Why Hire a Home Inspector?

Home inspectors are professionals who check your new house from roof to basement, looking for problems.  A detailed home inspection is essential for anyone who intends to buy a home or who has already bought one for the following reasons:

Gain leverage – if the owners allow you to hire a home inspector inspect a home prior to signing a sale contract, problems with the home might give you leverage in obtaining a lower price, depending on the situation.

Avoid a bad purchase – inspection clauses in sale contracts and/or the law might allow you to cancel a home sale if discovered problems are severe enough.

Make the seller make repairs – the sale contract might provide that the seller has to make reasonable repairs for problems discovered pursuant to an inspection.

Prevent worse problems – if nothing else, a home inspection can turn up minor problems in your new home that you can repair prior to them becoming major problems.  For example, a leaky pipe can be patched or replaced before it bursts.

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