A Professional Inspector can warn you about buying a money pit

The realtor decided to appoint a licensed inspection enterprise suggested by his business of making sales and purchases for a commission. Even though the seller had had first-rate experience in the past with another company, he agreed to give the new firm a try. He met two inspectors and the realtor of the house a few days later. He has understood that discussing problems found as well as the probable cost of repairs is a smart move.

If you want a completely impartial inspection make certain that the inspector isn’t into repair business too. It was refreshing to see that the inspectors were using a notebook computer to check the items and write the defects. One of the inspectors did the inspection dirty work, climbing on the roof and into the attic, as well as crawling under the house. The other inspector just stored the results into the laptop.

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The wonder that the computer is, the work was done within a day and the report was ready. When the buyer has faith in the inspection results, the rapidity of getting the written report makes him move on faster with his idea of procuring the house. The home purchasers are now being asked by their realtors to attain a licensed inspection. The primary reason is that the realtor and the home seller cannot later be accused of failure to disclose home defects. If the consumer is aware of a defect but chooses to proceed with the purchase, then the consumer has no way out against the seller.

But, as the seller discovered, so called professional inspectors are not perfect. A leak at the gas valve of furnace, few ill fitted roof shingles and a faulty window were all that the inspector recommended by the seller could find. The next day he had a furnace repairman check the furnace. The repairman reported there was no leak. Just to be sure, the next day an inspector from the gas company came out and said he couldn’t find any gas leak, either.

The buyer hired a general contractor to inspect the residence after the seller had accepted his purchase offer. Along with the same loose roof shingles and the malfunctioning window crank, he also found some garage wiring which was not inside a conduit and the lack of a junction box between the new and the old wiring in the attic. The first inspector did not even care to pay attention to the mighty dangerous electric problems in the attic.

 

The first inspector admitted upon re-inspection that he had missed this item which was corrected by an electrician before the close of the sale. Something important that was reported by all the inspectors was that the house was not bolted to its base. So the seller asked his contractor to inspect closer.

The contractor upon inspection found the house was bolted according to 1955 standards when the house was built. But, the standards of 1955 are not followed today and much tougher standards are required. What we should realize from this example is that any inspection is as good as the inspector.

The American Society of Home Inspectors or ASHI creates difficult standards for the members to keep good difference between who must pass the exam and complete inspections. Even though an ASHI member will definitely have good experience, you cannot expect them to be 100% correct each and every time. In order to hide their mistakes in the procedure of inspection, the proficient inspectors write false reports which trick the purchaser and accuse the seller. Let us take an example of the wiring at your house; even if he finds nothing wrong, the inspector will still recommend a professional electrician to check it out.

A rental house was just a short time ago sold by a home seller. The realtor proposed that he should get the official inspection of the house done from an inspector so that the buyer becomes aware of the defects.

By: Heather Doyle

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