What A Home Inspection Is, And Is Not
In the home buying process, a professional Realtor will always recommend that you have the home inspected. Many agents refer their clients to outstanding, honest home inspectors who perform unbiased inspections. Other agents refer inspectors who provide "soft" reports that insure the property sale goes through no matter what the truth is about the property condition. Selman Home Inspection is trusted by buyers, sellers and their agents to provide "Accurate Inspection Reports You Can Trust".
What Is A Home Inspection
A home inspection is a complete, thorough, documented, unbiased test drive of a home you intend to buy or sell. When you hire a home inspector, the inspector should be working for the buyer or seller and not "for the agent".
Certified, licensed home inspectors perform home inspections by visually evaluating or comparing all of the components of a home to Today's Standards of Practice and local building codes. Selman Home inspection performs a complete, thorough, documented, unbiased home inspection using our specialized three pass process. We believe that a home inspection process covers thousands of individual items from the foundation to the shingles including:
- Roof, vents, flashings and trim
- Gutters and downspouts
- Skylight, chimney and other roof penetrations
- Decks, stoops, porches, walkways and railings
- Eaves, soffit and fascia
- Grading and drainage
- Foundation and crawlspace
- Water penetration and foundation movement
- Heating systems
- Cooling systems
- Main water shut-off valves
- Water heating system
- Plumbing fixtures and faucets
- Electrical service line and meter box
- Main disconnect and service amperage
- Electrical panels, breakers and fuses
- Grounding and bonding
- GFCIs and AFCIs
- Fireplace and chimney
- Insulation and ventilation
- Garage doors, safety sensors and openers
- Appliances
- Safety items
- And much more......
Keep in mind that no home is perfect, not even a brand new house. We are trained, certified, licensed home inspectors and evaluate each property against the Texas Standards of Practice and today's local building standards. We are not code enforcement and an inspection is not a pass or fail report. A home inspection should be an independent evaluation and is the inspectors experienced opinion of the property condition at the time of the report which simply identifies any deficiencies. Report findings are useful in the buying and selling decisions and for understanding what action, if any, should be taken once a property is purchased.
No one can possibly determine or foresee when an appliance will fail, when roof damage will occur, when plumbing will spring a leak or when HVAC will fail. Home inspectors are not fortune tellers and can not see the future. All homes are mechanical in nature and can have items fail at anytime.
"Accurate Investment Protection You Can Trust"
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