Buyer Home Inspection

Short-cutting the home inspection process
This can involve skipping a whole house inspection completely in order to save the relatively small cost involved or it may involve using a friend or relative with limited experience to conduct the inspection. In either case you run the risk of overlooking potentially expensive, and frequently hazardous defects in the property. We recommend investing the $200 to $500 for a professional inspection so that you will have the peace of mind of knowing that you are buying a safe and pest free home.

Buyer Home Inpection
Home condition options of your contract may include one or more of the following:

• Buyer accepts home "as-is";
• Buyer will conduct desired inspections; or
• Buyer accepts "as-is" if Seller will make certain repairs.

Most Buyers will want the house inspected, and will (and should) have second thoughts if a Seller attempts to sell the home while forbidding any inspections, unless there are special circumstances. Most lending institutions also require inspections before they will make a loan to the prospective Buyer. Option two will therefore most likely be used in all home sales.

Typical inspections include pest (termite) inspection, moisture inspection and contractor inspection with a home inspection company (includes electrical, plumbing, heating systems, roof inspection, swimming pool inspection, and foundation inspection).

If the Buyer's inspections reveal various defects, the parties are free to re-negotiate the Contract, for example lowering the sale price in order to allow for future fixes that will be necessary, or having the Seller agree to fix defects prior to the sale.