em with large items, such as in this case furniture, or with rugs, wall coverings orequipment is dishonest and immoral practices and should be punishable by law. My proposed bill wouldbe a recourse the buyer could rely on for protection against concealed cover ups. My proposed bill would state, "The sellers are responsible to provide a safe environmentwithout reasonable defects. If such defects proved harmful to the general public and was found theseller intentionally covered up the defect the seller would be responsible for bring the real estateup to standard building code." After I told Gary Reeser, a home inspector, about my paint cover up experience, he toldme about a seller's home he inspected for a client. As he was going through the home he went past thekitchen and noticed the seller emptying the dishwasher. As I listened, he said, "I didn't think anything about iteither, at the time, until I went to inspect the appliances in the kitchen and the dishwasher didn't work"(n. pag.) When he questioned the sellers about the dishwasher not working they told him they only storeddishes inside, because it wasn't working. Gary use last name to remain professional. believed if hehad not inspected the appliance, because the seller gave the impression the appliance was working, the buyer would have been the victim of a "rawdeal." He went on to say, "The buyer would have been stuck with either fixing the appliance or replacing itonce the defect was discovered, after the deal was signed and sealed with out any recourse" (n. pag.). Aparagraph should be entered into the bill for protection from "raw deals" associated with major appliancesthat are not working and are intentionally concealed. My proposed bill would state: The seller is responsible to acknowledge defects andabnormalities alerting a potential buyer to the defect and repairing or replacing any appliance that is notfunctioning properly for any appliance that is attached or connected to ...
