Pre-listing Inspection
Using the information from 
the inspection report.

You now have a better picture of the house you are selling and its condition. The reports findings may have been worse than you thought they would be, problems you did not know about seem to have taken on a life of their own, and you are not sure what the next move is.

▪    Make a list of the problems noted in the report that you are willing to address.

▪    Break the list down into three groups, 
1) affecting habitability, safety, defect. 
2) Overlooked maintenance items that will affect how a potential purchaser views your house. 
3) Cosmetic improvements, clean up.

▪    Start work on list #1 immediately, work into list #2 and finally list #3.

▪    We strongly recommend that you have a contractor or a licensed professional complete any major repairs.

▪    Receipts for the completed work should be kept, proving that the work has been completed.

After the Inspection we are here to help you if you have any difficulty in understanding or interpreting the inspection report.  We are only a phone call away and are more than happy to do anything to help you.

Remember…. You will get more for your home, and it will sell faster if you repair the problems noted in the report. If there are defects you are not willing to repair, contact your Realtor and discuss the possibility of listing them on the disclosure sheet and noting that they are “as is”.

When a buyer makes an offer to buy your house they will use a form called an inspection addendum to ask for the right to have a home inspection.

Once the inspection has been completed the buyers will list any repairs they want you to make on a post inspection agreement, and send it to your Realtor.

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