I want to get an inspection on the house I’m buying
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Anonymous
| I’m fine with paying for what needs to be fixed or walking away (in other words, not asking the seller to pay), but I’m not fine with buying without an inspection. How can I make this happen? And still have a competitive offer? |
Anonymous
| Pre-inspection |
Anonymous
When does this happen? Please say more. |
Anonymous
| Pre-inspection if allowed (which is a less involved inspection prior to putting in the offer) or put an information-only inspection with right to void in the offer (may be a dealbreaker if others offer no contingencies at all). |
Anonymous
If your realtor hasn’t explained this find someone new. |
Anonymous
You bring an inspector with you while you are touring the house. |
Anonymous
Inspectors don't work for free. So if OP ends up touring 20 homes before having an offer accepted, they have to pay an inspector 20 times. |
Anonymous
You tour. If you like it, you schedule another tour with the inspector. |
Anonymous
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We put in an offer for asking and "as-is" but with an inspection. I think the understanding was that the offer was as-is unless the inspection revealed something genuinely problematic. It seemed normal to me and the agent was the one who said it would happen this way.
I would never have bought a house without an inspection. The inspection did reveal a bunch of small easily fixable things, but had we discovered a major fault with the foundations, we could walk away. |
Anonymous
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Here's my 2 cents as an experienced home-buyer who just bought another house earlier this year: just do the pre-inspection or be willing to pay more for a house
In the past we've gotten burned despite having extensive "regular" inspections during closing -- ie 4 months after we bought a previous house water began to come in through a wall that had failed and was held together with caulk. This incredibly shoddy work was missed by our highly rated and very expensive inspector. Ending up costing ~20k to fix everything. Having a full inspection is not some magic blessing on the well-being of a house. It's simply one person's exam of your house. They find a lot of stuff. But not always. And they don't have crystal balls. Despite the above snafu, we were very nervous about waiving the inspection contingency when placing offers this time around. But after not having offers accepted on several houses (with right to decline inspection contingency in place), we realized that if we wanted a real shot at getting a place we'd have to either a) offer 10-20k (or more) than offers w/o contingencies or b) do a pre-inspection and waive that contingency Pre-inspections basically look at the big stuff you wouldn't want to miss that can be very expensive to fix-- foundation, roof, heating/cooling, plumbing, electric, etc. We paid a total of $1100 for 4 pre-inspections during this house search (including the one on the house we got) and the inspector we used charged us $500 to finish the full inspection (which we wanted) after we closed. We used the info from these pre-inspections to inform our offers and we're glad we did as we would have bid way more on the house we ended up getting (and would have paid out as somebody else escalated 200k above our offer). In this market a seller isn't going to agree give any/much cash back during closing for issues should things come up during a formal inspection. Anyway, just one person's opinion. YMMV. Good luck |
Anonymous
It’s an option not a requirement. No one is forcing you to do a pre-inspection. |
Anonymous
Did you NOT read OP's question? |
Anonymous
Did you NOT read what you’re responding to? |
Anonymous
No, PP is right. If a buyers agent is explaining this and coordinating pre-offer inspections, then they're not earning their 2.5%. |
Anonymous
| Inspection after you own it |