Buying A House With A Concrete Pool, No Expansion Joints Around Coping - Need advice

[grakk]

Thanks for all the help - you are exactly right I wasn't looking for definite answers just probability from people more knowledgeable than I am.

We could afford some of the repair costs, but with us buying a 18 year old house with original AC we are planning on having other costly repairs pretty early on.

As for the bottom line - we are planning on adding an amendment for the contract asking that they either 1. pay for the repairs or 2. give us an allowance vs the estimate amount.

If they don't do either - we will walk - doesn't seem right to accept a house with a 5k+ repair right off the bat for the market value of the house with no problems.