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Monday, 20 April 2015

Home Inspections Protect You As The Buyer Or As Seller

By Stella Gay


The sale of a house requires a lot of things to be figured out. There is the cleaning, lawn mowing and proper staging of the home to make it presentable. The advertising and the valuation of that house are two important elements. That valuation is based on a number of things, such as the value of other houses in the area and the condition of the house. That condition can be based on the work done by a firm who specializes in home inspections.

Greensboro, NC has many inspectors who can be contacted for this. Many of the construction companies will offer this service. The biggest problem with this is they may pad their bill, if they will be doing any repairs necessary. The answer to that is to only hire them for the inspection and hire other people for the repairs that might be necessary.

There are, of course, companies who simply do the inspections. As a seller, you want to have someone experienced in this, looking at your house. You want this inspection to find things wrong with it. This is either so you can get those issues fixed to beef up your asking price, or to ensure the buyers will know about them so they can be forewarned.

If you are a buyer, you want to know about any problems with house. This is so you will know what is going on and will have this inspection to haggle with the seller to get a better price. This discounting of the asking price will be based on the costs of having to fix each problem before you can enjoy your new purchase.

The areas of concern, for these inspectors, will be everything. They will look at the roof, gutters, basement or crawlspace, electrical system and heating and air conditioning units. All appliances, if they will be staying and the faucets, water heater and all walls, ceilings and any furnishings. They will all have other things they look at.

This type of information, if you are the seller, makes the entire transaction more honorable. As the buyer, it makes the entire transaction more comfortable. There is a lot to say about knowing the condition and whether bad stuff has been hidden or not. There is also the ability to make decisions, based on factual information instead of uninformed assumptions.

There are a number of things that Greensboro, NC and the entire state, as a matter of fact, require the seller to tell the buyer. These things are reports about the presence of termites and the nature of stains or the presence of molds that have not been remediated. The crawlspace, also, must be evaluated as well as the foundation and any safety concerns the local regulations point as having a bearing on livability.

This inspection is important to you, whether buyer or seller, and should be conducted by a professional. You can use a checklist and do it yourself, however, a person who does this every day, has the knowledge to look and see what is there and not what they want to see. The repairs may need to be done, depending on who you are, but finding out what can be done is more crucial.




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