The value (or cost) of pre-inspecting your home


The value (or cost) of pre-inspecting your home
By Scott Rogers • December 6, 2008
I am currently representing the buyers of a house that was pre-inspected before it came on the market. That is to say that the homeowners engaged a home inspector to inspect their own home before they put their house on the market. Then, going a step further, the homeowners made almost all of the repairs that the inspector suggested. Good for the owner, good for the buyer... Going through the inspection process and making repairs before any buyers even look at the house can be very helpful. You can discover and address significant issues that might otherwise derail a transaction when a buyer conducts the home inspection. In fact, my clients were quite relieved to see how many repairs the homeowners had made on the house they are purchasing. Bad for the owner... If you, as a homeowner, are not willing to make repairs as a result of the inspection, you might not want to pre-inspect your home. Having the information, you would then need to disclose the adverse issues to buyers -- which would just focus their attention on what had previously been unknown to everyone. It is likely the buyers would have conducted their own inspection anyhow, and thus would have discovered the items, but why bring up these adverse facts at the beginning of the process if you aren't willing to fix them. Bad for the buyer... If a homeowner pre-inspects their home, it is often the case that they will be reluctant to make any further repairs at the requst of a buyer. Most homeowners in this situation decide that they have made all of the repairs which are reasonable for a buyer to request --- so if a buyer starts requesting other repairs... Given the good and the bad... I strongly recommend that sellers pre-inspect their home if they suspect there may be some needed repairs and if they are willing to spend the time and/or money to make the repairs. Receive Updates by Email Recent Articles: Is There A Price You WOULD Pay For This House? There Are Plenty Of Types Of Houses That Exist That Just Are Not Available To Purchase Home Sales By Price Range In The City Of Harrisonburg Are You Compromising On Aspects Of Your Next Home That You Can Or Cannot Change Later? How Much Slower Are The Winter Months In Our Local Housing Market? Rockingham County and New Home Sales Drive Surge in Area Housing Market Find The Balance Between Optimistic And Realistic Home Pricing Room Size Is Difficult To Understand Solely From Real Estate Photos How Much Would You Value Not Having To Prepare Your Home For Showings? One Out Of Four Homes Is Taking Longer Than A Month To Sell
Have any questions? Contact Scott Rogers at 540-578-0102 or scott@funkhousergroup.com
Based on information from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Association of REALTORS® or its MLS, for the period Jan 1, 2000 through Nov 22, 2024 (unless otherwise noted).
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