{"id":952,"date":"2026-10-23T17:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ernsocleus.com\/selling-a-house-with-a-foundation-crack\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:47:09","slug":"selling-a-house-with-a-foundation-crack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ernsocleus.com\/en\/selling-a-house-with-a-foundation-crack\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling a house with a foundation crack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bb-zwLCB304?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"ec-mention-ia\"><strong>About this video.<\/strong> The person on screen is an AI-generated avatar in my likeness. The voice is mine, cloned from recordings of my own voice, and the editing adjusts the sound. The image and the voice may therefore differ from my real appearance and delivery. The text is written and approved by me, and I take full responsibility for it. This process lets me publish regularly; it changes nothing about what is said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ec-reponse\"><strong>Hello. Can I sell my house with a foundation crack? I get asked that question almost every week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ec-question\"><em>The question, as people ask it: \u201ccan I sell my house with a foundation crack\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Yes, it sells \u2014 the real question is elsewhere<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ec-reponse\"><strong>Yes, a house with a foundation crack sells. That isn\u2019t the real question.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Does a house with a foundation crack sell? Yes. It happens every week, everywhere in Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>What I can compare between two sales isn\u2019t the wall. It\u2019s the state of the information at the time of listing.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s the crack nobody has ever talked about. It\u2019s there, on a concrete wall, and the first one to name it in writing will be the buyer\u2019s inspector.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s the crack a structural engineer has looked at, with a written, dated opinion, obtained before the house was listed.<\/p>\n<p>Same wall. Same crack. Two very different conversations.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not telling you what yours means. I\u2019m telling you that the person who can assess it is a structural engineer. And that the moment you call them still belongs to you today.<\/p>\n<h2>The crack that was already repaired, with no invoice<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ec-reponse\"><strong>There\u2019s a strip of resin on your basement wall and you have no invoice. Here\u2019s what to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A crack already repaired by someone else is very common, and it calls for different preparation.<\/p>\n<p>You bought the house years ago. A basement wall has a strip of resin, a grey bead, a trace of a repair. Someone was there before you. You don\u2019t know who, or when, or exactly what was done.<\/p>\n<p>A buyer and their inspector will see that trace. It gets noticed.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s the question that matters: do you have the papers? The company\u2019s invoice. The date of the work. The warranty, if there was one. Whether it transfers to the next owner is a question for a notary \u2014 ask them, not the contractor. The engineer\u2019s report, if there was one.<\/p>\n<p>If you have all that in a folder, you have a file. If you have nothing, you have a trace whose date remains to be found.<\/p>\n<p>Look now. Companies keep records. A call with your address sometimes turns up a ten-year-old contract.<\/p>\n<h2>Declaring what you know, without guessing<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ec-reponse\"><strong>A seller must declare what they know. Not what they guess. That nuance changes everything.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The declarations form is public and I can read it to you. But here, it isn\u2019t the text that matters. It\u2019s the principle.<\/p>\n<p>The principle, in my words: in Quebec, a seller must declare what they know about their property. What they know. Not what they guess.<\/p>\n<p>A crack you\u2019ve seen, you know about. A repair done while you were the owner, you know about. Water infiltration that happened just once in ten years, you know about too.<\/p>\n<p>What you don\u2019t know, you don\u2019t have to make up. And you don\u2019t have to characterize what you\u2019re not in a position to characterize. Writing down a dated observation is always more solid than writing down an opinion.<\/p>\n<p>When the question goes beyond observation, the answer is written with a structural engineer\u2019s opinion on file. Your broker helps you with the wording. Legal questions, on the other hand, go to a notary or a lawyer.<\/p>\n<h2>What the buyer and their inspector will look at<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ec-reponse\"><strong>Here is exactly what the buyer\u2019s inspector will look at on your basement walls.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What a buyer and their inspector will look at in your basement. You might as well know in advance, because it\u2019s no secret.<\/p>\n<p>A building inspector goes around the accessible foundation walls with a flashlight, in raking light. They look at the bare concrete. They note what they see, photograph it, and write it in their report, with a recommendation to consult an expert when they consider it necessary.<\/p>\n<p>They also look at what surrounds it. Rings on the concrete. The whitish, powdery deposit. The bottom of the walls. And outside, the slope of the ground and where the downspouts discharge water.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t see what\u2019s behind a finished wall, or under the slab, or underground. The French drain is buried. Nobody sees it without a camera or without excavating. We see symptoms of it, and it\u2019s an engineer who links them to something.<\/p>\n<p>You will have gone around the same walls, with the same flashlight, before they do.