Home Sellers Inspection

You need to know what inspectors hired by potential buyers will find when they inspect your home.

This information is helpful in several ways. A presale inspection will eliminate last minute surprises that can cause the deal to fall apart. By accurately disclosing the property’s condition to potential buyers you, will more likely receive realistic offers and the deal will close with fewer problems.

Properties with fewer unanswered questions will often sell faster. Surprises that arise after the buyer makes an offer often lead to delays and price renegotiation.

Almost all homes have defects that buyers will want the sellers to correct prior to the close of escrow. When you know those defects in advance, you can get repair estimates from contractors and provide that information to the buyers. You may wish to have some of the items repaired prior to listing the property for sale. A defect disclosure that is accompanied by a “cost to correct” provided by a reputable contractor can defuse a problem before it occurs. The unknown possible cost always appears more threatening and risky than a known expense.

The buyers may still wish to retain their own inspector to examine your property. We prefer to meet the buyers and to explain our report to them personally. A written report alone may appear much more negative than a report which is explained personally by the inspector.

We have a special offer for anyone to whom you provide a copy of our inspection report. We will return to the property and describe our findings personally for a minimum fee of $100. The buyers usually pay this additional fee. We have found that buyers are more likely to feel confident about the information in our report once they have met the inspector, toured the property, and have had the opportunity to ask their own questions.

Full disclosure is always the best policy for all parties involved in a real estate transaction.

It is to your advantage to obtain a high-quality inspection on your property. An inadequate inspection provided by an inexperienced or untrained inspector can produce expensive problems for both you and your buyer.

Need to Know Before Your Warranty Expires - Get A Home Inspection

3 Things Buyer’s Of New Construction
Need To Know BEFORE
Their Builder’s Warranty Expires!

Over the last several years I’ve heard Buyers of New Home Construction repeat the same three reasons over and over again as to why they didn’t get a Home Inspection and the truth of the matter is they were mistaken. Here’s what they think:

Reason #1: I Trust My Builder!

The reality today is that most homebuilders don’t even have tools and equipment. The fact is most new home builders are financiers and occasionally job site managers.
Who actually builds your new home are the sub-contractors that the builder hires to do the work. So whether your new home is built correctly and complies with the current building code strictly depends on the knowledge and skill of the sub-contractors. And speaking candidly, the quality of the sub-contractors varies greatly. And most sub-contractors are unlicensed and unregulated, so who’s looking over their shoulder?

Reason #2: The House Is New What Could Be Wrong?

Even though all of the parts of the house you come in contact with each and every day appear fine, there’s a lot more to your house than meets the layman’s eye.

Here’s the real issue; were the mechanical and structural components of the house put together properly. And truthfully, most homeowners don’t have the knowledge or skill to judge that aspect of a new home.

So here’s what happens in many cases. You go to sell your new home sometime in the future. The buyer hires a home inspector to evaluate the property for them. And low and behold the buyer’s home inspector finds lots of things that were done improperly by the sub-contractors and now the buyer wants you to make the necessary repairs.

So I’ll ask you again, why should you pay for someone else’s mistakes?

Reason # 3: The Municipal Building Inspector Inspected The Home!

Here is a True Consumer Safeguard that has sadly gone bad!

Because of the housing boom over the last few years many Municipal Building Inspectors are forced to conduct 40 to 70 inspections daily. These inspections have been reduced from quality checks to “drive by” glances.

One of the other things many Municipalities have done to keep their costs down is to let the new home builders opt out of the Municipal Inspection Program and hire private home inspectors for their building code compliance exams. Now, do you think there is a built in conflict of interest when the person building the house pays “his own inspector” to pass his work?

So here’s the long and short of the matter: You Need An Independent Evaluation Of The Property By Your Professional Home Inspector To Protect Your Interests!

So give Canyon State Property Inspections a call today and we will evaluate your home from the foundation to the roof and all areas in between and produce a list of issues that you can give to your Builder so that he can pay for his own mistakes and you won’t get stuck holding the bag for future repairs.

Thousands of homebuyers and sellers have chosen Canyon State Property Inspections Home Inspection Services for their inspection over the last 6 years! That many families can’t be wrong!

VIDEO: Home Inspection Broken Roof Truss

Several broken factory-built roof truss members in the attic:

These load paths must also be properly connected to prevent unwanted movement/separation. Truss repairs must be stipulated and supervised by a state licensed truss engineer. Recommend further evaluated by a truss structural engineer with a engineering stamped of his/her findings and recommendations.

Defects found during a home inspection in the Phoenix Arizona valley area.

VIDEO: Home Inspection Counterfeit - Fire Hazard

Counterfeit Square D Circuit Breakers that have been recalled.

The counterfeit circuit breakers found during the home inspection are black and are marked as Square D products. Actual Square D circuit breakers have (a) the amp rating written on the handle in white paint on the front of the breaker; (b) the Square D insignia molded onto the breaker side, and; (c) a yellow chromate mounting clip with half of the top of the clip visible. Hazard: The recalled circuit breakers labeled “Square D” are counterfeit and could fail to trip when they are required to, posing a fire hazard to consumers.

VIDEO: Home Inspection AC Unit Wiring Alert

The air conditioner service disconnect braided wiring has several strands of wiring not inside the connector. This decreases the gauge size of the wire and increases the amount of current through the remaining wires.  This was found during a typical phoenix valley area home inspection.

Home Inspection - Loose Missing Roof Truss Gussets

Portions of the factory-built truss system have been damaged, are missing their gussets, or are improperly installed.

Truss repairs must be stipulated and supervised by a state licensed truss engineer. Recommend further evaluated by a truss structural engineer with his/her findings, recommendations and engineering stamp. Written verification must be provided with all/any truss repairs.  This was found during a typical phoenix valley area home inspection.

All loads start at the roofs ridge and must transfer on an unbroken path through structural members or elements to the foundation. Many cracking problems, which are misinterpreted as “settling” are actually caused by broken load paths. These broken paths result in loads being carried by areas that were not designed to carry them.

Home Inspection - Missing Insulation

The attic has areas of missing and/or unevenly spread insulation. Insufficient attic insulation causes the heating/cooling system to run excessively due to extreme temperature. The attic needs to be evenly insulated throughout to a value of R-30 or greater.  This was found during a typical phoenix valley area home inspection.

Home Inspection - A/C Ductwork Not Connected

There is conditioned air coming out of a disconnected/abandoned duct in the attic. This will result in decreased operating efficiency (heating /cooling system is now undersized because of the added volume of the attic) and may shorten the systems service life.  This was found during a typical phoenix valley area home inspection.

Home Inspection - Heater Flue Disconnected

The flue piping is disconnected allowing toxic carbon monoxide gas to enter the attic and possibly the home.  This was found during a typical phoenix valley area home inspection.

Home Inspection - Broken Truss Member

All loads start at the roofs ridge and must transfer on an unbroken path through structural members or elements to the foundation. Many cracking problems, which are misinterpreted as “settling” are actually caused by broken load paths. These broken paths result in loads being carried by areas that were not designed to carry them.

Truss repairs must be stipulated and supervised by a state licensed truss engineer. Recommend further evaluated by a truss structural engineer with his/her findings, recommendations and engineering stamp. Written verification must be provided with all/any truss repairs.  This was found during a typical phoenix valley area home inspection.

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