What is Seller Home Inspection?

Also known as “pre inspection” the seller’s house inspection usually happens before the property is listed for sale. In contrast, the buyer’s house inspection appears once there is an offer for the property. In both cases, the inspection report covers the same things.

The inspector will cover each and every square inch of the property with his experienced keen eye and even identify early signs of safety issues. The report however will include anything from leaks and water damage to electrical installation issues and roofing. The inspector will document also the condition of all rooms including doors, windows, and floors. The seller inspection Fort Worth experts even go to the basement and uncover early signs of potential issues.

A house inspection report is the only true way to find out what is the home’s condition regardless of the occasion. Even if you are a real estate agent you might need to hire local inspectors regularly to identify certain property issues and costs.

You need to understand that even if you decide to skip a house inspection and list the home straight away, in most cases the home buyer hires an inspector to assist him with the home buying process. Even if you sell the property without an inspection you might have issues with the buyers after some deeply hidden issues start to appear.

Just a few small repairs before the inspection could create an excellent report that will not only sell the house at a higher price but will even find more potential buyers. People love to see a report that only contains a few issues before they buy a house. No property inspection turns out absolutely perfect.

Here we will share with you how to prepare for an inspection so you can have a good report to provide to people buying a home.

1. Check the lights - Inspect all light bulbs and switches and resolve any issues you find. Regardless of how small the issue is, everything goes in the home inspection report.
2. Check all electronic devices (furnaces, microwaves, TVs etc..) - If something does not work, and you don’t want to spend money repairing it, better remove it from the property so it won’t appear in the report.
3. Clear the property - Get rid of clutter, dust and moisture, otherwise, the property will be listed as “uninspectable”.
4. Repair damage - Make sure to repair any issues with water, heat, floor, windows, and doors.
5. Lock up pets and get rid of any unpleasant smell. We recommend buying an air freshener before the inspection.

If we have to list all possible repairs that a home could have we would have written a book. To simplify, the more issues that you repair before the inspection, the better the report would be. On the other hand, buyers inspection happens simultaneously when sellers don’t have a report and in most cases, it impacts the price.

TIP: Never try to hide anything that is broken because the society of home inspectors has seen many attempts and all of them end up in the report. The first thought of the inspector, whenever he sees something like that, would be “What else is broken and hidden?”.

The American society of home inspectors has seen more properties than you could imagine and you can count on an accurate report. You should know that the report contains everything that the inspector can see, which means that some properties could have issues outside the inspector’s field of work and they might remain unnoticed, but here we speak of deep foundation issues and structure unbalances.

All it takes to carry out a home inspection process for your property is to quote the supplier and share as much information about the property as possible so the inspection team can identify the inspection cost and schedule and meeting day.

We wish you a successful seller home inspection and many interested homebuyers.