<\/p>\n<h2>What a buyer wants to know, and never asks<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ec-reponse\"><strong>What a buyer is looking for isn\u2019t a house with no crack. It\u2019s knowing where they stand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a crack appears in the file, something happens in the buyer\u2019s head. And that part is my job, not the engineer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>What a buyer is looking for isn\u2019t a house with no crack. It\u2019s knowing where they stand.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with a crack and no document, they know nothing. They can\u2019t evaluate, they can\u2019t plan, and they can\u2019t explain the situation to anyone else \u2014 to their partner, to their lender. So they do what everyone does when faced with an unknown: they take the most cautious position. They take something off their offer, or they walk away.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with the same crack and an engineer\u2019s written opinion, they know where they stand. They may agree or not \u2014 but they decide, instead of guessing.<\/p>\n<p>What changes between the two situations isn\u2019t the condition of the concrete. It\u2019s the amount of unknown.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s the only part of this file you have control over, months before a buyer sets foot in your home.<\/p>\n<h2>Before listing, or during the inspection period<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ec-reponse\"><strong>The same crack, six months before the sale or three weeks before the notary. It\u2019s not the same situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With a foundation crack, there are two possible moments to get an engineer\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Two scenarios. In the first, you call a structural engineer in the spring, before you\u2019ve even chosen your listing date. You book an appointment when it suits you. The report arrives. You read it calmly. Then you decide what to do with it. Get quotes. Have work done. Or list with the document on file.<\/p>\n<p>In the second, the crack appears in the buyer\u2019s inspector\u2019s report, during the inspection period. At that point, the clock is no longer yours. It\u2019s written into the promise to purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The observation is identical in both cases. The wall hasn\u2019t changed. It\u2019s the same concrete.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a question of seriousness. It\u2019s a question of timing. A seller who knows chooses. A seller who finds out reacts.<\/p>\n<h2>Who to call, and for what<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ec-reponse\"><strong>I don\u2019t do the inspection. My role is to know where to look and who to call.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Structural engineer<\/li>\n<li>Notary or lawyer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:16px;--awb-content-font-size:var(--awb-typography4-font-size);--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color3);--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-divider-color:var(--awb-color3);--awb-divider-hover-color:var(--awb-color3);--awb-icon-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-title-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-content-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-icon-box-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-title-font-family:var(--awb-typography1-font-family);--awb-title-font-weight:var(--awb-typography1-font-weight);--awb-title-font-style:var(--awb-typography1-font-style);--awb-title-font-size:16px;--awb-title-letter-spacing:0.01em;--awb-title-line-height:1.35;--awb-content-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-content-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-content-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-952-1\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-70663196cf64236dc fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_70663196cf64236dc\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"70663196cf64236dc\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-952-1\" data-target=\"#70663196cf64236dc\" href=\"#70663196cf64236dc\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Can I sell my house with a foundation crack?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"70663196cf64236dc\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_70663196cf64236dc\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">Hello. Can I sell my house with a foundation crack? I get asked that question almost every week.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-dec70c40eafb03537 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_dec70c40eafb03537\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"dec70c40eafb03537\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-952-1\" data-target=\"#dec70c40eafb03537\" href=\"#dec70c40eafb03537\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Selling with a foundation crack: the real question<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"dec70c40eafb03537\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_dec70c40eafb03537\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">Yes, a house with a foundation crack sells. That isn\u2019t the real question.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-f63eb187e4cb579ff fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_f63eb187e4cb579ff\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"f63eb187e4cb579ff\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-952-1\" data-target=\"#f63eb187e4cb579ff\" href=\"#f63eb187e4cb579ff\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Crack repaired by a previous owner: what about the invoice?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"f63eb187e4cb579ff\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_f63eb187e4cb579ff\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">There\u2019s a strip of resin on your basement wall and you have no invoice. Here\u2019s what to do.