5,113,596
We have no such thing as a smoke certificate in my market. But my response would be simple... call the agent and ask their client to replace the battery to ensure the unit is functioning properly.
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Diana Zaccaro Broker A...
Cocoa Beach, FL
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Susan Laxson CRS
La Quinta, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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James Dray
Bentonville, AR
4,272,934
I have packages of 9 volt batteries
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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James Dray
Bentonville, AR
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Michael J. Perry
Lancaster, PA
913,568
Nothing. Go to closing, and repair or replace the detector after buyers move in.
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
1,847,171
We don't have that in our state it's our responsibility & the sellers to have that stuff working at close. I'd tell the LA that it needs a new battery & nothing would happen.
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
3,627,172
Just wait until after the closing and change the battery. No big issue, besides a replacement is not expensive.
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
2,193,060
Needs a new battery ?
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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James Dray
Bentonville, AR
766,329
Write it on the final walk through form, have the buyer sign it, submit it to the listing agent. Close Escrow.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael J. Perry
Lancaster, PA
4,582,734
In California we have a final verification of condition(final walk-through form) and I would likely include it there. I have never heard of a smoke certificate in our area issued by a fire department.
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
1,728,356
We do not have any certificates issued by the fire department for smole detectors. Sounds like another government shake down. What is so difficult about either changing batteries or the smoke detectors?
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
1,712,776
Replace the battery.
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
1,513,143
Buy a battery and install it they are not that expensive.
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
3,349,554
I am with Nina Hollander on this one. I also carry batteries in my car. I'd change the battery to see if the chirping stops.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
392,768
Go to my car and grab a battery then install it. If it is still chirping then we have a bigger issue. Time to call the listing agent.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
7,864,998
Ask the listing agent to change the battery if you do not want to do it yourself.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
3,071,489
4,902,981
509,449
No smoke certificate here. Is this something that your buyer does for himself, being thorough inspecting the home or is part of regulation in your state? I would ask the buyer what he/she likes to do. It's likely that the battery is low but we cannot be 100% certain. If the buyer thinks that it's ok and would like to proceed with closing then we will close, if the buyer is having a fit and wants seller to fix prior to closing then I'll prepare an amendment. Also I don't usually change the smoke detector's battery as usually I can't even reach it. Many higher end homes in DFW have high ceilings even one story homes.
1,157,791
Perhaps the battery needs to be replaced or the smoke detector needs to be replaced. We do not have "smoke certificates" in my area.
5,061,034
Eeezy peezy - call the listing agent and request the batteries to be replaced by the seller. We don't have the smoke cert like I remember from back in Boston but they are still supposed to be in working order, as are the Carbon Monoxide detectors
3,742,076
991,352
2,224,473
We don't have smoke certs in my area. I would buy a package of batteries for my buyers.
6,419,499
3,986,308
Inform the agent, but I would spend 3 bucks and put in a new battery. If that didn't work I would thin about it. What is it really going to cost to replace.
2,457,280
I would put a battery in the smoke detector. Time spent = 2 seconds. Price spent = $2-3, actual value = priceless.
1,231,853
Chirping is usually low battery. I would discuss at the closing. Good luck Praful Thakkar
5,772,593
1,506,163
No fire department inspections here. If the battery dies after the inspection, that's life and better for the seller than during the inspection! I'd ask them to replace the battery (or do it myself).
Out here we have to use the sealed from the user smoke detectors with 10 year non-user replaceable batteries in new construction. Cost three times as much and when it goes out, the whole unit needs replacing.
3,988,013
Change the battery. My husband and I carry some with us for this very purpose.
1,624,853
It never happened to me, but I would not let my client to be upset about one tired battery.
902,038
823,679
I agree with Nina Hollander and call the listing agent to get the batteries replaced and/or repaired.
1,617,916
2,188,716
I would have the battery replaced before closing... to be sure that is the problem. Matters not whether it is you or the listing agent. Whatever is most expedient to be sure closing occurs on schedule for YOUR clients.
5,583,328
have the homeowner replace them.... hold back at closing to cover the cost in case it's defective equipment!!!!
716,132
290,969
I agree that it is probably a low battery and that can very easily be fixed. On a Final Walk-Thru I would do nothing Praful Thakkar.
2,784,876
Change battery however...I had one that would not shut off no matter what and I had to call out of state, track down the inventor and he walked me through a series of steps that shut it down...Amazing. Claimed it was a defect
1,466,257
Praful Thakkar Ask the the seller's agent to bring a battery to the closing.
4,800,132
1,553,761
We had that process in SSF, but nowhere else, so I rarely dealt with it. Call & have them change the battery before closing or maybe give your clients an battery as part of the closing gift?
4,434,177
5,241,029
No smoke certificate required in my market, but since it is not waorking as intended, I would ask it be repaired!