Russ, notice the word new. Though he would most likely be liable if he didn’t put in the required barriers and protections the buyer would not have committed the second degree misdemeanor stated above. That’s not to say it’s not a defect - it is - !
New but the law went into effect 10 years ago or something like that…down here a 10 year old house is kinda old…
Just sayin’ the misdemeanor part wouldn’t come in, but yes I believe it was October 1999 that the law went in effect. At any rate as far as inspections go its a safety issue and needs to be reported even if the pool is 30 years old.
Although it is a sad story, it could have been prevented. The picture below is young Marshall, six months old, at which time, he already knew how to “survival swim”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0mUPr68x2U)
Don’t go blaming inanimate objects for things that are done by people.
i WISH the whole world lived by those rules.
It sounds like part of an insurance underwriters evaluation and they are trying to get you to provide this additional information for free. These drive by inspections are normally done by a few “survey companies”. My friend does these in Texas, he takes pics of the front, back and has a punch list of things like dog, pool, tramp, roof condition, siding, debris, junk in yard ect. His side job employs a few friends and they do about 400 a month at around 12-16$ a pop. I would suggest that you can provide the additional info they would like for a fee as per industry standard “like 25-50$”