Why you should get an Inspection?

Whether you are buying or selling a home at todays market prices the amount of the investment is so high one is almost mandated to have a professional home inspection performed. Inspect to protect your investment! Take advantage of new methods, and technologies available in the home inspection industry. Who knows your home may become the source for funding your primary retirement plan.

A home inspection will look at the systems that make up the building such as:

• Structural elements, foundation, framing etc
• Plumbing systems
• Roofing
• Electrical systems
• Cosmetic condition, paint, siding etc

If you are buying a home, you need to know exactly what you are getting. A home inspection, performed by a professional home inspector, will reveal any hidden problems with the home so that they may be addressed BEFORE the deal is closed. You should require an inspection at the time you make a formal offer. Make sure the contract has an inspection contingency. Then, hire your own inspector and pay close attention to the inspection report. If you aren't comfortable with what he finds, you should kill the deal.

Likewise, if you are selling a home, you want to know about such potential hidden problems before your house goes on the market. Almost all contracts include the condition that the contract is contingent upon completion of a satisfactory inspection. And most buyer's are going to insist that the inspection be a professional home inspection, usually by an inspector they hire. If the buyer's inspector finds a problem, it can cause the buyer to get cold feet and the deal can often fall through. At best, surprise problems uncovered by the buyer's inspector will cause delays in closing, and usually you will have to pay for repairs at the last minute, or take a lower price on your home.

The art of home inspection is evolving into a more precise craft. New technologies have given the contemporary home inspection team a new approach and a new set of tools to take its craft to a new plateau. Pest Finder is one of the leaders of the pack in this mission. HOME MRI is a company on the same track with a high tech solution to the ever prevelant issue of termite infestation in home sales transactions.

It's better to pay for your own inspection before putting your home on the market. Find out about any hidden problems and correct them in advance. Otherwise, you can count on the buyer's inspector finding them, at the worst possible time.