Pre-Sale Inspection

Inspect it Before Marketing

Count on it.  Purchasers will have your property thoroughly inspected before buying it.  Expect inspectors to poke into everything – your house’s roof, chimney, gutters, electrical wiring, heating and cooling systems, insulation, smoke detectors, all the permanent appliances and fixtures in your kitchen and bathrooms, and the foundation.  They’ll also check for health, safety, and environmental hazards.  You can bet that they’ll look for damage from wood-destroying insects (carpenter ants and termites), as well as dry rot and fungus infections.

Purpose & What’s Included

Included in and as one of many vital services to you and your listing package is a  pre-sale inspection by a fully bonded and licensed professional inspector  within a few days of the beginning of your listing.

The purpose: 1.) to let you know upfront what repairs, upgrades or issues with the physical condition of your property may be necessary to address, in order to avoid surprises later; 2.) by providing this report to prospective buyers & addressing some or all of any items revealed by this inspection, we can greatly reduce the costly expectations of the buyer at the time of sale.

This all means savings for you, more money for your home and a smoother transaction to closing.

 Exploring the Advantages of Pre-Inspections

Professional property inspectors can help you spot minor defects, such as dirty filters in the heating system, ventilation problems in the garage or crawl space, blocked gutters, loose door knobs, stuck windows, and so on.  Eliminating small maintenance problems like these gives prospective buyers who tour the property a favorable and correct impression that your house is well maintained.

Suppose that your house has a structural defect.  The problem is whether you know about it or not.  Why wait passively for an ultimatum to fix the defect after you have already negotiated your best price or else kiss the deal good-bye?  If you discover the problem before marketing the house, you can either disclose it to prospective buyers with a repair estimate and price accordingly, or you can have the work done by a competent specialist (with work order, costs and guarantees) before putting the house up for sale.  Either way, your negotiating position is much stronger if you know about problems in advance and accurately know the cost to correct them.

It’s a pretty safe bet you won’t be invited to join the buyers when their property inspector goes through your property.  Having your own pre-inspection gives you the opportunity to tag along with the inspector.  There is no substitute for seeing defects with your own eye.