They want me to list every faucet and everything I have IN my house, so I would assume they’d try to come inside. Would anything that a previous homeowner had done show up in the inspection from when we bought the place? The last thing I want is some fine for something someone else did. Just seems like overreach.
My city recently tried to do something similar where they wanted to do an inside home inspection for property valuations. I told them to pound sand. Still waiting to see the new valuation so I can sue if it went up punitively.
The State DOJ actually said if you refuse the interior inspection you forfeit your right to any appeals process for your home valuation. Of course, to try to scare everyone into allowing it. But if they raise the valuation BECAUSE you didn't allow an interior inspection, and you can prove it, that's a criminal offense, and no longer subject to a standard appeal process.
This applies in your case as well, because legally, they have no right to inspect anything inside your home unless the court deems it is a public safety concern or an emergency (fire, building falling apart, etc). IL is tricky since most judges are corrupt, but if you're wiling to bring it to a federal court, you'll likely win if they try to extort you by threatening or taking punitive measures for not allowing them inside without a warrant.
They want me to list every faucet and everything I have IN my house, so I would assume they’d try to come inside. Would anything that a previous homeowner had done show up in the inspection from when we bought the place? The last thing I want is some fine for something someone else did. Just seems like overreach.
Oh yeah, you can 100% refuse that.
My city recently tried to do something similar where they wanted to do an inside home inspection for property valuations. I told them to pound sand. Still waiting to see the new valuation so I can sue if it went up punitively.
The State DOJ actually said if you refuse the interior inspection you forfeit your right to any appeals process for your home valuation. Of course, to try to scare everyone into allowing it. But if they raise the valuation BECAUSE you didn't allow an interior inspection, and you can prove it, that's a criminal offense, and no longer subject to a standard appeal process.
This applies in your case as well, because legally, they have no right to inspect anything inside your home unless the court deems it is a public safety concern or an emergency (fire, building falling apart, etc). IL is tricky since most judges are corrupt, but if you're wiling to bring it to a federal court, you'll likely win if they try to extort you by threatening or taking punitive measures for not allowing them inside without a warrant.