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36 Comments on 5 Simple Inspection Before you Put your Home for Sale in Northern Virginia Real Estate Market
I am a fan of pre-listing inspections and that is not the agenda for the seller - so the first strike for me from sellers, Ritu.
These inspections are very essential but I am afraid to ask the sellers....
Intake vents are always overlooked and a home inspector will bring that up if they are dirty...a/c isn't cheap and if it looks like the seller has not taken care of the system, the buyer wonders about the rest of the house.
Ritu
watch for exposed gas pipes and low trhesh holds when it come sto VA.
Your suggestions are probably applicable not only in Northern VA but just about anywhere. Your comments about HOA violations gave me something to think about and make sure that that my seller clients are in compliance. I can’t see too many buyers willing to inherit violations that may cost them money down the road to correct.
Those are great reminders Ritu. There are so many little hurdles to clear to make it all the way to the closing table, and being well prepared can really help reduce the stress involved and save time.
I would think it would be a great practice to be proactive about the inspection. Do those little things like you mentioned to have the property present itself with its best foot forward.
Ritu,
Great simple and smart list. I really like #5 as a lot of folks skip this one. Just showed a home two weeks ago with DISGUSTING vents that needed to be cleaned. Better to do that work BEFORE you put the home on the market.
All the best, Michelle
Ritu,
That is all great advice. Here in Washington State the majority of the Home Inspectors are Pest Inspectors also. The home owner can get both done at the same time here.
Pre-listing inspection can be tough on the seller, we all have a personal attachment to our homes. Preparing everyone for the process is such a great way to deal with it.
Like you said no surprises.
When I do an inspection for a seller I awlays tell them I will inspect it as if I was inspecting for the buyer. That way you see what they would see. No home is perfect and if everyone is honest then it is best for all parties.
Ritu, GREAT list you have compiled to prepare your home for the market. I like #3 especially as getting repairs done before listing is smart! If not, they will be on the inspection notice!
Magaret raising a lot of good points. I would add even if on public sewer, recommend a sewer line inspection for homes that are older.
Great post Ritu! I see dirty vents all the time, so that would be number one on my list!
Also make sure the septic has been serviced, and if there is a well the water is tested. Great advice for sellers.
Ritu:
A property inspection is a very good inspection to get prior to putting the house on the market, along with a pest inspection, and in my city, a sewer lateral test.
Ritu - Good suggestions, many of which get forgotten when a home is put up for sale.
Ritu: The stretched carpet is right out of my personal home selling experience. We had a hump in the carpet that looked like a body was underneath. I never got around to it because it was in the living room and we used the family room. The day we decided to sell, I phoned a carpet company and had the hump removed. What a shame that I didn't do it earlier.
Thank you all for supporting and reading this blog.
@Margeret, I agree Chimney Inspection would be also very important especially if the family never used it.
@Carol, So true. I have walked in to the home and made my mental list of homes that the seller has ignore and comes up on our home inspection report. Since we are not home inspection I inform my buyers who are more mentally prepared for the items than the sellers.
@Bill HOA violations are such a big deal in our area that I typically want my sellers to get a pre-inspection from their HOA. It saves lot of anxiety especially with first time home buyers who have no clue how HOA works.
@Valerie, I personally feel if the carpets are not stretch it makes the house look poor maintenance on the sellers part. For few hundred dollars you may be jeopardizing your home sale.
Ritu, love the carpet strretching comments. It's one of the things that makes a room "ugly" whether it actually is or not.
The things you live with (carpet hump!) are not the things you sell with! Nice post with good ideas for sellers.
I am all for pre inspections at the time of the listing. We do not see them very often, but I think it is a GREAT idea, becuase it prepares the seller for possible additional costs BEFORE they negotiate on the price.
Nice! Interesting detail that I have been looking for on the Internet and that I found in your post. You made my day ;-)
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