Pre-Listing Inspections

Having your home inspected before you list your home for sale is highly recommended. Homebuyers are becoming more educated and aware of the consequences of buying a house without an inspection by a qualified professional home inspector. Eventually, the potential buyer is going to conduct an inspection. It will be prudent on your part to identify all possible defects and eliminate them. Therefore, you are offering a high quality product that should be appealing to all interested parties.

A prelisting inspection also helps in many other ways:

• It allows you to see your home through the eyes of a trained unbiased certified professional.
• You will obtain information that will help you price your home realistically.
• It permits you the opportunity to make needed repairs prior to any buyer inspection.
• Defects will not be negotiating issues or DEAL KILLERS later.
• There is no delay in closing for the satisfactory completion of repairs.
• You have the time to find quality affordable contractors to make the repairs or, if qualified, make the repairs yourself.
• The buyer may feel compelled to waive his/her inspection contingency.
• You may discover items of immediate personal concern, such as gas leaks at appliances, radon gas, mold, termite infestation, structural issues, or defective and inferior building materials used for the construction of your home.
• Minor upgrades that could make your home more appealing and safe may be recommended.
• It could reduce your liability by adding supporting documentation by a professional certified inspector to your disclosure statement.
• Safety issues, prior to the viewing of your home by agents or potential buyers, can be addressed.
• You will have a more pleasant experience from listing your home to closing the sale.
• Most of all, there will be no surprises once you get an interested buyer and they decide to have their own inspection.

A Copy of the inspection report, proof of repairs or upgrades, and any warranties that may transfer to potential buyers will need to be available.

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