agents said, welcome to home ownership. We have old properties everywhere in Toronto and buyers need to understand, like you also mentioned above, that they are buying a used home.