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31Mar
How A Home Inspection Can Affect The Sale Of Your Home

How A Home Inspection Can Affect The Sale Of Your Home

So you’ve decided to sell your home. You’ve found the perfect realtor. You’ve done your research on the next home you wish to purchase. You’ve even broken the news to your little rugrats. First thing’s first, congratulations are in order. Take this time to give yourself a big pat on the back. Okay, are you done? Yeah? Good, now it’s time to get to the hard stuff. 

You should know that there is a lot that goes behind selling a house. From packing to moving and purchasing to remodeling, it can sometimes get a little out of hand. And to make matters worse, there’s one thing that everyone seems to forget before putting their house on the market. A home inspection is a good idea whether you are buying a home or selling one. Usually, a home inspection is a good way of showing a home’s value and whether or not a sale will go over smoothly. Here is how a home inspection can affect the sale of your house. 

What A Home Inspection Is 

The whole point of a home inspection is to determine the overall value of a home’s worth. As the name would suggest, a home inspection is an inspection of ones’ home that goes into an in-depth examination of every feature. A home inspection can analyze the strength of a home’s roof, the safety of the paint, and even if the house has mold or pesky critters. No matter how big or how small the problem is, home inspections will analyze every square foot of your home, so it is in the best shape to be sold. It’s usually best to set out to fix all the issues a home inspection points out before you put your home on the market. 

Home Buyers 

It’s not unusual for a home buyer to want a home inspection before signing a contract to purchase a home. This way, they can be sure what it is they are buying. It’s important to know that no home is perfect and that defects and errors will be found in every home inspection. It’s how significant these defects are that will make a huge difference. Minor, insignificant errors such as a broken switch light or downspouts may not drive away any prospective buyers. It’s the more significant, glaring issues such as roofing damage or leaking pipes that will destroy a future deal. 

Home Sellers 

Home inspections can affect home sellers as well. As we said above, the result of a home inspection has a tremendous impact on the sale of a home. You wouldn’t want to buy a home that came with a lot of things to fix or change, would you? Of course not! So why would you expect someone to buy your house if it’s run-down? A home inspection is a significant first step in seeing what you need to fix about your home before you put it on the market. This will show you how much of a profit you’ll be able to make off your home and if it is worth selling in the first place. 

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17Mar
Ways You Can Fail Your Home Inspection

Ways You Can Fail Your Home Inspection

Nobody likes the feeling of failing. Whether it’s making an F on that math final you studied so hard for or finding ourselves behind bars when we’ve failed a sobriety test, no one likes to fail or the feeling that comes along with it. This same principle can be applied when it comes to your home inspections. A home inspection is usually an in-depth examination of ones’ home to critique and analyze the structure and foundation of said home. This is generally done to determine the actual value of the house in order to get an estimate of what it should be sold for. The inspection is usually limited and minimal and always non-invasive when it comes to respecting the homeowners. 

While this may sound like a simple process, there is an assortment of ways that a home can fail a home inspection. From lead paint on the walls and radon to failing heat systems to structural damage, almost anything and everything can lead to the failure of a home inspection. Here are a few prominent things that can fail your home inspection. 

Plumbing Problems

No one likes to think about what goes on in the confines of their own bathroom, much less if they have to fix any problems. Plumbing problems have been proven to be one of the number causes of failing a home inspection. From damaged water heats and malfunctioning pipes and backed-up sewage pipes and damaged toilets, every plumbing issue can ruin a passing home inspection and are incredibly costly to repair. In order to prepare for your home inspection, it may be a good idea to upgrade your plumbing system to a more modern and contemporary system. This will eliminate any reasons for your plumbing system to fail the home inspection. 

Pesky Pests 

Every home has them, yet no one likes to admit it. The little critters that run up and down within the walls. Whether it be a small family of mice or an infestation of leeches (both literal and figurative), pests can become a huge problem when it comes to your grade on your home inspection. And in some instances, such as termites, the foundation of your home may be at stake when it comes to taking care of these pesky critters. Before your home inspection, it is a great idea to hire a local exterminator to look at your home’s infrastructure to determine if you have a pest problem. If there is a problem at hand, then the exterminator should be able to take care of it at an affordable and reasonable fee. 

Faulty Wiring 

Safety is everything, especially when it comes to protecting the ones you love. Damaged electrical wiring such as damaged receptacles and missing junction boxes will not only increase your electricity bill but could put your family’s safety in jeopardy as well. One of the primary things a home inspector takes into consideration is the electrical wiring of the home. A clever way to take care of problems such as faulty wiring and damaged receptacles is to hire a licensed electrician to take a look at your home’s infrastructure. They will be able to determine the problem and figure out the solution to solve it. 

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03Mar
Commonly Missed Items In An Home Inspection

Commonly Missed Items In An Home Inspection

Everyone wants to get the most out of their money. It’s only human nature to want to get the biggest bang out of your buck with your hard-earned money. This is why we storm the Walmarts and Targets of the world on Black Friday just to get the best deal. Or why we make sure to talk to the manager whenever something is on clearance when as it was initially advertised. We use this principle in everything we purchase: groceries, toys, entertainment, etc. But the one thing we never think to analyze is our home inspection. Why? Because we’re too trustworthy! 

While home inspectors are trained masters of their craft, they are also only human. They’re just like the rest of us. They make mistakes. They fall down. And, believe it or not, they sometimes miss a few essential details. Yes, even in their jobs. This is why it is absolutely crucial that you go through your home inspection thoroughly with your home inspector. It is the only way you will be able to make sure that everything is spotted and taken care of. Here are a few commonly missed items in home inspections. 

Those Pesky Pests 

Nobody likes to think of the creatures that live within their home. Well, unless they’re those precious fluffy pets of ours’. No, we’re talking about the critters that get in your walls and crawl spaces. The ones that make our skin crawl and quiver. Even as clean as we keep our house (or as we would hope to), these pests somehow get in no matter what we do. This is why we expect our home inspection to discover these pesky pests and advise us on how to get rid of them. But sometimes, like with most jobs, not everything goes according to plan. This misjudgment can happen due to an assortment of ways. Sometimes, particularly in the winter, there is no concrete evidence of pests even though they are still there. Other times you will get a home inspector that doesn’t specialize in pest control, so they have no way of knowing what to look for. No matter what the case may be, it’s essential to do your own research so you can keep an out for any evidence or showings of pests.

The Danger Of Lead Paint 

Sometimes deemed as the “silent killer,” lead paint can lead to severe and sometimes lethal side effects such as lead poisoning, anemia, and even learning disabilities within younger children. While infants and children are at the highest risk, lead paint can also lead to serious side effects in adults as well. This is why it’s so important to have the painted walls of your home checked for lead. Sometimes this crucial check-off can be missed entirely within a home inspection due to the fact that most home inspectors do not take lead samples from the walls in the home. If you have a serious concern about lead paint within your home, it is imperative that you go out and buy a kit to test the paint. It’s essential to keep in mind that if there are several layers of paint, you MUST test each layer to get an honest reading of your house’s lead. 

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