A pre-listing inspection can be requested for homeowners looking to put their house on the market. It can provides sellers with a thorough report and provides the sellers an opportunity to make necessary repairs before potential buyers start touring the property.
Our role is to tell you what we see, and what we think the implications are. “Who fixes what” becomes a part of the negotiation process. Everything is negotiable. The buyer can ask for everything, the seller can say “No” to everything, and typically there is a “meeting of the minds” somewhere in between. This can include small items and fairly significant items, such as a failed roof, groundwater in the basement, holes in walls,or faulty or non functioning appliances. After the home inspection, the buyer usually sits down with his or her agent and together they determine what items, if any, they will request that the seller either fix or provide a financial allowance to fix.