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No one is eager to have their home examined from top to bottom.
Deciding to
part with your home that has offered shelter and memories is hard enough without having someone review it's condition.
Eventually your buyers are going to conduct an inspection ( 85% do prior to closing ).
You may as well know what
they are going to find by getting there first (see mold below).
Put yourself in the buyer's position, they love
your home and have offered to purchase. Already your home has passed the biggest test.
When a buyer's inspection
finds faults( serious or minor ), you may have to make sudden repairs before closing (see mold).
A Pre-Inspection
would allow you to know in advance what is needed (or not ) to avoid delays and unexpected costs.
Consider also:
1. It allows you to see your home through the eyes of a critical third party.
2. It helps you price your
home realistically.
3. Defects don't become a hugh problem later (see mold below).
4. Reduces your liability
by adding professional supporting documentation to your disclosure statement.
5. Alerting you to immediate safety
issues before agents and visitors tour your home.
6. It may relieve prospect's concerns and suspicions.
7. Check that your own past repairs or improvements meet good building practices.
8. MOLD! Invisible liability
long after you sell. Most insurance companies have notified you they won't cover, after suffering numerous civil suits.
It can be corrected before you sell. Establish if your home tests high for mold spores, if so have it remediated (most
cases not expensive).Let's be clear, I don't sell remediation.
There are no federal standards established yet,jury
decides.
Pre-Inspection benefits the buyer as well.
If the home is purchased within 120 days of your report, the buyer can
have the home re-inspected by Home Inspection Company of Illinois for $99 (mold re-inspection exluded).
Pre-inspection
saves everybody time and money.
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