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-39bc47f2b16a419ca fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_39bc47f2b16a419ca\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"39bc47f2b16a419ca\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-952-1\" data-target=\"#39bc47f2b16a419ca\" href=\"#39bc47f2b16a419ca\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Declaring a crack: what a seller must say<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"39bc47f2b16a419ca\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_39bc47f2b16a419ca\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">A seller must declare what they know. Not what they guess. That nuance changes everything.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-769d585a4cc0990ef fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_769d585a4cc0990ef\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"769d585a4cc0990ef\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-952-1\" data-target=\"#769d585a4cc0990ef\" href=\"#769d585a4cc0990ef\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Basement: what the buyer\u2019s inspector looks at<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"769d585a4cc0990ef\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_769d585a4cc0990ef\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">Here is exactly what the buyer\u2019s inspector will look at on your basement walls.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-166c67bb4f639c254 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_166c67bb4f639c254\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"166c67bb4f639c254\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-952-1\" data-target=\"#166c67bb4f639c254\" href=\"#166c67bb4f639c254\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Foundation crack: what a buyer really wants to know<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"166c67bb4f639c254\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_166c67bb4f639c254\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">What a buyer is looking for isn\u2019t a house with no crack. It\u2019s knowing where they stand.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-03453808c13397b40 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_03453808c13397b40\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"03453808c13397b40\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-952-1\" data-target=\"#03453808c13397b40\" href=\"#03453808c13397b40\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Foundation crack: a question of timing<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"03453808c13397b40\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_03453808c13397b40\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">The same crack, six months before the sale or three weeks before the notary. It\u2019s not the same situation.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Get a value report for your property, and a marketing plan<\/h2>\n<p>Get a value report for your property, and a marketing plan \u2014 comparables, features, opinion of value<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-large button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:6px;--awb-margin-bottom:6px;--button_text_transform:uppercase;\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Request a value report\" aria-label=\"Request a value report\" href=\"\/en\/contact\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Request my value report<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Full video transcript<\/h2>\n<p><em>Full transcript of the video above, translated from French. Published October 23, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hello. Can I sell my house with a foundation crack? I get asked that question almost every week.<\/p>\n<p>My name is Ernso Cl\u00e9us. I\u2019m a residential and commercial real estate broker with RE\/MAX Crystal. Before becoming a broker, I earned a diploma in building inspection technology.<\/p>\n<p>The short answer: yes. Houses with foundation cracks change hands in Quebec every week. What yours changes isn\u2019t for me to say.<\/p>\n<p>What changes is what you know about that crack on the day you put the house on the market.<\/p>\n<p>What can be observed on a crack, and what it answers to, is or will be the subject of a separate video on my channel.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to tell you whether your crack is serious. No one can say before a structural engineer has looked at it.<\/p>\n<h3>Yes, it sells \u2014 the real question is elsewhere<\/h3>\n<p>Does a house with a foundation crack sell? Yes. It happens every week, everywhere in Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>What I can compare between two sales isn\u2019t the wall. It\u2019s the state of the information at the time of listing.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s the crack nobody has ever talked about. It\u2019s there, on a concrete wall, and the first one to name it in writing will be the buyer\u2019s inspector.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s the crack a structural engineer has looked at, with a written, dated opinion, obtained before the house was listed.<\/p>\n<p>Same wall. Same crack. Two very different conversations.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not telling you what yours means. I\u2019m telling you that the person who can assess it is a structural engineer. And that the moment you call them still belongs to you today.<\/p>\n<h3>The crack that was already repaired, with no invoice<\/h3>\n<p>A crack already repaired by someone else is very common, and it calls for different preparation.<\/p>\n<p>You bought the house years ago. A basement wall has a strip of resin, a grey bead, a trace of a repair. Someone was there before you. You don\u2019t know who, or when, or exactly what was done.<\/p>\n<p>A buyer and their inspector will see that trace. It gets noticed.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s the question that matters: do you have the papers? The company\u2019s invoice. The date of the work. The warranty, if there was one. Whether it transfers to the next owner is a question for a notary \u2014 ask them, not the contractor. The engineer\u2019s report, if there was one.<\/p>\n<p>If you have all that in a folder, you have a file. If you have nothing, you have a trace whose date remains to be found.