Buying a home is stressful, and expensive. Taxes, insurance, earnest money, appraisals. Everybody has their hand out for some of your hard earned money. The home inspector should only be concerned with being fair and impartial. The inspection should reveal problems & issues without downplaying any problems or without overstating any issues found. In todays real estate market there are normally plenty of homes for sale in any area. Recent sales trends have left us with a buyers market, and buyers can get some really good deals on homes right now. A home inspection is one way to insure that you actually do get a good deal on a home. Imagine buying a home and moving in only to find out two weeks later that the roof leaks, or that the plumbing is bad, or that the furnace was really 30 years old... When were you last in your attic? How about the crawlspace? Would you be able to recognize problems with the water heater? What about the electrical panel? Is the plumbing really in good shape? Well, you get the picture. The price of a home inspection is really a small price to pay. The cost of the inspection is normally less than what you would pay to buy and install a water heater and the price of the inspection does not even come close to the amount of the closing costs or other fees associated with buying a home. |





