5 Things Typically Overlooked In A Home Inspection
You can’t be too careful when buying a home. The seller and realtor may not be telling you the whole story. Both of them want to sell the home to you or to someone else at the highest price they can attain, so it’s doubtful they want to highlight all the home’s problems to you.
It’s in situations like this you want an expert Long Island home inspector to come in and provide you with home inspection reports that either confirm what the seller and realtor are telling you, or provide you with ammunition to bargain for a lower price on the home. If you know what needs to be fixed on the home you can add this to your negotiations or back out of the deal entirely.
This raises another question: how reliable is your home inspector? And is the added bargaining power worth the cost of home inspection? The answer to the second one is yes, it is worth it to have your home inspected. But, it is only worth it if the residential inspector is honest and reliable.
Following are five items that the typical home inspector could overlook:
1. Kitchen Sink - Flow rate, water discoloration, and obvious leaks are what an inspector will be focusing on. He should also look for less obvious leaks and determine how hot or cold the water can get. These can get overlooked, however.
2. Electrical Outlets - as important as it is to know how functional and safe these little guys are, it’s possible that a few of them can be overlooked.
3. Basement Water - the inspector’s focus here should be on finding signs of water damage in the basement, but this can be missed if a lot of work has been recently done on the basement that obscures the obvious signs from view.
4. Attic - mold and insects are the primary concern of an attic inspection. This is only one aspect of the inspection. The stability and load-bearing capability of the attic floor is an equally important area of concern that is sometimes overlooked. As an attic will likely be used for storage, you should know its limits!
5. Roof – an inspector should gain access to the roof so he can closely examine it for any defects or damage. Sometimes an inspector will try to pass off an inspection from the ground using binoculars, especially if the roof is tall and large parts of it are visible from the ground. While this can work in certain cases, the risk of overlooking something is much higher than a physical inspection.
On average, a home inspection takes anywhere from two to four hours, mostly depending on the size of the home. If the inspector is finished in a lot less time, he may have rushed through. Oversights and mistakes can result from rushing like this.
Look to a home inspection service that promises to provide its Long Island home inspectors with the time they need to do a superb job inspecting your home.
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