How does your house look to the naked eye? Does it take a rocket scientist to figure out what might be wrong with the house that you are interested in? How do you go about looking for a home inspector? When should a home inspection be done? Should you do a home inspection even on a new construction property? Read what Marlene Bridges had to say : Before You Shop For A New Home - Get Help!
So many questions, but what to do. When looking at home, ask your realtor for their opinion. They usually have a few home inspectors that they have a relationship with or who they can recommend. If you are having an appraisal done on the house, try and show up for that appraisal. Either ask this appraiser questions or try to get your home inspector to meet up at the same time with the appraiser.
Why is this important? Just recently my sister and brother-in-law decided to put their house on the market. They wanted to put an air conditioner in the house prior to selling the house. They had several people come out to give them estimates. Some of these companies recommended that they have an electrician come out and look at their electrical box and such. Because they didn't think that the electrical system would support the new air conditioning unit.
After several quotes and certified electricians, they were told that there were not enough amps. And they all came back and stated that there weren't even enough amps to even support the house as it is.
Well, this posed a huge problem because of all the expenses that they were going to incur prior to selling the house. And the feedback from these electricians? Apparently the inspector didn't inspect the house properly. But again, these were professional opinions.
Summary : When interviewing home inspectors, ask them what they will be inspecting, when it comes to your house. Make sure you speak to at least 2 different companies. Don't just fall for the company that offers the quickest service and the cheapest fee. Think about what kind of service that might come with this. Make sure that you get some kind of Home warranty also.
Go to Google and search home warranty. You will see that you will get at least 10 companies to interview for this type of service. Again, don't always go with the cheapest. Compare notes on each company.
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