Inspect Before You Sell

Pre-Listing Home Inspection

Pre-Listing home inspections are becoming more and more popular. There are many Benefits to a pre-listing home inspection – here are some:

Provides peace of mind for you the seller,and the prospective purchasers.
Stands as a selling feature showing strength in good faith.
Eliminates unwanted surprises when it is time to close the sale.
It’s a heads up allowing you time to address issues with the home before the sale giving you:
Time to make required repairs and
You have comfort in know that you have disclosed problems before the become a barrier to the sale

Gives you an advantage above competing properties who tempt fate without a pre-listing inspection.
Saves time and allows the home to sell more quickly.
Home may sell for more money as it removes negative influence of the buyer guessing.
Eliminates re-negotiations due to issues within the inspector’s report.
Removes the loss of buyers who didn’t have time for a home inspection.
May minimize the parade of inspectors through the home before multiple offers.

At your cost a licensed building inspector conducts a complete inspection and prepares a detailed report prior to listing.
Your copy remains on display for prospective buyers to consider during showings and or open houses a full scanned version may be made available for serious buyers.
A summary report may be provided to buyers as part of the home handout flyer.
Your report will have a place for receipts or acknowledgment for work completed to correct the home’s noted issues.
When you hand over the keys to the new buyer the report and related documentation will be left as a record.
The purchaser may also choose to engage their own inspector – that remains their choice or, they may wish to retain at their cost, your inspector to do a walk through to discuss the findings with the purchaser.