<\/p>\n<p>Look now. Companies keep records. A call with your address sometimes turns up a ten-year-old contract.<\/p>\n<h3>Declaring what you know<\/h3>\n<p>The declarations form is public and I can read it to you. But here, it isn\u2019t the text that matters. It\u2019s the principle.<\/p>\n<p>The principle, in my words: in Quebec, a seller must declare what they know about their property. What they know. Not what they guess.<\/p>\n<p>A crack you\u2019ve seen, you know about. A repair done while you were the owner, you know about. Water infiltration that happened just once in ten years, you know about too.<\/p>\n<p>What you don\u2019t know, you don\u2019t have to make up. And you don\u2019t have to characterize what you\u2019re not in a position to characterize. Writing down a dated observation is always more solid than writing down an opinion.<\/p>\n<p>When the question goes beyond observation, the answer is written with a structural engineer\u2019s opinion on file. Your broker helps you with the wording. Legal questions, on the other hand, go to a notary or a lawyer.<\/p>\n<h3>What the buyer and their inspector will look at<\/h3>\n<p>What a buyer and their inspector will look at in your basement. You might as well know in advance, because it\u2019s no secret.<\/p>\n<p>A building inspector goes around the accessible foundation walls with a flashlight, in raking light. They look at the bare concrete. They note what they see, photograph it, and write it in their report, with a recommendation to consult an expert when they consider it necessary.<\/p>\n<p>They also look at what surrounds it. Rings on the concrete. The whitish, powdery deposit. The bottom of the walls. And outside, the slope of the ground and where the downspouts discharge water.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t see what\u2019s behind a finished wall, or under the slab, or underground. The French drain is buried. Nobody sees it without a camera or without excavating. We see symptoms of it, and it\u2019s an engineer who links them to something.<\/p>\n<p>You will have gone around the same walls, with the same flashlight, before they do.<\/p>\n<h3>What a buyer wants to know, and never asks<\/h3>\n<p>When a crack appears in the file, something happens in the buyer\u2019s head. And that part is my job, not the engineer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>What a buyer is looking for isn\u2019t a house with no crack. It\u2019s knowing where they stand.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with a crack and no document, they know nothing. They can\u2019t evaluate, they can\u2019t plan, and they can\u2019t explain the situation to anyone else \u2014 to their partner, to their lender. So they do what everyone does when faced with an unknown: they take the most cautious position. They take something off their offer, or they walk away.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with the same crack and an engineer\u2019s written opinion, they know where they stand. They may agree or not \u2014 but they decide, instead of guessing.<\/p>\n<p>What changes between the two situations isn\u2019t the condition of the concrete. It\u2019s the amount of unknown.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s the only part of this file you have control over, months before a buyer sets foot in your home.<\/p>\n<h3>Before listing, or during the inspection period<\/h3>\n<p>With a foundation crack, there are two possible moments to get an engineer\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Two scenarios. In the first, you call a structural engineer in the spring, before you\u2019ve even chosen your listing date. You book an appointment when it suits you. The report arrives. You read it calmly. Then you decide what to do with it. Get quotes. Have work done. Or list with the document on file.<\/p>\n<p>In the second, the crack appears in the buyer\u2019s inspector\u2019s report, during the inspection period. At that point, the clock is no longer yours. It\u2019s written into the promise to purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The observation is identical in both cases. The wall hasn\u2019t changed. It\u2019s the same concrete.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a question of seriousness. It\u2019s a question of timing. A seller who knows chooses. A seller who finds out reacts.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it sells. What changes the conversation isn\u2019t the condition of the concrete, it\u2019s the amount of unknown, and the date of the written opinion.<\/p>\n<p>You declare what you know, not what you guess. A seller who knows chooses. One who finds out reacts.<\/p>\n<p>A seller\u2019s first question is still the value of their property. I produce a value report and a marketing plan, which you can request through the links below the video.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re already bound by a brokerage contract with another broker, this invitation isn\u2019t meant for you.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t pass verdicts, I don\u2019t put a price on work, and I don\u2019t act as an inspector in any transaction. I observe, and I tell you which expert to call.<\/p>\n<p>Ernso Cl\u00e9us, residential and commercial real estate broker, RE\/MAX Crystal. Your broker who knows buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ec-maillage\">Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/ernsocleus.com\/en\/do-i-have-to-declare-a-repaired-crack-the-cases-that-make-sellers-hesitate\/\">do I have to declare a repaired crack<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/ernsocleus.com\/en\/what-not-to-repair-before-getting-a-written-opinion\/\">what not to repair before getting a written opinion<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/ernsocleus.com\/en\/sellers-declaration-the-form-read-and-explained\/\">the seller\u2019s declarations, read and explained<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/ernsocleus.com\/en\/contact\/\">get in touch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ernso Cl\u00e9us<\/strong>, residential and commercial real estate broker \u2014 RE\/MAX Crystal. Your broker who knows buildings.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About this video. 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