Another Look At Home Inspections
If you are planning to sell your home you may want to consider a pre-listing home inspection. Pre-listing inspections can be beneficial to both buyers and sellers alike. A professional home inspector will review the visible and accessible components of the home, and provide you with a detailed written report on their findings. This can create an atmosphere of openness and trust by showing prospective buyers your not trying to hide anything.
A pre-listing inspection can make your home stand out from others on the market. It also reduces the risk of having to re-negotiate the deal based on surprises found later in the process by a buyer’s inspection.
For more information regarding qualified home inspectors in your area or to obtain a copy of the “ASHI Standards of Practice”, log on to www.ASHI.org.
July 18, 2008 at 6:23 am
This practice is becoming more common. More of my clients are sellers. One tip is to show that you are working on correcting the findings in the report. I just left a seller this morning who has put a binder together of the manuals for the equipment in the home, and invoices for when they were installed. Then she has my report and a list showing what she has addressed so far.
July 18, 2008 at 10:00 am
Very good advice. If I were a buyer that would impress me to see that a seller was working to correct the problems or concerns that they were aware of.