The National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
Having your home inspected by a NACHI inspector before you list is the
Recommendation found in the book,
Sell Your Home For More by Nick Gromicko.
Eventually your buyers are going to conduct an inspection. You may as well know
What they are going to find by getting there first.
Having an inspection performed ahead of time helps in many other ways:
It allows you to see your home through the eyes of a critical third-party.
It helps you to price your home realistically.
It permits you to make repairs ahead of time so that defects won't become negotiating stumbling blocks later.
There is no delay in obtaining the Use and Occupancy permit.
You have the time to get reasonably priced contractors or make the
repairs yourself, if qualified.
It may encourage the buyer to waive the inspection contingency.
It may alert you of items of immediate personal concern, such as radon gas or
active termite infestation.
It may relieve prospect's concerns and suspicions.
It reduces your liability by adding professional supporting documentation to
Your disclosure statement.
It may alert you to immediate safety issues before agents and visitors tour
your home.
Copies of the inspection report along with receipts for any repairs should be
made available to potential buyers.
"Note: Just as no two home inspectors and no two reporting systems are alike, no
Two inspection reports, even if performed on the same property at the same time,
Are alike. This pre-listing inspection report was performed for my client, the
Home seller, with the cooperation and assistance of my client/home seller. It
Assumes full disclosure on the part of my client/home seller. My client may
Choose to share my report with others, but it was performed solely for my
Client. And although C & J Inspections performs all inspections and writes all
Reports objectively without regard to the client's personal interests,
Additional fresh inspections, which of course would reveal and report matters
Differently, should be considered."
