Seller Inspections

Home inspections are not solely for buyers. There are many advantages to having your home inspected prior to potential buyers entering your home.

• You (the seller) can choose a certified InterNACHI inspector to inspect the home properly before the buyer’s inspector arrives.
• You can schedule the inspection at YOUR convenience.
• You can be alerted to any items of immediate personal concern.
• You can assist the inspector during the inspection (something normally not done during a buyer’s inspection).
• The report can help you realistically price the home if problems do exist.
• The report can help you substantiate a higher asking price if problems don’t exit or have been corrected.
• A seller inspection can reveal problems ahead of time which:
  • May make the home show better
  • Gives you time to make repairs and shop for competitive contractors
  • Permits you to attach repair estimates or paid invoices to the report
  • Removes over-inflated buyer estimates from the negotiation table
• The report may alert you to any immediate safety issues found, before agents tour the home.
• The report provides a third-party, unbiased opinion to offer to potential buyers.
• A seller inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be used as a marketing tool.
• A seller inspection is the ultimate gesture in forthrightness on the part of the seller.
• The report may relieve a prospective buyer’s unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.
• A seller inspection lightens negotiations and 11th hour renegotiations.
• The report may encourage the buyer to waive the inspection contingency.
• The deal is less likely to fall apart the way they often do when a buyer’s inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem, last minute.
• The report provides full-disclosure protection from future legal claims.