When a home buyer asks a seller to make repairs to a property after a home inspection, how do the repairs get verified? Do they get verified?
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Sealed attic access panels are the been the bane of my existence. Nothing about home inspections causes more consternation than 'sealed' attic access panels
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What happens when we get a request to inspect a house a second time? This question comes from a thousand other home inspectors.
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I'm going to cut right to the chase: home inspectors are not required to move ceiling panels.
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This is a home inspection checklist for sellers, to help make sure that the home inspection can be completed once, the first time, without any hitches.
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I went over my emails from the past several years to see what home inspector training advice I had given out, and put it all into one place.
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I'm not saying these items should be negotiated, but these are common items that get negotiated, and I don't think any of these things are unreasonable.
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These are things that come up during home inspections that should not lead to price reductions, nor should they lead to repair requests for the seller.
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When a home inspector finds defects during a home inspection, there are four choices for a buyer: renegotiate the price, cancel the purchase agreement, ask the seller to perform repairs, or do nothing.
Read MoreThere are three major organizations for home inspectors; ASHI, NAHI, and InterNACHI. They're not the only organizations for home inspectors, but they're the largest.
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Maintenance Inspections for Homeowners
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I hear a lot of the same myths repeated over and over during home inspections. I've blogged about most of these, but there are a few topics here that I haven't blogged about yet.
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Is a longer home inspection good news for the seller, or bad news? Or neither? Great question. The quick answer is that there are so many variables that affect the duration of a home inspection that the time of the inspection alone doesn't mean much.
Read MoreMany real estate agents are afraid to attend the home inspection because they've been told it increases their liability. It's their conduct, not their presence that increases liability.
Read MoreThere are four ways for a buyer to deal with problems found during an inspection: Do nothing, have the seller do repairs, have the seller fund repairs, or cancel the purchase of the home.
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