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David Tardif comes down clearly in favour of the credit, and his reasoning has as much to do with human psychology as with experience in the field.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"video-wrap\">\n    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/mNuJHoaQMPQ\" title=\"Repairs or Credit After an Inspection?\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2>Why a seller who repairs things themselves rarely makes the best decision<\/h2>\n  <p>&#8220;Often, I prefer a credit or a price reduction,&#8221; explains David Tardif. &#8220;And here&#8217;s why: when the seller handles repairs themselves, there&#8217;s an incentive to do it fast and cheap, because they&#8217;re leaving. The result is sometimes a cosmetic fix that comes back to bite you two years later.&#8221;<\/p>\n  <p>A credit, by contrast, gives the buyer full control: they choose the contractor, the timing, and the quality of the work. They protect their home according to their own standards \u2014 not those of a seller in a hurry to move on.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"theory\">\n    <h3>The theory behind the instinct: hyperbolic discounting<\/h3>\n    <p>What David observes in the field has a name in behavioral science: <strong>hyperbolic discounting<\/strong>. This widely documented cognitive bias, well established in behavioral economics, describes our tendency to place far less value on the future consequences of a decision than on its immediate cost or effort \u2014 especially when we won&#8217;t be around to experience those consequences.<\/p>\n    <p>For a seller who&#8217;s moving away, the quality of a repair two or three years down the road carries almost no decisional weight: that problem will belong to someone else, in a house that will no longer be theirs. The related concept of <strong>psychological distance<\/strong> (Construal Level Theory, Trope &amp; Liberman) reinforces this reading: the more distant a future event feels to us \u2014 whether in time, or because it will affect someone else \u2014 the more abstract, quick, and careless our decisions about it tend to become.<\/p>\n    <p>In other words: this isn&#8217;t necessarily about bad faith. It&#8217;s a predictable human bias that structurally favours speed over durability for someone who&#8217;s on their way out.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2>What this means in practice for a buyer<\/h2>\n  <p>Understanding this bias makes for better post-inspection negotiation. Since the seller is structurally pulled toward the fast, cheap option, asking for a credit instead of repairs removes that problematic incentive from the equation \u2014 and hands the decision to the person who will actually live with the result: the buyer.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"tip\">\n    <p><strong>If the seller insists on doing the repairs themselves<\/strong>, require a minimum standard: that the work be done by a licensed professional, backed by an official invoice and a written warranty. A repair done by someone who&#8217;s on their way out is worth double-checking before the transaction closes.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n  <h3>After an inspection, is it better to ask the seller to make repairs or negotiate a credit?<\/h3>\n  <p>In the vast majority of cases, a credit or price reduction is preferable. A seller who&#8217;s leaving has little incentive to do repairs well \u2014 they often choose the fastest, cheapest option, which sometimes results in cosmetic fixes that resurface a couple of years later. A credit gives the buyer full control over the contractor, the timing, and the quality of the work.<\/p>\n\n  <h3>Why does a seller who repairs things themselves sometimes do lower-quality work?<\/h3>\n  <p>Hyperbolic discounting partly explains this bias: a person who won&#8217;t experience the future consequences of a decision, because they&#8217;re moving away, places much less weight on long-term quality, and much more on immediate cost and speed.<\/p>\n\n  <h3>If the seller insists on doing the repairs themselves, what should you do?<\/h3>\n  <p>Require a minimum standard: that the work be done by a licensed professional, with an official invoice and a written warranty. 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