SHOULD I GET A HOME INSPECTION?

In recent years, we’ve seen the prices of homes skyrocket. It truly is a seller’s market and with fierce competition from other potential home buyers, many people are choosing to forgo standard real estate home inspections before buying. 

If you’re on the fence trying to decide if spending the extra money and time on a home inspection is worth it, keep reading to get your questions answered.

WHAT INFORMATION DOES A HOME INSPECTION PROVIDE?

The biggest reason for a home inspection is to discover any potential health, safety, and repair risks that exist with the home you are considering purchasing. 

You should always get a home inspection because sellers and realtors are not required to have home inspections before they list their property, so any issues that exist with the home are the responsibility of the potential buyer to discover. Many times, long term home owners are so used to experiencing consistent problems or are unaware of them in the first place, that they end up not even recognizing them as potential issues when it comes time to sell. 

At Professional Home Inspection Service, we provide comprehensive home inspection services that investigate a wide variety of potential problems.

Our home inspections test for:

• Radon 
• Asbestos
• Lead
• Mold
• Termite damage and infestation

Home foundation, structure quality, roofing and all other visible, major components of the home

Although Professional Home Inspection Service, does not do code inspection, we treat many code issues as safety issues as part of our home inspection, we do investigate heat and electric systems, ensure bedrooms have egress window(s), and confirm bedrooms meet ceiling height and safety standards, again all visible, major components are inspected 

Professional Home Inspection Service provides a full home inspection report to the potential buyer containing all health and safety findings and encourages potential buyers to join us during the inspection. 

If the home inspection report does find any issues, you have several options:

1. Reduce your offer 
2. Ask the seller to make certain repairs before the deal is closed
3. Agree to move forward with the deal and make the repairs yourself
4. Withdraw your offer 

Thinking of buying a new home? Don’t pass on having a quality home inspection so you can know just what you are getting into. Contact us today to schedule your home inspection and to learn more about the assurance we can provide you! Remember – WE KNOW THE QUESTIONS YOU NEED ANSWERS TO.