Besides the appraisal, the home inspection can be the most
difficult hurdle to overcome after you’ve accepted an offer on your home for
sale. Why not make it 100x easier on yourself and get a pre-inspection before
even listing your home? That way you can be aware of any issues your home may
have and buyers won’t need to negotiate you down on your price later. You can
either, list your house at a price to factor in what a buyer might have to take
on with repairs or you can fix all of the issues yourself and try to get more
for your house right off the bat.
In my experience as a realtor, there are a few major items
that come up frequently during inspections. These items include: elevated radon
levels, mold in the attic, critters in the attic (such as bats or squirrels),
rotted siding, broken window seals, leaky water heaters, lack of GFCIs, and
bacteria in the water.
An important thing to remember is that these issues can be
fixed! Don’t let mold scare you. It can be re-mediated. A radon system mitigates
the radon below EPA accepted levels, critter control can set traps and remove
animals from the attic, window seals can be repaired without replacing entire
windows, and wells can be chlorinated to remove bacteria.
*Keep in mind that inspectors typically don’t inspect water
softeners and whole house generators.
My husband and I just bought our first home in July and this was something we went back and forth with. We ended up having the private inspection to put our minds at ease. It was well worth it and fortunately for us we had no major issues during our inspection.
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