How a Home Inspection Helps You
Whether you’re considering buying a particular home, selling your current property – or both – a home inspection can help.
A home inspection is an inspection by a qualified professional who takes a close look at every aspect of a home – structure, wiring, plumbing, and more – and identifies issues you may not have noticed yourself. For example, a home inspection can reveal that a furnace will need to be replaced soon, or that there is a water leak into the basement that needs to be fixed.
You’ll definitely want to get a professional home inspection before you buy a particular property. That’s why almost 100% of offers to purchase a home are conditional upon passing a home inspection. (The last thing you want is to buy your dream home only to discover that the wiring needs to be updated!)
Some Sellers like to get a home inspection on their own home before listing it for sale. This helps to identify issues a potential buyer may find so that you don’t lose out on any potential buyers. This is done more when it is a Buyers market and right now in Calgary that is not the case – we are very much in a sellers market.
Many reputable home inspectors are members of a professional industry association.
Canada Association of Home & Property Inspectors. (http://www.cahpi.ca)
Professional Home and Property Inspectors of Canada. (http://www.phpic.ca)
National Home Inspectors Certification Council. (http://www.nationalhomeinspector.org)
In my opinion it is not just important to find a licensed home inspector but to find someone with a construction or building background.
It’s important to note that licensing is now a requirement in Calgary and Alberta wide. So select a home inspector carefully.
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