Home Inspections for Sellers

Posted by V.K. [Mel] Melhado P.A. on Sunday, December 17th, 2006 at 5:49am.

Home Inspection According to the National Association of Realtors, 17% of the home sellers in 2006 were single women. Many of these sellers acquired their homes through divorce proceedings, and when they decide to sell, have little idea of the home’s true over–all condition, since much of the maintenance had been left up to their former spouse. For these and other home sellers, it can often be prudent to get an opinion from a certified home inspector prior to putting the home on the market, for a variety of reasons. Interestingly most home inspectors will tell you that less than 5% of the inspections that they do are inspections representing the seller.

Because the buyer is often in the driver’s seat with regard to repairs and repair costs from defects found by the inspector that they hire, it makes great sense for a seller to know what those defects are in advance. The seller would then repair the most necessary items, so, at that point, much of the repair negotiation can literally be taken away from the buyer.

Seller inspections help to control the cost of repairs, as well as give the seller the peace of mind that no major issues will result from the buyer’s inspection.

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V.K. [Mel] Melhado PA

Downing-Frye Realty, Inc.