Home Inspections Protect You As The Buyer Or As Seller

By Stella Gay


The sale of a house requires a lot of things to be figured out. There is the cleaning, lawn mowing and proper staging of the home to make it presentable. The advertising and the valuation of that house are two important elements. That valuation is based on a number of things, such as the value of other houses in the area and the condition of the house. That condition can be based on the work done by a firm who specializes in home inspections.

Greensboro, NC has many inspectors who can be contacted for this. Many of the construction companies will offer this service. The biggest problem with this is they may pad their bill, if they will be doing any repairs necessary. The answer to that is to only hire them for the inspection and hire other people for the repairs that might be necessary.

Contacting a company who only does these inspections makes it easy to trust the report. You want to know about things that are actually a problem and not just something that only looks bad but is fine. If you are a buyer, you want to know if you can use that report to get a discount on the asking price. If a seller, you might want to boost the price a little for a great report.

A bad report on the house, if you are a buyer, will mean you will have repairs to do before you can enjoy your purchase. If you find a lot of things, as a seller, you may need to do some work to keep the price stable. This means work or means giving a little on the price to make the sale that could be endangered with this bad report.

The areas of concern, for these inspectors, will be everything. They will look at the roof, gutters, basement or crawlspace, electrical system and heating and air conditioning units. All appliances, if they will be staying and the faucets, water heater and all walls, ceilings and any furnishings. They will all have other things they look at.

You want to know the condition of the house regardless of what your role in the transaction is. You want to be up front with the buyer and this is the best way to do this. By giving them a problem free house, you are showing them the respect that this deal deserves. You, as the buyer, know what is coming in the way of maintenance and, the presence of one thing usually means other things are on their way.

There are a number of things that Greensboro, NC and the entire state, as a matter of fact, require the seller to tell the buyer. These things are reports about the presence of termites and the nature of stains or the presence of molds that have not been remediated. The crawlspace, also, must be evaluated as well as the foundation and any safety concerns the local regulations point as having a bearing on livability.

This inspection is important to you, whether buyer or seller, and should be conducted by a professional. You can use a checklist and do it yourself, however, a person who does this every day, has the knowledge to look and see what is there and not what they want to see. The repairs may need to be done, depending on who you are, but finding out what can be done is more crucial.




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