General Home or Whole Home Inspection - Home Inspection Video Series
Published 2019-09-25
of mind, and can be a road map for improvements.
Buying a home can be an emotional roller coaster and the home inspection should augment the homebuying process by reducing emotions and providing the facts. Having a trusted resource for home inspections is part of what makes our team so successful and it's what has clients coming back to us time and time again.
A professional inspection report puts you in a stronger position to
potentially negotiate with the Sellers for repairs, or discover any latent (underlying) conditions that would cause you to
terminate the contract.
It is important to interview home inspectors and choose one whose qualifications, experience, and price best fit your situation. When it comes to home, radon, and mold inspection, you may want to ask for someone who is either RREI or ASHI certified. No home
inspector/company will ever catch every single problem, nor is there a home without at least minor problems that any good inspector would catch.
When spending hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars on a single purchase, such as a home, a general home inspection makes all the sense in the world.
A general home inspection is like going to your doctor who is likely a general practitioner. That doctor then may recommend a specialist, if the situation warrants it. Similarly, a home inspector should then recommend a specialist to further diagnose the issues a home may be facing.
There are many types of inspections to do on your home. Depending on your situation you may need to consider some, or all of these:
• General home inspection
• Radon
• Mold
• Sewer Scope
• Well test
• Others