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Reading a Home Inspection Report carefully and getting an inspection verses an estimate...What’s difference? Its Huge!!!
I get called into a lot of real estate transactions post home inspection. What usually happens is the home inspector will make recommendations based on the inspection of construction defects an advise the seller to seek a qualified, certified or licensed professional depending to the issue to address or fix the problem. At this point it is critical to have a clear understanding what is being asked of the underlying issues in order to make the right decision on how to proceed with addressing the concern. Some sellers will automatically call in some tradesman to "fix" or "replace" whatever issue was identified during the home inspection and spend big money on something that based on the wording in the report may have been misinterpreted, misread, misdiagnosed or misunderstood. Not saying the home inspector is at fault simply saying that their recommendations should be thoroughly understood in order to be correctly addressed. This type of misunderstanding usually ends up costing the seller a lot of money for something that may have had a simpler or cheaper solution if addressed properly.

Example: Recently a homeowner had "suspect" mold on the wood sheathing (plywood) attic written in a home inspection report. The report simply stated for ... more

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