What to Know About Home Inspections
It is a very rare occurrence that a home is purchased without a home inspection done first. Even if the seller is adveryising their home “as is” this doesn’t mean that you can not get it inspected. If you are interested in a house that the bank owned you must be sure that a home inspection is followed through before you buy. Sometimes this is typical with advisory inspections. This is because they do not give any disclosures, nor do they know of any problems these will be needed to be discovered entirely on your own.
People by the handfuls are out there that do adveryise themselves as home inspectors. You probably will not get the best direction from your agent. Agents are scared that you may find a problem that will turn you away from the deal if you have a good inspector, like conditional inspections occassionally. Times are tough but an agent should be loyal to their customers.
Do not go for an inspector that is just going to give you a visual inspection, looks like and has are two different things. All good inspections include; temperature check of all appliances, furnace and air cooling system checked, the hot water tank needs to be checked for the water pressure, outside lighting and wiring needs to be checked, lights and fixtures have to be checked, full inspection of the foundation for any cracks, they will need to get up onto the roof, climb through the attic, check the garage along with all of the storage spaces.. This is just the beginning of a good inspection, and housing inspections. After this is all finished you will receive a report of everything that had been done, from there you should be able to make a clear and wise decision.
For an agent getting a bad call would be a dark part of their day, for them to avoid this they should advise all buyers first to be sure that the homes are inspected before the buyer buys.
