What Ken Jones said...refer to the contract...

Alas, way too many sellers think they can do it themselves when they should not.  Most of us include in our Repair Requests some verbiage to the effect of "Work to be done by a competent professional and their invoice to be provided to the buyer at time of the final walk-through."  

I would point out to my seller that he is endangering the deal if he refuses to have the work done by a professional.

Great question and great answers. 

Licensed contractors only.

What does your inspection contingency addendum say regarding the point? Beyond that if the seller was willing to pay the buyer's home inspector to come back and inspect after the work is done - you may be able to get the buyer to go along with letting the seller make the repairs - maybe not. And maybe the seller may have to put up some seller proceeds to be held in escrow for 90 day s or a year or whatever a contractor would be on the hook for a come back call if the work failed prematurely. Or maybe the seller would like to get paid in some other form other than US currency because the buyer doesn't trust the Federal Reserve (and the buyer's distrust would not be without just cause). Typically it's easier to simply follow the guidelines spelled out on the inspection addendum and hire a lic & bonded contractor to make the repairs.

Our contract specifically states:"repairs and treatments must be performed by person who are licensed to provide such repairs or treatments or, if no license is required by law, are commercially engaged in the trade of providing such repairs or treatments".

Get a second opinion then.

Well, what can you do about it? If the buyers insist on these repairs from professional - would seller risk a sale?

Good luck with this guy!  Has he already signed the inspection removal addendum?

Not gonna happen in Florida.

If the contract requires the repairs be done by a licensed contractor, then they have to abide by that.

In many contracts, the buyers will require a licensed contractor to do the big fixes...

The inspector could be wrong, have a professional roofer give an opinion.  In regards to any needed repairs, here in Texas our contract specifically states repairs must be made by licensed professionals...or for repairs where licensing is not state regulated, a professional/company that engages in repairs of that item.

This is very good question.

No 1, it is up to licensed people to verify and if a seller wants to do licensed repairs that would be foolish. If I was with the buyer I would not accept the repairs.

Our contract states work to be completed by a licensed professional.  Homeowner completing the work after inspection without proper city permits could lead to a property not selling. 

Dump the seller.

Wait until the buyer makes their repair request.  If the seller wants to fix things, go for it.  If they want to do a credit, or a combo of both fixing and a credit, awesome!  If the seller thinks the inspector is full of it, nothing he can do except get a second opinion and hope the buyer agrees with it.

When the contract calls for specific contractors to do repairs, the seller does NOT have a choice, or he is in breach of the contract.

Eve

Call a licensed contractor and get the items fixed and get the baby closed.

Seller can do what they want, but with possible consequences should buyer not agree,  unless agreed to in a repairs request that a licensed contractor must do the work 

Let him do the repairs and hire his own inspector to verify that they are done right.

How is this addressed in your state's purchase agreement as well as the language used in the buyer's request?

my sellers always followed my direction .... they hired licensed contractors and pulled permits for everything....

If the contract allows the seller to repair on their own ... then so be it. Word of caution ... the buyer may not accept that. Show proof of the upgraded roof 5 years ago.  Good luck with this. 

1. Does contract require that work be done by a licensed contractor.
2. Home inspector probably has verbiage in his report that says contact a roofer for the roof. If it was 'upgraded 5 years ago', break out that paperwork and call whoever did that work. Might that be warrantied?
3. What's more important, Smart Seller? Closing your transaction or winning the argument?

May want to suggest to Seller to give a credit for home inspection issues and let Buyer have controll of repairs after settlement. Or if this Buyer falls out Sell "as-is" so the Buyer knows , what you see is what you get.

Let him fix it and if challenged afterwards...get another inspection

I agree with Ken Jones' response.

Good luck telling the buyer repairs were made by anonymous! That boat don't float!

Most buyers just aren't going to trust a do-it-yourself job by the seller. If you want your sale to close, do the job once and have it done right, by a professional.

I am unsure what an 'Updated' roof is. Explain.

I work at the pressure of the one who hires me. If they do or don't want to fix, if they do not don't want to DIY, I can work with it.

Good luck!