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Home
inspectors - are they worth it?
I
hate to sound wishy washy, but good home inspectors are worth
it. Bad home inspectors are not.
O.K. thanks that was a lot of help!
We my wife and I purchased our first home years ago we were very
green, and trusted the realtor to find us an inspector. And later
found out that we should of been present when the inspection was
taking place. Well to make a long story short 6 months later we
found some serious problems, that no body would claim. We contacted
the inspector to came back out to look at the problem only to
say "that was not there, when I inspected the house."
Yeah right! Major lesson learned. Inspector Clouseau Home Inspection
service is the absolute worst, don't use them!
On our new house we sought many references for a new inspector
and found a good one. He inspected two houses. The first one,
he basically told us, in his Politically Correct diction that
he is required to use, that it was junk. And we ran! The second,
I was there, and I persuaded and proded him to look at everything.
He was with me for about 6 hours. I felt very comfortable about
purchasing the house.
He was kind of expensive, but he came highly recommended. I spoke
with others that were considerably cheaper, I just did not have
a good feel.
So is a home inspector worth it? I say a resounding yes! You are
about to make one of the largest purchases of your life, have
as much back up as possible. Do not - I will repeat - DO NOT leave
it up to them. When you hand him a check and he leaves it is your
solely responsibility, you are the homeowner. You look where he
looks, you take your own flashlight. you own pictures. Ask tons
of questions and ask some more. They are trained in this for their
living, but they are human. They also have a sheet for you to
sign stating that if they miss anything they are not held responsible.
Don't let that scare you, it is standard proceedure (to cover
their "humanness.") So you better come to the inspection
prepared.
For more information
look to the GHI related links above for more specific information
and options.
There are
many more garage articles in our garage
section. There is more specific information in the links at
the beginning of this article. They can guide you where you need
to go.
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There is nothing slowing progress down like a mess, or excessive
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