Home inspection
clause
Make sure that your
purchase and sale agreement (contract) includes a home
inspection clause. Usually, the clause gives the buyer
10 days (or more) after signing the Purchase and Sale
Agreement to have the property inspected. The inspection
results can be used to ask the seller to fix problems with the
property, to adjust the selling price to cover the cost of
such repairs, or if the results reveal needed repairs the
buyer does not want to deal with - void the purchase a sale
agreement.
Get References
As with hiring most any
contractor, getting references for a home inspector is a good
practice. The American Society of Home Inspectors'
website www.ashi.org
maintains a list of certified inspectors. Of course word
of mouth is the most common way to find an inspector such as a
recommendation from a friend or from C. J. Realty Group.
Get a thorough
job
A thorough inspection job
includes a complete assessment of the interior and exterior of
the house, from the roof to the foundation, analysis of the
heating , plumbing, air-conditioning, and electrical systems.
Results in
writing
The results of the
inspection should be in writing, a complete report may be
anywhere from 20 to 100 pages long describing in term you can
understand what was observed and any problems that were
uncovered. If here are serious structural issues, or any
problem the inspector can not diagnose, the report should
recommend further examination by a structural engineer or
other specialist. The inspector should spend an hour or
so with you to go over the details of the inspection and
answer any questions you may have.
Selling a house
- Consider an
inspection
Having the home you are
selling inspected first may save you time. By having
your home inspected you will know what issues you may have to
address and take care of them before it becomes an roadblock
to the sale.
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