18.4.15

Home Inspections Protect You As The Buyer Or As Seller

By Stella Gay


The things that must be figured out, in order to sell a house, is a fairly long list. The advertising is one as are the cleaning and proper planning for the staging. The value of the house will have to be worked out. That is usually based on what other houses, in the same area, have been selling for and the condition of the house in question. That valuation can be ascertained by hiring a professional who does home inspections.

Greensboro, NC has many inspectors who can be contacted for this. Many of the construction companies will offer this service. The biggest problem with this is they may pad their bill, if they will be doing any repairs necessary. The answer to that is to only hire them for the inspection and hire other people for the repairs that might be necessary.

There are, of course, companies who simply do the inspections. As a seller, you want to have someone experienced in this, looking at your house. You want this inspection to find things wrong with it. This is either so you can get those issues fixed to beef up your asking price, or to ensure the buyers will know about them so they can be forewarned.

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 requires a house being sold must report to the buyer. The seller must certify that there are no insects, such as termites, present. The presence of mold must also be remediated. Other issues are such that they must be repaired before a sale is even considered.

This crucial inspection is to protect you, whether as a buyer or seller. You may need to do some repairs, on either side of the transaction, but finding out what may or may not need to be done is more important. This protection, both physically and, in some cases, legally, could make or break a sale.




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