Look to
hire a home inspector who carries errors and omissions insurance.
When it comes to your home inspection,
hire a home inspector who knows the area, knows the homes, and knows the issues.
At the Buyers behest, the Salesperson
hired a home inspector who tested the potability of the well water but did not physically inspect the well.
Not exact matches
Once the seller accepts your offer, you may strongly consider
hiring a certified
home inspector who can verify there are no structural problems, code violations or other undisclosed concerns.
One way to get the most from a
home inspection is to
hire an
inspector who will let you accompany him or her as they look at the house.
It seems like a no - brainer to
hire an
inspector who has been licensed or certified, but it's not as simple as you think, according to Frank Lesh, executive director of the nonprofit American Society of
Home Inspectors.
Before licensing, homebuyers would call and tell me they don't see a reason to get a
home inspection, that we don't do a good job, and that their friends had
hired inspectors who hardly spent any time at the property and missed major defects.
Complaints and lawsuits accuse some handymen and
home inspectors who are
hired by banks to look after the properties of breaking into still - occupied
homes and stealing valuables.
In an ideal world every seller would be knowledgeable enough and honest enough to be able to accurately initial «yes» or «no» or «unknown» boxes (of course with an ethical Realtor's explanations but non-coaching abilities) leading to an educated buyer
who will nevertheless
hire an ethical and knowledgeable
home inspector (not a rubber - stamp artist, i.e., an obligated friend of the Realtor, be it the listing Realtor or the buyer Realtor) as a condition, which hopefully will culminate in a purchase with little or no subsequent surprises for the buyer.
It features a
home inspector who was ordered to pay almost $ 19,000 to a buyer
who hired him, all because he reported on a significant defect verbally, rather than in writing.
Randy then
hired a
home inspector, who was duly registered with the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors, to obtain an inspection report on the various systems and components in the h
home inspector,
who was duly registered with the Ontario Association of
Home Inspectors, to obtain an inspection report on the various systems and components in the h
Home Inspectors, to obtain an inspection report on the various systems and components in the
homehome.
I am thinking we as REALTORS (r) might be wiser to suggest
hiring a series of experts, instead: electrician, plumber and HVAC person, along with a roofer specific — instead of or in addition to a
home inspector,
who often enough, has restrictions as to liability placed on his work anyhow.
Iowa's highest court has considered whether a
home inspector hired by a relocation company
who was in the process of selling a
home can be liable to the purchaser of the
home for negligently performing its inspection of the property.
Really, perhaps rather than
hiring a
home inspector, one should
hire an HVAC specialist, an electrical contractor (not just an electrician), a plumber
who has specific residential dwelling expertise, a roofer, an expert insulation person, and a few other «individuals» such as a land surveyor to guarantee the work previously done... and on and on we could go.
When it comes to the house itself, you should
hire your own
home inspector,
who can point out potential problems that could require costly repairs in the future.
Besides asking your friends and neighbors, use the American Society of
Home Inspectors to vet their recommendations and make sure you
hire someone
who's qualified.
I can do this as «
Home inspectors» must protect there butts so they list everything wrong and then the buyer
who hired them tries to negotiate everything.