Home Inspection

Home Inspection Tips for Buyers: (Article referenced by newbuyer.com)

"There's a lot more to know about the home you are about to purchase than location, location, location. Licensed Professional Engineers who specialize in pre-purchase home inspections will tell you that there is nothing more important than structural, structural, structural. If the home you are about to purchase does not have the structural integrity to give you peace of mind, you may be buying into a money pit and sleepless nights."

Everything You Need to Know About Home Inspections Be sure to retain a home inspection company with top credentials, a Licensed Professional Engineer is a good credential. If you want your home inspection conducted by a Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.), be sure that your home inspection report will be stamped with the home inspector's licensed P.E. seal.

The practice of engineering is State regulated and licensed; the P.E. seal on the home inspection report is the key to your protection. There's hardly a perfect home, a good engineer will always find some defects but you need to weigh the positives against the negatives. Remember, every deal is different, every deal is negotiable, there are many factors to consider, and a lot depends upon whether the real estate market is currently a buyers or sellers market. Some defects, such as a termite infestation, have historically been the seller's responsibility in real property transactions.

The bottom line is that it can't hurt to negotiate for a better sale price on the home based upon the defects uncovered by the engineer.