Looking forward to selling your old home in favor of a new and more favorable home? Then you really should get ready for the challenges and ordeals that you have to go through in order to successfully sell your home either via a real estate agent or company or directly through a friend or a contact.

Before you go and enjoy the rewards of your labor, you should focus on one particular aspect that you might have neglected, the home inspection. A home inspection is often described as a limited and non-invasive examination of the condition of the home that is being sold to another group of individuals. These home inspections are usually left at the able hands of well-trained and properly certified home inspector. After the inspection, the inspector reports back to the potential buyers who is then expected to decide based on the gathered data if the house is worth purchasing or if they should keep looking.

As a seller, it is really your responsibility to make the sale and to answer both the buyers and the home inspector in a prompt and timely way. As the former owner, it is also important that you would be able to tell buyers of what to expect from the home, what are the secret areas if there is any as well as the things that only an owner can tell. You should also consider some of the things that an inspector might look for or search for once the home inspection begins such as:

1. Exteriors – elements for this include wall coverings, grading, elevation, drainage, fences and sidewalks and even windows, doors and wall coverings.

2. Structure – elements include ceilings, roof foundations, floors and flooring or tiles and walls.

3. Plumbing – elements include toilets, showers, sinks, taps, faucets and drains

4. Systems and components – elements include water heater, furnace, air conditioning, chimney or fireplace and sprinklers.

5. Electrical elements – elements include circuit breakers, main panel, wiring and grounding and exhaust fans other plugs.

6. Garage – elements include garage doors, openers, lights, and windows.

Take one step ahead of the home inspector if ever you really are serious in selling your home. Contact your own contractor and supervise the repair of your home yourself. You might ask why should you spend more money when your already looking to sell it. The principle behind it is quite simple. You have to spend a little extra to earn a little extra. This means that you would be able to charge an extra amount when the inspector sees that the house looks perfect and in pristine condition.

A repair issue is one thing that can definitely break the deal especially for new home buyers who have never experienced selling their homes.

It might look cumbersome and a big hassle but you have to understand that this is the trend right now in buying and selling houses not only in America but also in the rest of the world. According to a recent study, over 80% of real estate companies and agents or brokers offer to do a home inspection in behalf of their clients to help seal the deal for both sides. A staggering 77% of home buyers, according to that study has also done a thorough home inspection before purchasing their home.

Author Bio: Lauren B. Laughlin enjoys writing for Myfirepits.com which sells fire pits and outdoor fire pits as well as a host of additional products.

Category: Home Management
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