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Your
RECO Responsibilities
If
a home is being sold or substantially renovated and has not
previously met all RECO requirements, it must be brought into compliance
and inspected. Properties sold after 1991 may already be in compliance.
To check whether your property has previously undergone a RECO
inspection, contact the City of Berkeley Building and Safety Division at
(510) 981-7440. The staff can
tell you what RECO measures, if any, still need to be completed on your
building. Compliance
requires that all measures specified in the ordinance must be installed,
subject to the maximum expenditure limits (see below), and be verified by
an inspector on a
RECO Form A – Certificate of Compliance. TIP:
Responsibility for RECO requirements for any property or unit can only be transferred to a buyer
once.
If you are unsure if your property has had the requirement transferred
once already, contact the Building Department and ask for the RECO
status of your property at 981-7440 before listing your property to
avoid delays in closing. Sale or Title Transfer of Property: In the case of a sale of property, responsibility for RECO compliance may be assumed by either the seller or the buyer of the home. If the seller assumes responsibility, which is usually the case, RECO requirements must be met before close of escrow. Contact Community Energy Services Corporation, the City of Berkeley's ONLY authorized RECO inspector, to schedule an appointment for an inspection. If the buyer assumes responsibility, a RECO “Form A” must be
filed with the City, and RECO requirements must be completed within one
year of the date of sale. As noted above, the Seller cannot transfer
compliance with RECO to the new buyer if the responsibility has already
been transferred once to the seller from the previous sale.
Note that Form A is only available through Community Energy Services Corporation, at the time of the audit. If
RECO requirements are not met, the sale can be stopped or a $500 fine
imposed on the buyer by the City. Renovation: Any residential property that undergoes renovation with a total construction cost of $50,000 or more must comply with the requirements of the RECO ordinance. In the case of renovation, RECO compliance is the responsibility of the applicant for the building permit (generally the property owner). RECO inspection and documentation for renovation work is done through the normal building inspection process. Back to RECO Guide page Updated October 9, 2007 |
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