Home
Inspectors
Northampton, MA. Real Estate
When
you're buying a house, your best friend
can be the inspector.
A
house inspector can let you know if you're
about to buy a lemon of a house or warn
you about potential problems. At best, you
can move into the house confident that it's
in good shape; at worst, the inspector's
report can let you back out of the deal
if the house has major, unexpected problems.
A
general inspector can't detect every problem,
though. That's why it helps to know how
to select an inspector and when to call
in a specialist.
What
inspectors look for:
What a home inspector does is provide an
independent review of the property, not
influenced by any of the other professions
in the transaction.
The
inspector doesn't have a stake in the outcome
of the inspection. Inspectors get paid whether
or not the sale goes through.
More
than three-quarters of buyers hire inspectors.
Most of those buyers have a clause in the
purchase contract that makes the sale contingent
on acceptable results of an inspection. The
buyer can void the purchase or renegotiate
the offer if serious problems are found.
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