| You want to have your home inspected so that | | | | is in tip-top condition, ready when you are. |
| you know what may or may not need to be | | | | And of course, a post-inspection once you have |
| fixed immediately after you buy it. You want to | | | | made all of the necessary changes will assure that |
| know if you are going to need to install new | | | | you are not increasing the value of the house |
| plumbing, new wiring or new appliances. You want | | | | without documentation. It will show that you took |
| to know if the chimney is swaying precariously or | | | | the steps to increase the property's worth and |
| if that's simply your over active imagination. You | | | | should you sell it in the future, the asking price will |
| want to have an inspection because you want to | | | | be justifiably higher than what was asked of you, |
| know what's wrong, but that's not the only | | | | as the new owners will not have to go through |
| reason. | | | | the same process you did, replacing what was |
| A home inspection will tell you if you are paying | | | | broken and securing what was loose. |
| too much for the house or just enough. If the | | | | Getting a home inspection, both before and after |
| inspector walks through and finds a hundred little | | | | purchase, is a wise decision. It is how you protect |
| things wrong, you will know that you need to ask | | | | yourself - not only from the woes of hidden |
| for a lower asking price. You don't need to pay an | | | | blunders, but from paying too much or asking too |
| exorbitant amount of money upfront and then | | | | little when the house is on the market. It is how |
| more after you've signed the papers. On the | | | | you ensure that the value you see in the |
| other hand, if he finds few problems, you will be | | | | property is true, and it is how you make that |
| assured that you've gotten a solid deal and do not | | | | fact clear to the general public. Anytime you can |
| have to worry about being ripped off by the | | | | have a professional document the ups and downs |
| sellers. You are paying what you should for what | | | | of your house, you are taking a step in the right |
| you are receiving. | | | | direction. You are protecting yourself and thus |
| After the purchase, it's also beneficial to have the | | | | your investment. |
| inspection in that it will enable you to make those | | | | Be sure to keep all of the documents you receive |
| follow up repairs the inspector noted. By referring | | | | after your inspections in a safe place, for future |
| to the form he gave you, you'll be able to create | | | | reference. You do not want to find that you need |
| a house that is ready for your family, safe and | | | | them only to learn that you have no idea where |
| welcoming. You won't have to wonder if you hit | | | | they are. An inspection is only worthwhile if you |
| everything on the list, because you'll have | | | | can prove it occurred - and that can only happen |
| checked it off as you went through one by one | | | | with the right papers, the right check marks and |
| until nothing remained. You'll know that the house | | | | the right diligence. |