For most people buying a home is the biggest investment they will make in their lifetimes. For this reason the home inspection is no place to try and save a buck. A home inspection is your chance to make sure that the investment you are making is a good one. Many potential problems that a home may have are invisible to an untrained eye. Hiring the right home inspector can help to ensure that small problems will be found before they become big problems. 

 

Not only is having a home inspection important it is important to select the right home inspector. If your Real Estate agents has some names they recommend, that’s a great place to start. The next thing you should do is make sure that your inspectors is licensed and ASHI certified. Then check with them to see if they carry errors and omissions insurance. 

 

With all your homework done you can go into the home inspection process with confidence that your inspector will do their best to identify potential problems. You do, however, need to be realistic in your expectations. There are some problems that are impossible to detect, no home inspector can guarantee that they will find everything that may be wrong with a home. All homes will have problems and repairs that need to be dealt with just as a matter of maintenance. 

 

The best thing that you can do to guarantee a productive inspection is to attend the inspection yourself. That way any potential problems can be pointed out and explained to you. You can also pick up a number of important maintenance tips from a good inspector.