Short answer. A seller-paid install before closing and a repair credit are different. One can be walked before you own the house. The other leaves the work for after closing. Which one belongs in your contract is a question for your realtor and, if you use one, your attorney. This page is education, not legal advice.
This is a checklist, not a contract clause.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s owning-a-home material describes inspection and the purchase steps a buyer should understand before closing. It does not set gutter prices, and it does not tell a Florida seller what they must pay. Repair requests, credits, and who chooses the contractor are contract terms. Talk with your realtor. If you have an attorney, use them for the wording. PrimeFlow will not draft your addendum.
Know which of the two asks you are making.
Seller installs before closing means the work is done while the seller still controls the house, and you can look at it on the walkthrough. A credit means money or a price change, and you hire the work after you own it. Buyers use both. They fail in different ways. An install with no written scope can be a trough with no downspout plan. A credit with no scope can be a number that does not match the edges, the outlets, or the discharge. Get a free written estimate before you lock either ask, if the contract timeline allows it.
- Install before closing: you can see the finished route, and you depend on the seller’s schedule.
- Credit: you choose the timing after closing, and you carry the work if the credit is short.
- Either way: name the edges, the downspouts, and the discharge. Do not negotiate “gutters” as a single word.
Ask who picks the contractor, and get the scope in writing.
Ask whether you may choose the installer or whether the seller’s vendor is required. If you choose, compare proposals on profile, outlets, downspout size, release point, removal, fascia notes, and exclusions. If the seller’s vendor installs, ask for those same lines in writing before you accept the repair. Building America pairs the gutter with the downspout. A scope that prices only the trough is not the same job. The proposal checklist is the short version of what to compare. The cost guide explains why this site does not publish a price per foot.
Warranty handoff and the walkthrough are part of the ask.
Ask who holds the workmanship warranty after closing, and whether you receive a copy. If PrimeFlow does the work, warranty terms follow the written agreement. This page does not promise that a seller’s vendor uses those terms. On the walkthrough, use the inspection photos. The runs in the scope should be up. Downspouts should be fastened. Water should have a visible release that is not hard against the wall, a door, or a walk when the lot allows it. A gutter note marked “repaired” with the same splash pattern is a reason to pause, not a reason to guess.
What to confirm before you sign off
Edges covered match the agreement. Outlets and downspouts match the scope. Discharge direction is visible. Debris from the install is gone. You have the warranty paper, or you know you do not. Fascia work is either done or clearly excluded.
Keep permits, credits, and structural items in their own lanes.
A seller credit does not decide whether the address needs a gutter permit. The building official for that property does. Orlando, Orange County, and Sarasota County are not the same office. The permit guide says how to ask. Do not bury a structural finding inside a gutter credit. If the report names structure, a licensed contractor or engineer should address that finding. Gutters can reduce splash and soil saturation from roof water. They do not repair a slab.
Use a free estimate as the fact sheet. Booking is separate.
Request a free estimate in Orlando at (407) 902-7639 or in Sarasota at (941) 404-3901, or use the form for that market. Say you are still under contract. The estimate does not obligate you, and it does not reserve an install date. If you hire PrimeFlow, the job is booked after the written scope and the required deposit, unless a written waiver says otherwise. Your agent still owns the negotiation.