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It's BRAND NEW! Why should I spend the money on an inspection?

I hear this from home buyers quite a bit. I'll bet a lot of agents here it too! Do you have an answer for your buyer's.

Are you increasing your liability by NOT recommending a private third part inspection of new homes. What happens three years from now when your buyer is now your seller and the new buyer hires a quality third party home inspector.

Here's my answer: (the pages flip themselves or you can use the arrows to flip them.) (Click on the document to open it in a new window where it can be resized to be readable.)

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Protect yourself. Get educated with a quality third party home inspection. No, not that guy that was doing computer work last week and now decided to be a home inspector after his layoff. Get a quality education on your new home.

Make sure you attend the inspection. Some things just don't communicate well in written form and you'll learn a lot more when you have the ability to stand in front of something and ask the home inspector questions about it.

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Erby Crofutt
KY Lic# HI-2041
B4 U Close Home Inspections & Radon Testing
Georgetown, KY
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502-570-4054
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Why should you hire Erby to inspect your home? See what past clients have to say!!

Here's what one B4 U Close client says: (Clicki the line above to see others)

Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again

Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY (20050603

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Posted by Erby Crofutt, the Central Kentucky Home Inspector, Lexington KY HI-2041 on 01/06/2009 08:17 AM

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12 Comments on It's BRAND NEW! Why should I spend the money on an inspection?

JAN

Erby - I never had a 100% sure-fire answer until I read in a post that sometimes, a worker thinks their co-worker is going to finish up a job and that person might forget, get sick, etc. Pretty good reason to get an inspection done just in case a screw or pipe was loose somewhere.

Erby, I agree that NEW homes need inspections too. I've seen 2 cases of bad plumbing (with sewer back-up after moving in) and 1 case of bad electrical wiring (dangerous) in BRAND NEW houses. That's what happens when you hire cheap labor!

Someone told me that they bought a new condo (and didn't have an inspection) and when they moved in found out that the HVAC duct work (in the ceiling, covered up by drywall!) was not connected to some of the rooms. The drywall had to be taken out and the connections made. There is no question in my mind that a buyer of a new home needs an inspection by a competent inspector. Sarah In Nashville

We should clients sign off on a piece of paper that we suggested they get a home inspeciton but didn't.

You never know what you will find that gets left out or doesnt work by just lightly looking through a new construction.

JAN

Here are some plumbing vent flashings on a new home that are backwards: upsidedown flashings

JAN

I tell them a few stories about buyers who did not get inspections and they change their minds pretty quickly.

JAN

We use a home inspection waiver form. The client agrees they have been advised to have one, has waived their right to have one and agrees to hold us harmless.

I believe there is a FreddieMac/FannieMae form isn't there? "For Your Protection Get A Home Inspection." Is that the one you mean, Ron? Sarah Rummage in Nashville

JAN

There's one builder who for whom I can get the street address and tell you exactly what's wrong with the house before I ever get to the property. Only 25% of that builder's homes get inspected by the building and code inspectors, and I know the method he uses to determine which 25% get inspected. Another answer to the question is to tell the prospect that with virtually every state and city facing budget shortfalls, they don't have the money to hire enough inspectors to inspect every building that gets built. Consequently either spot checks of the builder's homes is done (see my first paragraph), or a spot check of things in the home is done. Who knows at any one time what those spot checks involve?

JUL

Badly need your help. I will put some into my telephone. So far I am listening to "I Will Touch The Sky". Help me! Need information about: Sacramento contractors association. I found only this - how should i insure my home. Job, corporate banking jobs, asset finance leasing jobs, integrated financial services group within australia. Cbs news video - camp on financial independence instead of picnics and hiking this summer, how about learning how to open a savings account. :o Thanks in advance. Putnam from Ukraine.

AUG

Just had a buyer ask me about a rehab house, that is suppose to be all new. I told him it need an inspection because I would call it more of an unfinished construction since it sat unfinished for about 4 years before this investor finished is off for a flip.

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