My seller is out of sorts due to the number of inspectors that the buyers want done to the property, following the pest inspection and the home inspection. This is not the first seller who has complained to me about this, but the question begs to be asked: when do inspections get to be too much and become invasive?
Certain things were tagged by the property inspectors that triggered a series of other inspectors who specialize in different things.
In one house, my seller works at home. So he had to vacate his home office multiple times to allow the inspectors to poke around the house. He sat in the car, working on his laptop, getting his wireless signals from his router --- and during his busy periods, it was quite a challenge.
In the other, I've had to get the dog out of the house so that he is not traumatized by the march of inspectors.
Thus far, we've had these inspectors and specialists:
- Pest inspector
- Home inspector
- Roof inspector
- Foundation/structural engineer
- HVAC specialist
- Plumber
- Electrician
- Roofer
- Window installer
- Chimney sweep
- Contractor
- City inspector (to finalize the work)
- Sewer lateral tester
- Irrigation specialist (sprinkler system and onsite well)
Because these folks are all specialists with their own work schedules, it was impossible to get them all to come at a mutually convenient time. The seller is tired of all the interruption, and feels that the inspections have become too invasive.
Tried to explain that the buyers are doing their due diligence in getting as much information as possible in what it would take to do some repairs based on what the inspectors recommend. But it does seem to be a bit much. I recommended that perhaps the buyer should have selected a contractor that can do all if not most of the work. That would have been preferable to many different inspectors.
And yes...the more inspections, the fewer if any surprises. The more the buyer invests in inspections, the more he is committed.
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