Home Inspection Buying Tips For All

FORT LEE, N.J. - Sept. 15, 2015 - PRLog -- When you are buying a home today, a vital step in the process is the professional home inspection. It is a very important part of the process and needs to be done correctly.

BEFORE THE INSPECTION

Generally when you find a property that may be “the one”;  you view it, walk through the entire house, open the  closets and cabinets, check out the basement, and even might poke your head into the crawl space. Your first look tells you whether or not you have an ideal prospect. Typically you are looking at several homes and at the end of the day it can be difficult to remember details. So most people go back to the house that has most peaked their interest.

Normally you would not hire an inspector at this point, not until you have made an offer and worked out the terms of the contract. It may seem a little backwards, but the rationale is simple. The inspections normally take around 3-4 hours and can cost from around $350.00 and up. You wouldn’t want to spend the time and money on that unless you knew that you were under contract, and that nobody else could step in and buy the house while you were performing your due diligence.

PRE-INSPECT THE HOUSE YOURSELF

But since of the cost of enlisting an expert investigator, I think it is imperative to do as much of your own inspection, before you make the offer. There are things that you may get yourself involved with that could be deal breakers.


Extensive splits in the concrete foundation, partition or splittings in the brick mold, swelling and degeneration of vinyl siding, clearly old and rusted heating pipes, old rooftops with twisting corners and greenery development, water in the cellar or crawlspace, mold…  these things are issues that you ought to ponder before you make your offer.

You may think you aren’t qualified and don’t recognize what you are searching for, yet give yourself a little credit. In the crawlspace, things like  standing water,  disintegrating structural foundation, clearly spoiled wood, etc… Are these issues, highly visible to the naked eye, worth spending a couple of hundred dollars to pay someone else to find and point out to you?

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