Inspect Your House Before You Buy

Posted by Mary Spark on September 20th, 2019

Are you buying a house? And I hope you loved its exterior as well as the interior! But what about inspecting the HVAC system, plumbing, and electrical systems, roof, attic, floors, foundation, windows and doors, basement and other structural components? There can be defects. More will be minor and will not bother you to fix them but major can also there. So pay attention to the seriousness of the house’s inspection issues. For this purpose, a reliable home inspection company can provide you an inspector.

Things To Do While Inspection:

Pre Inspection:

Do your own pre-inspection and you’ll really know a lot about the house just by looking at its surfaces. Look for any evidence of water damage from walls or ceilings. Check electric panel to know if there are any wiring issues. On exterior of the house, look for drainage issues, peeling paint or mold, etc. Now you’ll have a good idea of things you want your inspector to pay extra attention to. It may take your 2-3 hours to make a checklist of defects which you noticed.

Hire Someone You Trust:

Hire a certified inspector who is trained well. You may have to pay him a little bit extra but cheapest is not always the best and compared to the purchase price of the house, it’s well worth it. Your own home inspector can really give you peace of mind. He/she would thoroughly inspect every minor detail of the house and will not lie to you. Besides the size of house and defects, the duration of inspection will depend on the thoroughness of the inspector.

Be There & Ask Questions:

It is very important to be there and ask questions while inspection. It will help you to know about defects, either they are minor or serious ones. It will be better to speak up and ask if something doesn’t look right or you don’t understand what a home inspector is referring to, instead of issues arising after you’ve purchased the property. Questioning now will help you with maintenance. Professional home inspectors very politely to answer all the queries of homeowners.

 Request An Inspection Report:

When your inspector is done with inspection, dozens or defects could be there but the quantity should not be your concern, seriousness of the issues should be. Now, ask for official home inspection report as best home inspection service includes it. Before negotiating repairs, note down the sections of the report that are most important to repair. Because handing over long list of repairs to seller can make him unwilling to bear some of the cost. So it’s better to focus on repairs which can’t be handled by you and need to be repaired by professionals.

Being a buyer, it was your concern to inspect property, but now you can ask your seller to pay for repairs. He would either pay you cash or ask you to deduct from payment of the house. If he’ll not consider serious issues to be repaired, it is your choice now to walk away.