Sunday, April 19, 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.

In Greensboro, NC, these inspectors are employed by many companies. Some construction or remodeling companies often offer their services for this. The problem of this would be to separate what they find, in this inspection, from what they say they can fix. They often find things that only pad their bill. You need to hire one of them for an inspection only and not to repair.

Companies simply concentrating on these inspections are the best to contact. They can make sure their work is unencumbered by other priorities. You are looking for an inspection to find out things that are actually wrong, whether you are the seller or buyer. You want to know if you can ask for more, if a seller, or, if a buyer, ask for a discount based on problems.

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.

Regardless of whether you are a seller or buyer, an inspection company should be called in to make this important visual and technical check on the condition. You are protecting yourself, either way. They have the training, equipment and experience to find out what is wrong and you can handle the repairs if needed.




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