Hot/Neutral reverse

bohuma

Hi,

We're buying a new construction. We had our first walk through last week. We took a Sperry Instruments GCFI Outlet Tester with us and tested every outlet in the condo. All the outlet in the two bedrooms showed as hot/neutral reverse. Of course we noted this on the punchlist. Subsequently, the real estate agent has told us that the wiring is correct but that the sponsor has advised that there is a specific reason why the tester shows a false result. The real estate agent did not understand the technical explanation and could not communicate it to us. We've asked that the explanation be provided in writing. Does anyone on Brooklynian know why a new condo, wired to code, would show a false hot/neutral reverse result on a tester? I've had no luck with searching on the internet.