Knoxville TN is a great place to live. If you are looking to buy a home in Knoxville TN you need to consider getting a home inspection on your new home. If you are just starting your Knoxville home buying process make sure you go back and revisit these important first steps:
How to Buy a Home in Knoxville TN- Step 1- Secure Your Financing
How to Buy a Home in Knoxville TN-Step 2- Determining the Best Knoxville Neighborhood For You
How To Buy a Home in Knoxville, TN - Step 3 - Determining Your Wants and Needs
How to Buy a Home in Knoxville, TN - Step 4 - Researching Comps & Preparing The Offer
As a Knoxville Buyer it is imperative for you to protect yourself with the home inspection contingency. Even though the home might look great to you and your Uncle Joe says it is solid as a rock we always recommend that you get a thorough home inspection by a Licensed Home Inspector.
Sometime Buyers balk at the idea of spending a few hundred dollars on a home inspection, but considering you are spending thousands on the home it is not a smart place to try to save money.
In fact, I like to refer to the section on the Purchase and Sales Agreement where you waive your rights to a home inspection as the "idiot box". Even the investors I work with, who in many cases gut the entire home, have an inspector check out their homes before they buy.
During the inspection contingency period, you as a buyer can get any inspection that you want, but it is usually considered a Buyer's expense. Keep in mind that a home inspector is not a structural engineer, an electrician, a plumber, a roofer or a HVAC professional, so if you are concerned about anything specific you may want to have a specialist check it out as well.
No part of a home, no matter how expensive, is made to last forever. Even a brand new HVAC system could fail after a year. For this reason it is often recommend that the Buyer either ask the Seller to supply, or purchase themselves, a home warranty.
Types of Inspections:
Many buyers simply get a basic Home Inspection- however, as a buyer you have to right to get as many inspections as you wish during the inspection contingency period.
- Home Inspection- make sure they are actually licensed in the state of TN
- Radon Inspection
- Mold Inspections
- HVAC Inspection
- Electrical Inspection
- Structural Insepction
- Environmental Inspection (i.e. soil analysis)
Interested in going back and reviewing the steps involved in Buying a Home in Knoxville TN take a lot at the rest of the Knoxville Home Buying Series:
How to Buy a Home in Knoxville TN- Step 1- Secure Your Financing
How to Buy a Home in Knoxville TN-Step 2- Determining the Best Knoxville Neighborhood For You
How To Buy a Home in Knoxville, TN - Step 3 - Determining Your Wants and Needs
How to Buy a Home in Knoxville, TN - Step 4 - Researching Comps & Preparing The Offer
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