The waiting is over and the year of saving up and doing without your luxuries has paid off. The months of searching are over and you finally have the funds to cover the deposit on your own home. The home buying process can be stressful enough without the need to add any more stress from other areas.
It is not compulsory for a home inspection to be included in the home buying process. This means that it is often ignored and looked at as an area where you don’t need to be spending any more cash. This is a big mistake.
Having a home inspection done on any potential home that you are looking to buy is the smartest investment a home buyer can make. The benefits of a home inspection service are very simple and could be the difference between you being in-pocket or out-of-pocket thousands of dollars in repair and building costs.
An experienced home inspector will inspect many components within the home and externally. Everything from your foundation’s condition to your roofing structure will be evaluated and everything else in-between.
Having a detailed inspection report will allow you to hand this over to the seller with the findings on that home. The seller then has a couple of different options to take. They can either get the repairs carried out themselves, although this could change the original asking price as the house has now been upgraded from its original state from when it was put on the market. The other option the seller has is to reduce the asking price to allow you the funds to cover the pricing of the repair costs.
All in all, a home inspection is not compulsory but it is essential in terms of you getting the right house at the right price in the right condition and state.
