If the buyer for your home ends up having a terrible house fire, and you did not have smoke detectors installed prior to closing escrow, YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE!
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Part of the retrofit requirement when selling your home is that you have to have smoke detectors in each bedroom and in the hallway leading up to the bedroom.
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Also, if your home is 2 stories, you have to have at least one upstairs and downstairs.