How To Use A North Texas Home Inspection Report

Now that you have a home inspection report, how do you use it? Listed below, we have the top 5, most common ways that people use a home inspection report.

How To Use A Buyer Home Inspection

1.  Buyers can consider the reported conditions of the home's systems to determine their ability to afford to maintain the property.  A home with a 12 year old water heater, an 18 year old furnace and a 25 year old composite shingled roof is going to need some costly investments in the near future.

2.  Buyers can sometimes use information regarding undisclosed defects to negotiate the seller's action to repair the defect(s) or adjust the asking price for the home.

3.  Buyers can use the inspection report as a "punch list" or "to do list" for maintaining the property after purchase.

4.  Buyers can use the report to communicate to contractors the nature of the defect(s) to obtain estimates for repair or to arrange for repairs or replacements.

5.  Buyers can sometimes use the inspection report as a means to withdraw from the contracted agreement to purchase the home when certain types of undisclosed defects are reported.

How To Use A Seller Home Inspection

1. Seller Home Inspections provide many marketing advantages including the option to list a home as "Move In Certified".

2.  Sellers can obtain a home inspection and use the report to disclose known defects to potential buyers.

3.  Sellers can obtain a home inspection and use the report to identify and correct significant defects that could interfere with a buyer's desire to submit a contract to buy the property.

4.  Sellers can use the report to communicate to contractors the nature of the defect(s) to obtain estimates for repair or to arrange for repairs or replacements.

5. Seller home inspections assist in realistic pricing.
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